Marketa Vondrousova pulled off the biggest shock of the Australian Open to date, late on Thursday night, with a 6-1 5-7 6-1 upset win over...
READ MOREMelbourne | Jabeur survives scare, as Bencic and Kontaveit sail into AO R2
by Barbara Wancke | Jan 17, 2023 | Australian Open
Half a day’s play was lost on Tuesday when, first, searing heat and then torrential rain disrupted matches on the outside courts at the Australian Open on...
Melbourne | AO Preview: Swiatek is the clear favourite for women’s singles title
by Barbara Wancke | Jan 15, 2023 | Australian Open
The good news is that Emma Raducanu is fit to play the Australian Open, having recovered from the ankle turn she suffered in Auckland 10 days ago, but Ajla Tomljanovic and...
Melbourne | The WTA strikes back at the PTPA
by Barbara Wancke | Jan 14, 2023 | Off Court
Earlier this week, the controversial Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA) reappeared with the announcement that men’s former World No 1 Novak Djokovic and...
Melbourne | Osaka a likely AO no-show as Jabeur joins her agency, Evolve
by Barbara Wancke | Jan 6, 2023 | Off Court
Australian Open officials are ‘quietly resigned’ to two-time champion Naomi Osaka missing this year’s event, which starts in 10 days time, as the former World No 1 is still...
Adelaide | It’s Jabeur against Noskova, and Sabalenka versus Begu in the semi-finals
by Barbara Wancke | Jan 6, 2023 | WTA Tour
Top seeds Ons Jabeur and Aryna Sabalenka made it into the semi-finals of the WTA 500 Adelaide International 1 on Friday, where they will meet Linda Noskova and Irina-Camelia...
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Melbourne | Krejcikova & Siniakova to meet Aoyama & Shibahara in AO doubles final
Jan 28, 2023
Top seeds Barbora Krejcikova & Katerina Siniakova defeated Marta Kostyuk & Elena-Gabriela Ruse to advance to the Australian Open women’s doubles final, where they will face Shuko Aoyama & Ena Shibahara, the No 10 seeds, who put an end to the hopes of the...

Melbourne | Djokovic explains father’s ‘lapse’ after claiming place in final
Jan 27, 2023
As expected, Novak Djokovic, following a straight sets victory over Tommy Paul, has reached the final of the Australian Open where Stefanos Tsitsipas awaits and where he hopes to lift the men’s trophy for a record breaking 10th time for the 22nd grand slam of his...

Melbourne | Mirza hanging up her racket
Jan 27, 2023
Sania Mirza, India's greatest women's tennis player, reached the mixed doubles final at the Australian Open, the last Grand Slam of her illustrious career, with Rohan Bopanna, but fell short to Luisa Stefani & Rafael Matos, the first all-Brazilian team to win a...

Melbourne | Hewett and Reid seal record wheelchair doubles titles
Jan 27, 2023
Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid equalled the record for most Grand Slam men’s doubles titles won by a pair in the Open Era today after the British second seeds beat Dutch duo Maikel Scheffers and Ruben Spaargaren 6-1, 6-2 to seal their fourth successive Australian Open...

Melbourne | Tsitsipas overcomes hiccup to reach final
Jan 27, 2023
It was his fourth time in the semi-final of the Australian Open and for the first time, he overcame a major mental hurdle to reach the final of the ‘Happy Slam’ which looked possible when he dropped the third set against Karen Khachanov.