The draw for the 140th edition of the US Open to be played under strict anti Covid-19 regulations, will be best remembered for being played in...
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The US Open – behind closed doors!
This weekend sees the start of the US Open, historically the game’s climactic Grand Slam event and a calendar highlight. Not this year, though! Covid-19 has put paid to any...
US Open | Day 13 Highlights
Jamie Murray and Bethanie Mattek-Sands win Mixed Doubles title: This time last year, American Bethanie Mattek-Sands found herself hobbling around on crutches after a...
US Open | Day 12 Highlights
Writing on usopen.org Arthur Kapetanakis reports: On the day Juan Martin Del Potro and Novak Djokovic won to set up a blockbuster men’s singles final, Mike Bryan and Jack...
US Open | Day 11 Highlights
Writing on usopen.org Craig Ellenport reports: The final four of the US Open women’s draw took centre stage under the roof in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Thursday night. By the...
US Open | Day 10 Highlights
Arthur Kapetanakis writes on usopen.org: The semi-final stage is set after Novak Djokovic, Madison Keys, Kei Nishikori and Naomi Osaka notched Day 10 victories in Arthur...
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Melbourne | Krejcikova & Siniakova to meet Aoyama & Shibahara in AO doubles final
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
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
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
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
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.