Naomi Osaka has pulled out of Australian Open, and is the third big name to withdraw over the past couple of days, with World No 1 Carlos...
READ MOREAuckland | Raducanu stumbles and puts AO participation at risk
by Barbara Wancke | Jan 5, 2023 | WTA Tour
Emma Raducanu’s bad luck, it seems, continues as she pulled out of her 2nd-round match at the ASB Classic in Auckland with an ankle injury that left the British No 1 in...
Auckland | Fernandez, Marino, Zhu and Venus Williams advance
by Barbara Wancke | Jan 2, 2023 | WTA Tour
Action got underway on Monday at the ASB Classic, the WTA 250 tournament in Auckland, with an impressive win by 3rd-seeded Leylah Fernandez, who crushed the hopes of 15-year...
Washington | Venus and Serena honoured by Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
by Barbara Wancke | Nov 21, 2022 | Off Court
Venus Williams and her younger sister, Serena, were among 7 new names to be honoured with portraits at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, last...
New York | Hradecka & Noskova knock-out Serena & Venus in showcase doubles
by Barbara Wancke | Sep 2, 2022 | US Open
In a highly unusual move, organisers gave Venus and Serena Williams top billing at the US Open by scheduling their 1st-round doubles match in Arthur Ashe Stadium for...
New York | Wins for Badosa and Azarenka, but Venus and Kenin stumble
by Barbara Wancke | Aug 31, 2022 | US Open
Late afternoon in New York on Tuesday brought wins for Paula Badosa and Victoria Azarenka, but Venus Williams and Sofia Kenin both fell in their...
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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.