Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna came second to Luisa Stefani and Rafael Matos of Brazil in the Australian Open mixed doubles final on Friday at Melbourne Park as the Brazillian pair clinched their maiden Grand Slam. Sania Mirza was competing in her final Grand Slam with Rohan Bopanna where the […]
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Australian Open: Jannik Sinner downs Kyle Edmund; Shang Juncheng makes history with win
Jannik Sinner made a stunning start at the 2023 Australian Open with a win against Kyle Edmund to open Monday’s play in Melbourne here at John Cain Arena. The 15th-seeded Italian ran away with a 6-4, 6-0, 6-2 win against Edmund. Next up for Sinner is either Tomas Martin Etcheverry or Gregoire Barrere. “I think […]
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World number 1 Carlos Alcaraz pulls out of Australian Open due to leg injury
World Number 1 Carlos Alcaraz announced his withdrawal from the upcoming Australian Open on Friday due to a leg injury. This first Grand Slam competition of the year will begin from January 16 onwards at Melbourne Park, with the draw set to take place on next Thursday. Alcaraz announced that […]
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Australian Open: Sabalenka, Collins rally to win; Halep, Mertens roll into R4
Simona Halep on Saturday thrashed Montenegrin Danka Kovinic to roll into the second week of the Australian Open for the fifth straight year. Former world number one Romanian dropped just three games during 64 minutes in the 6-2, 6-1 victory over Kovinic at John Cain Arena. Halep bettered her season […]
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Australian Open: Defending champion Naomi Osaka rolls past into 2nd round, Sakkari outlasts Maria
Defending champion Naomi Osaka of Japan on Monday enjoyed a stellar start to her Australian Open campaign as she moved past rising Colombian Camila Osorio 6-3, 6-3 in the first round at Rod Laver Arena. No.13 seed, who won the Australian Open in 2019 as well as last year, took […]
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Australian Open will be great with or without Novak Djokovic, says Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal on Saturday said the Australian Open is much more important than any one player while talking about his rival Novak Djokovic, who is currently fighting deportation from Australia. Ahead of the start of the season’s first Grand Slam on Monday, Nadal at Melbourne Park in his pre-event press conference said: “Australian Open will […]
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World No 1 Ashleigh Barty pulls out of WTA Finals to focus on Australian Open preparations
The world number one, Ashleigh Barty has ended her stellar 2021 session on Saturday as she turns her attention to Australian Open 2022 preparations. The two-time singles major champion has decided not to contest the WTA Finals in Guadalajara, Mexico. Notably, the defending WTA Finals champion returned home to Australia shortly after contesting her […]
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Karolina Muchova stuns top seed Barty to make Australian Open semi-finals
Karolina Muchova staged a stunning comeback today to upset Ashleigh Barty and storm into the Australian Open semi-finals, rallying from a set down to shatter the world number one’s dreams. The Czech 25th seed looked on her way out after Barty raced through the opening set, but after a medical […]
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Australian Open: Naomi Osaka crushes Hsieh, sails into semi-finals
Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka advanced to the semi-finals of the ongoing Australian Open after overpowering Taiwan’s Su-Wei Hsieh on Tuesday. The three-time Grand Slam champion Osaka defeated Hsieh in two consecutive sets and sealed a comfortable victory in 66 minutes at Rod Laver Arena. The world number three smashed seven aces in her […]
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Australian Open to continue without crowds due to Covid-19, say organisers
The Australian Open tennis tournament will proceed without crowds over the next five days after the state of Victoria was placed under a snap lockdown from midnight today to contain a fresh outbreak of Covid-19. State Premier Daniel Andrews announced the measures after the highly transmissable strain of Covid-19 linked […]
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Champion Kenin out, top-ranked Barty through at Australian Open
Sofia Kenin’s emotional Australian Open defence ended in a second-round defeat Thursday but top seed Ashleigh Barty overcame a blip to reach the last 16. The highly-strung Kenin has struggled to handle expectations in her maiden Grand Slam title defence and admitted to having a few tears during a tense […]
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Hesitant Wawrinka bundled out of Australian Open in epic
Three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka admitted that hesitating at a crucial time during a draining five-set Australian Open epic Wednesday cost him a chance of matching his quarter-final run last year. The 35-year-old Swiss, the tournament winner in 2014, struggled to match the intensity of Marton Fucsovics in the […]
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Australian Open: Bopanna-McLachlan crash out after losing to South Korean pair
India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Japanese partner Ben McLachlan crashed out of the Australian Open after losing to South Korean pair of Ji Sung Nam and Min-Kyu Song in their first-round men’s doubles clash on Wednesday. The wild card entrants to the competition won the match 4-6 6-7(0) in one hour and 17 minutes. This is the first […]
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Serena, Osaka off to flying starts as delayed Australian Open begins
Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka wasted little time in breezing into the second round as the Australian Open began on Monday, three weeks later than originally scheduled because of the coronavirus pandemic. Japan’s Osaka, the third seed, struck the first serve on Rod Laver Arena against Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in […]
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Serena shrugs off shoulder issue, ‘relaxed’ about Slam record bid
Serena Williams is “super confident” her injured shoulder will hold up for the Australian Open and says she feels more relaxed about the “burden” of bidding for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title. Williams, a seven-time champion at Melbourne Park, pulled out of the warmup Yarra Valley Classic yesterday, robbing […]