Novak Djokovic begins his Australian Open title defence against Jeremy Chardy while reigning women’s champion Sofia Kenin meets wild card Maddison Inglis after the draw for the year’s first Grand Slam was made on Friday. World number one Djokovic captured a record-extending eighth title at Melbourne Park last year by […]
Injury scare as Djokovic plays through pain in Adelaide
World number one Novak Djokovic played only one of two scheduled sets in his opening game of the season Friday as he grapples with a nasty blister on his racquet hand ahead of the Australian Open. The 17-time Grand Slam winner didn’t appear for the first set against young Italian […]
Positive Covid-19 tests linked to Australian Open downgraded to eight
The number of positive Covid-19 tests linked to the Australian Open has been downgraded to eight after authorities reclassified one of the results as previous infection, health officials said on Wednesday. “One case has been reclassified due to evidence of the previous infection, meaning there is now a total of […]
Victoria govt confirms new Covid-19 case in Australian Open quarantine
The Victoria state government on Friday confirmed one new case of Covid-19 in the group of people in quarantine in Melbourne ahead of the Australian Open, a few hours after Spanish player Paula Badosa said she had tested positive for the virus. Badosa was the first player entered for next […]
Australian Open to plough ahead despite players’ quarantine anger
Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley has confirmed the year’s first Grand Slam will go ahead from February 8 despite anger from players forced into hard quarantine in Melbourne due to positive Covid-19 cases on their charter planes. Forty-seven players and their entourages have to isolate for two weeks in […]
2 test positive for COVID-19 in Australian Open qualifying
Two players have been withdrawn from Australian Open qualifying tournament in Doha, Qatar and put into hotel quarantine after returning positive tests for COVID-19. American Denis Kudla, seeded No. 4 in the qualifying event which is being held outside of Australia for the first time, was withdrawn following a 6-4, […]
Australian Open to start on Feb. 8 – ATP
The Australian Open will start on February 8, three weeks later than scheduled, the ATP Tour said in releasing an update of its calendar for 2021 revising the first seven weeks of the season. The start date of the main draw of the year’s first Grand Slam was originally slated […]