All players, staff and officials who arrived on charter flights for the tournament, a total of about 1,200 people, had to do a mandatory 14-day hotel quarantine. The Australian Open…
Continue readingThe record eight-time winner, 33, grimaced through a five-set win over Taylor Fritz late on Friday and afterwards said he had torn an abdominal muscle, and wasn’t sure he could…
Continue readingGeorge Kambosos Jr. on ropes (Photo courtesy of George Kambosos Jr.) George Kambosos Jr. has worked his whole life for this opportunity. The 27-year-old from Sydney, Australia is set to…
Continue readingBopanna and his Chinese partner Yingying Duan lost 4-6 4-6 to the pair of American Bethanie Mattek-Sands and United Kingdom’s Jamie Murray in a first round match that lasted an…
Continue readingMELBOURNE, Australia — As Naomi Osaka strode through the Champion’s Walk leading to the court for the Australian Open final — headphones on her ears, racket bag strapped to her…
Continue readingSharene Blake, an ultrarunner from Western Australia, recently smashed a 130K FKT (fastest known time) on a route called the Cape to Cape Track. This run stretches along the southwestern…
Continue readingTop-ranked Ash Barty moved into the Australian Open quarterfinals for the third straight year by beating Shelby Rogers 6-3, 6-4. Barty lost in the semifinals last year to eventual champion…
Continue readingQualifier Aslan Karatsev continued his stunning run into the Australian Open semifinals on Tuesday, beating an ailing Grigor Dimitrov 2-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 to become the first man in the…
Continue readingA Herculean effort was required to stage the 2021 Australian Open and navigate many of the pandemic restrictions. But the tournament still provided high-quality matches and produced two incredible champions…
Continue readingMELBOURNE, Australia — Barbora Krejcikova and Rajeev Ram have made the perfect odd-year pairing at the Australian Open, adding the 2021 mixed doubles title to the one they shared in…
Continue readingNaomi Osaka’s Australian Open championship moved her up one spot to No. 2 in the WTA rankings Monday, while men’s finalist Daniil Medvedev rose to a career-best No. 3 behind…
Continue readingFilip Polasek and Ivan Dodig have won the men’s doubles title at the Australian Open with a 6-3, 6-4 win over 2020 champions Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury. Ram, a…
Continue readingBy Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday February 22, 2021 Frustrated by the way the media treated him concerning the abdominal tear that he suffered in his third-round match at…
Continue readingMELBOURNE, Australia — The smile on Novak Djokovic’s face after smashing an overhead backhand volley past Daniil Medvedev to secure a record ninth Australian Open title on Sunday wasn’t one…
Continue readingNovak Djokovic has won six of the last 10 major tournaments and is assured of remaining at No. 1 in the rankings Novak Djokovic’s Australian Open dominance is intact —…
Continue readingMELBOURNE, Australia — Maybe, just maybe, the thinking went, Novak Djokovic would be just a tad more susceptible to trouble this time around at the Australian Open. After all, he…
Continue readingMELBOURNE, Australia — Maybe, just maybe, the thinking went, Novak Djokovic would be just a tad more susceptible to trouble this time around at the Australian Open. After all, he…
Continue readingNovak Djokovic won his 18th Grand Slam title at the Australian Open today to close the gap on Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal. The world No.1 fought off the challenge…
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