Covering Australian Tennis

Surprisingly Thanasi Kokkinakis has only reached the third round of a Grand Slam once in his career, that was until he defeated Stan Wawrinka to again reach this stage. The previous occasion was at the 2015 French Open. With his powerful serve, aggressive playing style, and remarkable mental fortitude, he possesses all the necessary attributes…

Australia’s Alexei Popyrin has posted his fifth straight win on the red clay in Rome after a round three victory against fellow qualifier Roman Safiullin. Popyrin won two qualifying matches to reach the main draw. The world no. 77 backed up his impressive round two victory over top-10 ranked Felix Auger Aliassime. Popyrin defeated Safiullin…

Back in February of 2013 Aleksandar Vukic competed in his first ATP Challenger event as a qualifier. Ranked at no. 1776 he lost to Jonathon Cooper. Now at 27, and just over 10 years later Vukic has won the Busan ATP Challenger title to now sit at no. 101 in the live rankings. The Australian…

After Jason Kubler defeated Swiss player Marc-Andrea Huesler in round one at the Rome Masters 1000 we saw four Australians book spots in the second round. Kubler won his match 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-2. Earlier Alexei Popyrin had defeated fellow Australian Christopher O’Connell 6-2, 7-6(5), and Thanasi Kokkinakis advanced after Jaume Munar retired at 4-2 with…

Australia’s Marc Polmans went into the ACT Clay Court International final with a 19 match win streak on the Canberra clay courts. The world no. 272 had won back-to-back clay court titles back in March 2017. His win steak continued when he won the ACT Clay Court International #1 last week and then having reached…

Australia’s Olivia Gadecki has back up from last week’s final effort in the ACT Clay Court International #1 to reach the final to be played tomorrow. Rain has delayed the second semifinal between Australia’s Petra Hule and China’s Wang Ya Fan. Priscilla Hon got the better of Gadecki last week to claim her first title…

Australia’s Priscilla Hon won the ACT Claycourt International #1 title last week and then faced Maddison Inglis in round one of the #2 edition. Hon had defeated the no. 1 seed Olivia Gadecki in three sets, a match played in oppresive conditions, to claim the 60k title. In much cooler weather it was Inglis that…

Marc Polmans has added a third title won on the Canberra clay. In 2017 the world no. 270 won back-to-back clay court titles defeating Blake Mott in week one and then Maverick Banes the following week. After winning the ACT Claycourt International #1 in Canberra Polmans is now 15-0 on the Canberra Tennis Centre clay.…

In an All-Australian final Priscilla Hon has come from a set down to defeat the top seed and world no. 144 Olivia Gadecki in the ITF 60k event. The pair had last met in early February on the hard courts in Burnie when Gadecki won comfortably 6-2, 6-2 in a quarterfinal. The match at the…

Top seed Olivia Gadecki advanced to the quarterfinals at the ACT Claycourt International. The world no. 144 defeated world no. 517 Yang Ya Yi from Chinese Taipei. The first set was close, however Gadecki ran away with the match in the second set to claim a 7-5, 6-0 victory. Gadecki broke five times to her…