Archive for July 2022
The rise of Kubler continues
Australia’s Jason Kubler is into his first ATP tour semifinal after defeating fellow Australian James Duckworth. This is on the back of Kubler’s first top-ten victory when he defeated world no. 9 Felix Auger-Aliassime in the previous round. At 29-years-old it is a long time coming for the former world no. 1 junior. Kubler has…
Read MoreDjokovic closes in on Nadal for all-time Grand Slam singles wins as he denies Kyrgios first Grand Slam singles title
Novak Djokovic has defeated Nick Kyrgios 6-3 6-4 7-6 (7-3) to claim his fourth straight Wimbledon title and his seventh in total. Embed from Getty Images The win also takes him to 21 Grand Slam singles titles, just one behind Rafael Nadal. Kyrgios showed no sign of nerves as he took the opening set. Momentum…
Read MoreKyrgios into maiden grand slam singles final after Nadal withdraws from Wimbledon
The highly anticipated semifinal match between Canberra’s Nick Kyrgios and 22-time Grand Slam singles champion, Rafael Nadal won’t go ahead after Nadal announced his withdrawal from the tournament. Despite being troubled by a stomach injury in his quarterfinal match against Taylor Fritz, and coming through that match, Nadal made the tough decision to withdraw. “I…
Read MoreKyrgios reaches first Grand Slam singles semifinal
Australia’s Nick Kyrgios has let his racquet do the talking as he advanced to his first-ever semifinal, and he has done it on the hallowed turf of Wimbledon. In a controlled match, it was Kyrgios that defeated Chile’s world no. 43 Christian Garin in straight sets. It didn’t look like that might happen after Garin…
Read MoreKyrgios and Tomljanovic into Wimbledon quarterfinals
Once they were Australian tennis’ golden couple when Ajla Tomljanovic and Nick Kyrgios were dating. That romance ended long ago. Also long ago we saw Kyrgios burst onto the scene at Wimbledon en route to a quarterfinal appearance. That was 2014 when the then world no. 144 defeated world no. 1 at the time, Rafael…
Read MoreGolden day for the Aussies at Wimbledon
Day six at Wimbledon saw four Australians in action across the Ladies and Gentlemen’s singles round three draws. At that stage of the tournament, it is rare to see them all come out as winners, but that is what happened. First, it was Ajla Tomljanovic that came back from 2-6 in the first set against…
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