Archive for January 2024
Sinner fights back to give Medvedev an unwanted record
Italy’s Jannik Sinner has fought back from two sets down to claim his first Grand Slam singles title. Embed from Getty Images In doing so his opponent Daniil Medvedev became the first person to lose two grand slam finals after being two sets to nil ahead. Medvedev played at a high level for the first…
Read MoreSabalenka cruises to her second Australian Open title
Back in 2012 and 2013 Victoria Azarenka won back-to-back Australian Open titles. Embed from Getty Images 2023-24 has seen her countrywoman repeat the achievement. Aryna Sabalenka defeating China’s Zheng Qingwen 6-3, 6-2. Azarenka was the last to win 2 straight titles. Like back in 2013 it was a Chinese player that took on the defending…
Read MoreEbden and Bopanna claim AO doubles title
Australia’ Matt Ebden has won his first Australian Open doubles title alongside India’s Rohan Bopanna. Embed from Getty Images The pair defeated Italy’s Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori 7-6(0), 7-5. Going into the tiebreaker both teams had won the exact same number of points. It was then all Bopanna and Ebden. The second set was…
Read MoreAn all-Australian mixed doubles final?
Jaimee Fourlis and Andrew Harris showed their defeat of no. 1 mixed double seeds Storm Hunter and Matthew Ebden was no fluke. Embed from Getty Images The Australian pairing has backed up that win with another win over a seeded pairing. This time they defeated no. 5 seeds Laura Siegemund and Sandar Gille 7-5, 7-5.…
Read MoreMixed doubles top seeds bounced by wildcards
Australia’s world no. 1 women’s doubles player Storm Hunter teamed up with Australia’s world no. 4 men’s doubles player Matthew Ebden to play in the Australian Open mixed doubles tournament. They went in as the no. 1 seeds and had recently had time together during the United Cup, this all pointed to a successful campaign…
Read MoreRublev ends Aussie hopes at the Open
In what turned out to be an epic 5-set match, Andrey Rublev fought his hardest to oust Australia’s Alex de Minaur. Embed from Getty Images The final score was 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-0. The world no. 5 was severely hampered by what appeared to be cramps in the fifth set but his superp ball…
Read MoreTomljanovic fights back from 1-4 in the third set to advance
Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic has fought past Croatia’s Petra Martic in her opening round match at the Australian Open to record a 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-3. Tomljanovic was serving for the set at 5-4 before Martic broke back, the players then had a marathon game lasting close to 20 minutes before it was a tie-break that was…
Read Morede Minaur leads the charge at the Australian Open – preview
Australia has fifteen men competing in the singles at the 2024 Australian Open. Two are guaranteed second round matches. It is world no. 10, Alex de Minaur that leads the Aussie charge. He faces former world. no. 3 Milos Raonic. That should be a win for de Minaur unless the Canadian suddenly is serving like…
Read MoreHeartbreaking home loss for Australia in United Cup thriller
Germany has broken hometown hearts following a 2-1 win over Australia to deny the hosts a place in the final against Poland. Things started well for Australia when Ajla Tomljanovic found herself up 5-1 in the first set. Tomljanovic was up against a former champion on the Sydney court and three-time Grand Slam champion, Angelique…
Read MoreKoepfer and Parrizas Diaz claim Workday Canberra International titles
Men’s top seed Dominik Koepfer from Germany and Spain’s Nuria Parrizas Diaz have had straight sets wins to claim the ATP Challenger 125 and WTA 125 titles in Canberra. First it was world no. 123 Parrizas Diaz that fought past Britain’s world no. 120 Harriet Dart, winning 6-4, 6-3. Both players ended the match with…
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