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French Open 2025 Wildcards: Big Stage Beckons for Schoolkate and Aiava
The French Open has officially announced its wildcard entries for the 2025 tournament, and two Australians—Tristan Schoolkate and Destanee Aiava—are among the lucky few to receive a coveted spot in the main draw. For both players, this wildcard is more than just a ticket to Roland Garros—it’s a testament to hard work, recent form, and…
Read MoreTough going for Aussies in round one at Indian Wells, including some tears
After some great efforts in qualifying in which six Aussies added themselves to the main draw at Indian Wells, things haven’t gone so well in round one. Indian Wells is considered the next in line after the majors, players love going to the small town in California and competing at this iconic tournament. The town…
Read MoreTomljanovic secures return to top-100
Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic has made hard work of it, but the current world no. 111 will jump to at least no. 93 when the rankings are updated next week. The 31-year-old had not made the most of three match points when taken to a tie-break in the decider, it took another four to get the…
Read MoreMaya Joint cracks top-100
Australia’s Maya Joint has jumped well inside the top-100 in the live rankings, after racing through qualifying and then winning her round one match at the Merida WTA 500 tournament in Mexico. The US born player has an Australian father and in early 2023 Joint made the decision to represent Australia on the tour. Joint…
Read MoreCruz Hewitt reaches first M25 final
16-year-old Cruz Hewitt has reached his first final on the pro tour. Hewitt advanced to the final following a 7-6(1), 1-6, 6-3 victory over South Korea’s Shin Sanhui. The Australian sits at no. 1174 in the rankings but will jump a decent amount after this achievement. Hewitt would of course like to take it a…
Read Morede Minaur fights past Cerundolo to keep the dream alive
Australia’s Alex de Minaur was looking to reach the fourth round of his home Grand Slam when he took to the court against Argentina’s 31 seed Francisco Cerundolo. de Minaur had reached the fourth round on three previous occasions in Australia. Impressively, the Australian had also reached the quarterfinals at all of the other Grand…
Read MoreLuckiest Loser reaches fourth round
Germany’s Eva Lys was almost on her way home after losing her third round qualifying match to Australia’s Destanee Aiva. The German did however decide to hang around and register to be a lucky loser. Just when it looked like she wouldn’t been given another chance a last minute call came through to take the…
Read MoreVukic so close to a huge career best effort at a Grand Slam
Australia’s Aleksandar Vukic was the only Aussie player to take to the court in singles action on day 6. He would face Britain’s no. 15 seed Jack Draper. Draper had escaped a tough match against another Australian, Thanasi Kokkinakis, the Brit winning in five sets. Kokkinakis was serving for the match in the fourth set.…
Read Morede Minaur marches forward as others bow out
Out of the Australians playing on day five, it was world no. 8 Alex de Minaur that advanced to the third round. Tristan Schoolkate surprised Jannik Sinner when he took the opening set of their match. Destanee Aiava failed to take advantage of a golden opportunity to advance to the third round when she lost…
Read MoreDay four Aussie review
Six Australians took to the courts in singles action at the Australian Open on day four. This was the first day of round two. Talia Gibson was humbled by the 11th seed Paula Badosa, losing 6-1, 6-0 in just 48 minutes. Jordan Thompson had a disappointing loss to Portugal’s Nuno Borges. The 27th seed losing…
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