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Tomljanovic 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…
Read MoreFinals are set at the Workday Canberra International
Friday was singles semifinals day at the tournament. In the women’s side it was Spain’s world no. 123 Nuria Parrizas-Diaz that got the better of Denmark’s world no. 107 Clara Tauson when she won the first semifinal 6-4, 7-6(4). There were plenty of breaks of serve throughout the match with Tauson breaking serve three time…
Read MoreShelbayh and Rincon claim Workday Canberra International doubles title
Jordan’s Abedallah Shelbayh and Spain’s Daniel Rincon have teamed up to claim the Workday Canberra International doubles title. They defeated the no. 1 seeds Albano Olivetti and André Göransson 7-6(4), 6-3. Göransson had won the 2023 title with Ben McLachlan. Shelbayh was the first player representing Jordan to play an ATP Tour or Grand Slam…
Read MoreIn a night of firsts de Minaur slays the giant to help Australia advance to semis
Australia’s Alex de Minaur has had a massive win over world no. 1 Novak Djokovic at the United Cup. Embed from Getty Images The Australian’s opening match win setup his team to advance to the semifinals. de Minaur didn’t face a single break point on his way to a 6-4, 6-4 victory. It is the…
Read Morede Minaur leads Aussies to victory over the USA
Australia’s world no. 12 Alex de Minaur has played one of his best matches to defeat USA’s world no. 10 Taylor Fritz at the United Cup. Embed from Getty Images de Minaur taking the match 6-4, 6-2 in one hour and 29 minutes. The win setup Australia’s charge into the quarterfinals. “I do know that…
Read MoreAustralian summer of tennis is underway
The 2024 summer of tennis in Australia has started with the United Cup in Perth. For Australia it saw the Aussie team lose their opening contest against Great Britain. Cameron Norrie the world no. 18 got the better of Australia’s world no. 12 Alex de Minaur in a hard fought match. The Brit securing the…
Read MoreItaly claims second Davis Cup title
Italy has defeated Australia to claim their second Davis Cup title after Matteo Arnaldi had clinched the opening match to setup Sinner. Sinner held a 5-0 head-to-head record against world no. 12 Alex de Minaur going into the clincher. de Minaur held to love in the opening game of the match but then Sinner showed…
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