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Barty stuns the tennis world as she retires at age 25
World no. 1 Ash Barty has shocked the tennis world after announcing that she is retiring from tennis at just 25-years of age. Barty last played at the Australian Open when she claimed the title to end a long drought for Australian players. Barty made the announcement in an interview with long time friend Casey…
Read MoreFourlis defeats no. 2 seed Rodionova at the ACT Clay Court International 1
Recently in Canberra Arina Rodionova defeated Jaimee Fourlis in the ITF 25k hard court event at the semi-final stage. Two tournaments later Fourlis would claim the ITF 25k title in Bendigo. Now the Australian Pro Tour action has returned to Canberra. This time on clay and at the ITF 60k level. Rodionova and Fourlis faced…
Read MoreSweeny claims another title in Canberra at the ITF M25 tournament
Australia’s Dane Sweeny has secured back-to-back singles titles in Canberra after defeating James McCabe 5-7, 7-6(6), 6-3. For good measure, he also won the doubles title yesterday with Tu Li as the no. 1 seeds. McCabe was looking to win his maiden ITF M25 title and had a match point in the second set tiebreaker.…
Read MoreMuhammad completes the double-double in Canberra
Asia Muhammad from the USA has completed two weeks in Canberra where she has collected two singles titles and two doubles titles. Last week she defeated Priscilla Hon to claim the singles title at the ITF W25 event. The day before Muhammad teamed up with Arina Rodionova to claim the doubles title. Yesterday she again…
Read MoreMuhammad and Sweeny look to go back-to-back in Canberra
Asia Muhammad from the USA and Australia’s Dane Sweeny and looking to add to their titles won last week in Canberra after advancing to the finals of the second week of ITF 25 tournaments in Canberra. Muhammad advanced to the singles final after defeating Australia’s Priscilla Hon 6-2, 1-6, 6-3. She will meet her doubles…
Read MoreSingles quarterfinals day in Canberra at the ITF tennis tournament
On another perfect day for tennis in the nation’s capital of Canberra, it was quarterfinals day for the M25 and W25 singles tournament. The top seed in the men’s event Dayne Kelly had lost yesterday in round two when he faced New Zealand’s Rubin Statham. The final score was 7-6(5), 1-6, 7-6(5). The women’s top…
Read MoreCanberra ITF 25F and 25M tournament photos
Pro tennis on the ITF tour finally returned to Canberra last week. There had been a long absence due to smoke haze from the bushfires in 2019-20 and then COVID took hold. ATP Challenger level tournaments were twice shifted to Victoria and an ITF tournament was canceled just a day or two before the qualifying…
Read MoreRafa climbs to the top of the Grand Slam titles summit after epic come from behind victory at the Australian Open
Rafa Nadal now stands alone at 21 Grand Slam singles titles after his epic victory against Russia’s world no. 2 Daniil Medvedev. Embed from Getty Images The match lasted 5 hours and 24 minutes with both players fighting against fatigue. It was Medvedev that became the only player in the tournament to come from two…
Read MoreSpecial K’s round out a special night for Aussie tennis as they claim their maiden Grand Slam title
After the wonderful win for Ash Barty in the women’s final, we knew that an Australian pair would also hoist the men’s doubles trophy. The final was contested by Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios taking on Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell. Embed from Getty Images Purcell had reached the 2020 final with Luke Saville, losing…
Read MoreBarty ends the 44-year Australian Open singles drought
Australia’s world no. 1 Ash Barty has consolidated her hold on the top spot in women’s tennis after completing a dominant Australian Open campaign. Embed from Getty Images The Queenslander didn’t drop a set throughout the fortnight as she claimed her maiden Australian Open title after defeating USA’s Danielle Collins 6-3, 7-6(2). After an even…
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