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Popyrin finds form in Bordeaux and claims ATP Challenger title
Australian tennis player Alexei Popyrin has turned around a recent form slump to claim the Challenger title in Bordeaux. Popyrin won his first match of the year in Melbourne back in early January before suffering six straight losses, including five straight round one losses. The 22-year-old started the year ranked at no. 61 only to…
Read MoreDaria Saville and Chris O’Connell were awarded French Open wildcards
Just ahead of qualifying at Roland Garros, it has been announced that Daria Saville and Chris O’Connell have been awarded main draw wildcards into the French Open singles tournament. This is a reciprocal arrangement. Main draw action gets underway in Paris on Sunday 22 May. Saville (nee Gavrilova) is on the comeback trail from plantar…
Read MoreJang Su Jeong claims Canberra clay court title
South Korea’s world no. 179 and the no. 2 seed for the ACT Clay Court International #2 has come from a set down to defeat Japan’s Yuki Naito. The opening set saw both players having trouble holding serve with six breaks of serve. The set would eventually be decided in a tie breaker with Naito…
Read MoreMoyuka Uchijima claims the ACT Clay Court International #1 title in Canberra
Japan’s world no. 282 Moyuka Uchijima has easily defeated Australia’s world no. 202 Olivia Gadecki to win her first ITF W60 title. The Japanese player won the match 6-2, 6-2 in 1 hour and 17 minutes. In the semi finals Gadecki recovered from losing the first set 6-0 to win in three sets. There was…
Read MoreGadecki again defeats Birrell to move into the ACT Clay Court International final
Olivia Gadecki and Kimberly Birrell faced each other for the third time in four tournaments, this time at the semi final stage at the ACT Clay Court International #1 in Canberra. Back a few tournaments ago Gadecki defeated Birrell in three sets at the W25 in Canberra on hard courts. They met again at the…
Read MoreBirrell and Gadecki set an all-Australian semifinal at the ACT Clay Court International #1
An Australian will be in the final of the ACT Clay Court International after Olivia Gadecki and Kimberly Birrell booked a semifinal berth where they will face each other. They took different paths to claim quarterfinal victories. First Gadecki quickly wrapped up her match 6-3, 6-1 against Korea’s Han Na-Lae. Birrell instead slogged out a…
Read MoreGadecki sends top seed packing at the ACT Clay Court International in Canberra
Australia’s Olivia Gadecki has defeated former world no. 20 Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-2 in a round one match. The Romanian is the no. 1 seed for the tournament. Gadecki had recently reached back-to-back finals in the Bendigo ITF $25,000 events where she first lost to Asia Muhammad and the she was forced to retire…
Read MoreBarty 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.…
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