Australian tennis
de Minaur cruises into his first Masters 1000 final
Australia’s Alex de Minaur has overcome Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in convincing fashion to reach his maiden Masters level final. Embed from Getty Images The final score was 6-1, 6-3. The match was played in windy conditions which made it difficult for the players. de Minaur raced to a 3-0 lead before the Spaniard held…
Read Morede Minaur finally steps up at a Masters
Australia’s Alex de Minaur has been an underachiever at Masters level tournaments, but he has finally had a breakthrough moment. Embed from Getty Images After defeating top-ten player Taylor Fritz in the third round, he has backed that up with a victory over Daniil Medvedev to reach the semifinals for the first time at this…
Read MorePopyrin defeats idol to claim Umag title
Australia’s Alexei Popyrin won his second tour level title at the expense of Stan Wawrinka. The final score was 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-4. “All tournament I’ve been fighting battles that I don’t know how I won. This one tops it all,” said Popyrin in his on-court interview. “My quad was done at 2-1. I felt it…
Read MoreO’Connell last Aussie standing in singles at Wimbledon
Australia’s Christopher O’Connell is the last Australian still alive in the singles draws at Wimbledon. Daria Saville and Storm Hunter exited the Ladies tournament in the first round. On Friday Jason Kubler and Alex de Minaur lost their round two matches while it was O’Connell advancing after defeating Jiri Vesely 6-3, 7-5, 6-4. Next up…
Read MoreThompson falls short in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Australia’s Jordan Thompson has lost the title match against local Tallon Griekspoor in the Netherlands. After taking the first set Thompson wasn’t able to hold off Griekspoor, losing 6-7(4), 7-6(3), 6-3. Griekspoor claimed the only break of serve in the final when taking the sixth game of the third set. That was enough to see…
Read MoreWhat might have been for Kokkinakis
Australia’s Thanasi Kokkinakis has seen his run come to an end at Roland Garros after a 6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(5) against the no. 11 seed Karen Khachanov. Embed from Getty Images After making the most of his wildcard, Kokkinakis found himself two sets to love down to the hard hitting Khachanov as they fought for…
Read MoreKokkinakis returns to the French Open third round after a long absence
Surprisingly Thanasi Kokkinakis has only reached the third round of a Grand Slam once in his career, that was until he defeated Stan Wawrinka to again reach this stage. The previous occasion was at the 2015 French Open. With his powerful serve, aggressive playing style, and remarkable mental fortitude, he possesses all the necessary attributes…
Read MorePopyrin continues streak in Rome
Australia’s Alexei Popyrin has posted his fifth straight win on the red clay in Rome after a round three victory against fellow qualifier Roman Safiullin. Popyrin won two qualifying matches to reach the main draw. The world no. 77 backed up his impressive round two victory over top-10 ranked Felix Auger Aliassime. Popyrin defeated Safiullin…
Read MoreVukic wins the Busan CH125 event to close in on top-100 ranking
Back in February of 2013 Aleksandar Vukic competed in his first ATP Challenger event as a qualifier. Ranked at no. 1776 he lost to Jonathon Cooper. Now at 27, and just over 10 years later Vukic has won the Busan ATP Challenger title to now sit at no. 101 in the live rankings. The Australian…
Read MoreFour Aussies into Rome Masters round two
After Jason Kubler defeated Swiss player Marc-Andrea Huesler in round one at the Rome Masters 1000 we saw four Australians book spots in the second round. Kubler won his match 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-2. Earlier Alexei Popyrin had defeated fellow Australian Christopher O’Connell 6-2, 7-6(5), and Thanasi Kokkinakis advanced after Jaume Munar retired at 4-2 with…
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