Australian tennis
Top seeds advance at the men’s Canberra Clay Court International
Dane Sweeny, the top seed had a tough battle to overcome Japan’s Daisuke Sumizawa 7-6(4), 6-4 in his opening round match in Canberra. The second seed Marc Polmans had an easier time against Australian wildcard Tomislav Edward Papac. Polmans winning the match 6-2, 6-2. The tournament is a 25k ITF event which last year saw…
Read MoreRed Hot Purcell leaps into the top-100 after his third straight ATP Challenger title
Australia’s Max Purcell has claimed his third-straight ATP Challenger title in India to crack the top-100 in the rankings. After starting the year at no. 220, Purcell has made massive moves over the past three weeks. First he claimed the title in Chennai, next it was Bengaluru and now Purcell has added the Pune title…
Read Morede Minaur claims his first ATP 500 title
Australia’s Alex de Minaur looked a beaten man in his semifinal against Holger Rune after losing the first set, instead he fought back for a memorable win. The 24-year-old Australian played a carbon copy in the final. He lost 6-3 to USA’s Tommy Paul in the opening set before steadying to win the second 6-4.…
Read MoreBack-to-back ATP Challenger titles for Purcell sees him closing in on the top-100
Australia’s Max Purcell could crack the top 100 on the ATP rankings this week if he can win his third straight ATP Challenger title. The Wimbledon doubles champion has recently won the Challenger titles in Chennai and Bengaluru in India to take his ranking to no. 116. Another title in Pune would take him to…
Read MorePurcell and Kokkinakis claim ATP Challenger titles
Max Purcell has won the Chennai ATP CH100 after a tight battle against American Nicolas Moreno de Alboran in the Chennai Open final in India. The 24-year-old Australian saved two match points in their epic 5-7, 7-6(2), 6-4 encounter. It is Purcell’s third career ATP Challenger singles title – and first since July 2021. Thanasi…
Read MoreRinky Hijikata claims second Challenger title
After his amazing Australian Open doubles title run with fellow Australian Jason Kubler it was back to the ATP Challenger circuit for Rinky Hijikata as he headed to Burnie in Tasmania. Kubler and Hijikata pocketed $695,000 between them after their Grand Slam glory and played in a stadium that would almost fit the entire population…
Read MoreJust two Aussies from 28 reach the main draw
On Monday this week there were 15 men and 13 women from Australia with ambitions of reaching the main draw at the Australian Open. After three tough rounds only Aleksander Vukic and Max Purcell survived the event. Tristan Schoolkate was alive going into the final day but he lost to former world no. 29 Jan-Lennard…
Read MoreA good start for the Aussies at the Australian Open qualifying
13 women and 15 men are competing in the Australian Open qualifying tournament. On day one we saw Aleksander Vukic, Max Purcell, Dane Sweeny, Adam Walton and Alex Bolt get wins in the men’s event. In the women’s event there were wins for Destanee Aiava and Zoe Hives. In the losers column it was only…
Read MoreKokkinakis survives all-Aussie battle in Adelaide
Australians Thanasi Kokkinakis and Alexei Popyrin have battled in an all-Aussie, all-Wildcard match in a night session in Adelaide. Embed from Getty Images Kokkinakis is the defending champion after his fairytale run last year. Popyrin had come off a good win over Felix Auger Aliassime last week. Popyrin looked missing in action in the first…
Read MoreFucsovics goes one better at the Canberra International
Just under five years ago Marton Fucsovics, then the world no. 85 lost the final of the Canberra International against Andreas Seppi. After winning his semifinal match in 2023 at the same tournament the 30-year-old said he was hungry for the title this time around. After his finals appearance in 2018, Fucsovics went to the…
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