Australian tennis
Gadecki 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.…
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 MoreKokkinakis on cloud nine in Adelaide after claiming his maiden ATP title
Hometown hero Thanasi Kokkinakis has played a magnificent match to claim his first ATP title on his home court. Embed from Getty Images The Australian said after the match that he had been going to Memorial Drive since he was around eight and he could not be happier to have won his first title on…
Read MoreKokkinakis marches on in hometown thriller against Cilic to reach his second ATP final
Adelaide’s own Thanasi Kokkinakis faced world no. 29 and the 2014 US Open champion Marin Cilic for a spot in the Adelaide International ATP 250 final. Embed from Getty Images After a few lean years, Cilic won two ATP titles in 2021 to take his tally to 20. Kokkinakis was playing to reach just his…
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