Australian Open
de Minaur fights past Cerundolo to keep the dream alive
Australia’s Alex de Minaur was looking to reach the fourth round of his home Grand Slam when he took to the court against Argentina’s 31 seed Francisco Cerundolo. de Minaur had reached the fourth round on three previous occasions in Australia. Impressively, the Australian had also reached the quarterfinals at all of the other Grand…
Read MoreLuckiest Loser reaches fourth round
Germany’s Eva Lys was almost on her way home after losing her third round qualifying match to Australia’s Destanee Aiva. The German did however decide to hang around and register to be a lucky loser. Just when it looked like she wouldn’t been given another chance a last minute call came through to take the…
Read MoreVukic so close to a huge career best effort at a Grand Slam
Australia’s Aleksandar Vukic was the only Aussie player to take to the court in singles action on day 6. He would face Britain’s no. 15 seed Jack Draper. Draper had escaped a tough match against another Australian, Thanasi Kokkinakis, the Brit winning in five sets. Kokkinakis was serving for the match in the fourth set.…
Read MoreDay four Aussie review
Six Australians took to the courts in singles action at the Australian Open on day four. This was the first day of round two. Talia Gibson was humbled by the 11th seed Paula Badosa, losing 6-1, 6-0 in just 48 minutes. Jordan Thompson had a disappointing loss to Portugal’s Nuno Borges. The 27th seed losing…
Read Morede Minaur the only Aussie to advance on day 3
After a fantastic day two at the Australian Open it was not so good for the Australians on day three. This was the final day for round one action and it was only Alex de Minaur that advanced. Olivia Gadecki was humbled by Veronica Kudermetova, losing 6-1, 6-1. World no. 1 junior Emerson Jones was…
Read MoreAustralian Open day one review for Australian women
It was a slow start for the Australian women at the Australian Open. Just Daria Saville took to the courts. Saville, a wildcard, faced Anna Blinkova, best known for her defeat of Elena Rybakina in a record breaking tie breaker in the second round of the 2024 edition. Saville made a promising start as she…
Read MoreAustralian men’s review after round one day one action
The sun blazed down on Melbourne Park, setting the stage for an exhilarating first day of the Australian Open tennis. Fans swarmed the courts, buzzing with excitement, each hoping to witness the next great chapter in this storied tournament. While the atmosphere was electric, not all our homegrown heroes had the fairy tale start they…
Read More15 down to four as Aussie women seek main draw action
At the start of the week 15 Australian women hopefuls took to the courts at Melbourne Park with the dream of qualifying for the Australian Open main draw. Now just four remain in with a chance. Australia’s highest ranked female player, Kimberly Birrell fought her way past fellow Australian Priscilla Hon. Birrell ranked at no.…
Read MoreBlake Ellis goes alone into round 3 of the AO qualifiers
After 11 Australian men started the Australian Open qualifying a few day ago, it is just Blake Ellis that still remains with a chance to reach the main draw. Dane Sweeny was the only other Aussie to reach round two and he was bundled out in straight sets. Losing to (17) Jaime Faria (POR) 6-2,…
Read MoreAussie women make a decent start in the Australian Open qualifying
Eight from 14 Australian women have advanced to the second round of qualifying for the Australian Open. Of the players that lost Jaimee Fourlis and Petra Hule had their chances to advance. Fourlis going down to Spain’s (5) Sara Sorribes Tormo in a marathon. The final score was 7-6(5), 5-7, 6-4 after three hours and…
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