Grand Slams

Wildcards Olivia Gadecki, Rinky Hijikata, John Millman and Jason Kubler have all been bundled out in round two at the Australian Open. Also on this day some rain delayed matches from round one were completed with only Thanasi Kokkinakis tasting success. Embed from Getty Images The two qualifiers, Max Purcell and Aleksander Vukic both losing…

Australia’s Kimberly Birrell had lost the first set 6-3 against Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi. Kanepi, the world no. 29 was then looking in control as she served for the match at 5-4 in the second set. That’s when things turned in favour of the Australian. Kanepi was at 15-0 and then lost the next four points…

It is a big day for the Australian players on day two at the opening Grand Slam of the season. Two Australian women and seven men take to the courts at Melbourne Park. Wildcards Jaimee Fourlis and Kimberly Birrell represent the women. Alex de Minaur, Jordan Thompson, Chris O’Connell, Thanasi Kokkinakis, (Q) Max Purcell, (WC)…

Olivia Gadecki had an impressive performance take her into the second round for the first time at at Grand Slam in singles. The Queenslander defeated Polina Kudermetova, a qualifier, 7-5, 6-1. Gadecki only faced one break point throughout the match and she was able to break three times to claim a memorable win. “The crowd…

It was three from three for the Australian men that took to the court on day one of the opening Grand Slam in 2023. The first to claim a win was Jason Kubler, the world no. 84 playing in his fourth Australian Open, his first was back in 2010. Embed from Getty Images Kubler took…

The first Grand Slam of the year starts today in Melbourne. There are six Australians in action on the opening day. Wild card Olivia Gadecki, the world no. 199 is first up on court no. 8 against qualifier Polina Kudermetova, the world no. . Gadecki is mentored by current Australian Open champion, Ash Barty, while…

Max Purcell the world no. 204 is first up against Italy’s (22) Matteo Arnaldi the world no. 134. Arnaldi fought off a match point in his round 2 match against Australia’s Alex Bolt. Purcell a two-time doubles finalist at the Australian Open and the Wimbledon doubles champion with Matt Ebden is looking to qualify for…

Five Australian women took to the courts at Melbourne Park for round two of qualifying, none would advance. Destanee Aiava came the closest to moving onto the final round but she lost a tight match to Arianne Hartono from the Netherlands, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(6). The remaining four matches were one-sided affairs with Astra Sharma, Ellen…

Three of seven Australian men advanced to round 2 of qualifying for the Australian Open. Three from six advanced in the women’s event. Li Tu got his first ever qualifying win after defeating the 25th seed Jozef Kovalik 6-2, 6-2. It was on his third attempt and losing in the opening round at the Australian…