Mixed doubles top seeds bounced by wildcards

Australia’s world no. 1 women’s doubles player Storm Hunter teamed up with Australia’s world no. 4 men’s doubles player Matthew Ebden to play in the Australian Open mixed doubles tournament. They went in as the no. 1 seeds and had recently had time together during the United Cup, this all pointed to a successful campaign…

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Rublev ends Aussie hopes at the Open

In what turned out to be an epic 5-set match, Andrey Rublev fought his hardest to oust Australia’s Alex de Minaur. Embed from Getty Images The final score was 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-0. The world no. 5 was severely hampered by what appeared to be cramps in the fifth set but his superp ball…

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Tomljanovic fights back from 1-4 in the third set to advance

Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic has fought past Croatia’s Petra Martic in her opening round match at the Australian Open to record a 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-3. Tomljanovic was serving for the set at 5-4 before Martic broke back, the players then had a marathon game lasting close to 20 minutes before it was a tie-break that was…

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O’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…

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Djokovic puts an exclamation mark on GOAT claim

Novak Djokovic has won his third French Open to take his overall tally to 23 Grand Slam singles titles, one ahead of Rafael Nadal and three ahead of Roger Federer on the all-time list. Embed from Getty Images Djokovic defeated world no. 4 Casper Ruud 7-6(1), 6-3, 7-5 to claim the title in three hours…

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de Minaur humbled by Djokovic

Novak Djokovic showed he is on track to claim his tenth Australian Open title as he comprehensively defeated Australia’s Alex de Minaur. Embed from Getty Images The world no. 5 proved that even with concern over his fitness he can lift when it matters. Djokovic provided a masterclass and made de Minaur look second rate.…

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de Minaur cruises into the fourth round

Australia’s Alex de Minaur has matched his fourth round result from 2022 after easily defeating France’s Benjamin Bonzi. The world no. 24 winning the match 7-6(0), 6-2, 6-1. Embed from Getty Images The scoreline could have been more one-sided as the Australian had several breaks in the first set but allowed himself to get broken…

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