Grand Slams
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…
Read Morede Minaur leads the charge at the Australian Open – preview
Australia has fifteen men competing in the singles at the 2024 Australian Open. Two are guaranteed second round matches. It is world no. 10, Alex de Minaur that leads the Aussie charge. He faces former world. no. 3 Milos Raonic. That should be a win for de Minaur unless the Canadian suddenly is serving like…
Read MoreO’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…
Read MoreDjokovic 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…
Read MoreHijikata and Kubler complete dream run and claim the Australian Open doubles title
Jason Kubler wasn’t sure if he would be playing doubles at this year’s Australian Open, but he is now thankful that Rinky Hijikata asked to play with the 29-year-old Queenslander. Embed from Getty Images The Australian duo have surprised themselves and the tennis world by claiming the men’s doubles title. They defeated Poland’s world no.…
Read MoreGadecki and Polmans win all-Australian clash to advance to the semifinals
Marc Polmans and Olivia Gadecki teamed up to defeat fellow Australians Jason Kubler and Maddison Inglis to claim a semifinal spot in the mixed doubles at the Australian Open. The first time pairing won convincingly 6-3, 6-2. The match started with the first three service games going to the deciding point before Inglis held comfortably.…
Read Morede 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.…
Read Morede 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…
Read MoreHeartbreaking loss for Kokkinakis as Murray steals match in five epic sets
It wasn’t the longest match in Australian Open history, or the latest completion time, but it was one of the most dramatic matches, especially for a round two encounter. Embed from Getty Images Andy Murray has broken the heart of Aussie tennis fans by coming back from two sets down to claim a memorable victory…
Read MoreAussies fail to deliver in round two
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…
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