US Open

Day 3 at the US Open was a tale of rain and redemption. Two Australians advanced to round two, with wildcard Dane Sweeny producing a near-flawless performance against Corentin Moutet and qualifier Tristan Schoolkate grinding through four sets to take out fellow qualifier Nishesh Basavareddy. And the rain intervened to keep Australia’s biggest names alive…

A genuinely strong day for Australian tennis at Flushing Meadows. Two men made it through, with Alexei Popyrin and James Duckworth advancing to round two. The women’s draw delivered its best US Open result in years, with Maya Joint and Kimberly Birrell both winning three-set matches. Men’s Singles Women’s Singles A genuinely strong day for…

A tough opening day for the Australians at Flushing Meadows on Sunday, 30 August — just one win from six matches involving Aussies, with two more left hanging when play was suspended. The lone winner Straight-sets exits Suspended overnight The scoreboard Australians finished Day 1 at 1–3 with two suspended, Taylah Preston the only one…

Australia’s Nick Kyrgios has again played an epic five-set match against Karen Khachenov at a grand slam. The last time they met was at 2020 Australian Open when Kyrgios defeated his opponent in five sets, four of them decided in a tie-breaker. The match lasted four hours and 26 minutes. Embed from Getty Images This…

Australia’s Nick Kyrgios has shown that he is a worthy top-ten player. If not for the points not being awarded from Wimbledon, Kyrgios would be at world no. 7 in the live rankings. Embed from Getty Images Kyrgios showed his recent form is no fluke as he again defeated world no. 1 and the defending…

Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic has played one of the matches of her career to deny one of the all-time greats a fairytale end to her decorated career. Serena Williams had announced that she will transition away from tennis after the US Open. New York fans were hoping Serena would go out a winner, but it was…

Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic has the opportunity to bring an end to one of the greatest careers in women’s tennis. The top-ranked Australian set up a third-round clash against the world no. 605. This is not your normal 605th ranked player in the world, it is Serena. Embed from Getty Images Tomljanovic fought off an unranked…

In the worst first round imaginable for Nick Kyrgios, he has seen off his good friend Thanasi Kokkinakis to advance to the second round of the US Open. Embed from Getty Images The players have known each other from juniors and had not met at the senior level until now. “When we both saw the…