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Tennis Australia have announced the first wildcards for next year’s first Grand Slam, with former world no. 20 Daria Gavrilova headlining the notable selections – six Australian players across the men and women’s draw – granted an opportunity to shine in their home tournament. Continue reading “Australian Open 2021: Gavrilova headlines first wildcards revealed ahead of Feb. 8 start”
Polish teenager Iga Swiatek dropped just three games against Nadia Podoroska to book her first Grand Slam Final, where she’ll play this year’s Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin on Saturday after the 21-year-old edged a competitive straight-sets win over Petra Kvitova. Continue reading “French Open 2020: Swiatek and Kenin book their places in Saturday’s final”
Ten days after losing to him in their Hamburg final on the eve of this year’s rescheduled Roland Garros tournament, world number six Stefanos Tsitsipas made relative light work of Andrey Rublev to reach the second Grand Slam semi-final of his career. He’ll play world no. 1 Novak Djokovic on Friday, who recovered from a set down to beat Pablo Carreno Busta on Wednesday. Continue reading “French Open 2020: Tsitsipas will play Djokovic in Friday’s semis as both progress”
Diego Schwartzman needed five hours and eight minutes to outlast close friend and US Open winner Dominic Thiem during a gripping five-set encounter, progressing into the first Grand Slam semi-final of his career to date. His reward? Facing 12-time tournament champion Rafael Nadal on Friday, who came through a difficult test against Italian teenager Jannik Sinner. Continue reading “French Open 2020: Schwartzman to play Nadal in semis after contrasting wins”
Just minutes before she was scheduled to go on court in her second-round match against world no.132 Tsvetana Pironkova, three-time Roland Garros champion Serena Williams pulled out of the French Open today – revealing she’s been ordered to rest an Achilles injury that has worsened since sustaining it against Victoria Azarenka at the US Open earlier this month. Continue reading “French Open 2020: Serena Williams withdraws with Achilles heel injury”
Naomi Osaka came back from a set and a break down to clinch her second US Open title, and third Grand Slam of her young career – thus ending Victoria Azarenka’s triumphant return to Flushing Meadows in just under two hours during Saturday’s entertaining showpiece event. Continue reading “US Open 2020: Osaka recovers from set down vs. Azarenka, wins second title”
Naomi Osaka exacted some long-awaited revenge against Shelby Rogers with an impressive straight-sets victory during their quarter-final on Arthur Ashe. The two-time Grand Slam champion needed just 80 minutes to secure passage into her third career Slam semi-final, where she’ll play against Jennifer Brady on Thursday evening. Continue reading “US Open 2020: Naomi Osaka eases past Shelby Rogers to reach semi-finals”
Although she battled hard to get through two rounds in last year’s US Open, Cori Gauff’s aspirations for an even better run this summer have been curtailed on the opening day by an experienced opponent in Anastasija Sevastova – who overcame second set nerves to hold firm en route to a gritty three-set victory.
Continue reading “US Open 2020: Anastasija Sevastova beats Cori Gauff in grinding three-set battle”
Novak Djokovic showed precisely why he’s world number one – rallying from a set down to outlast Milos Raonic in their Western & Southern Open Final, clinching his 35th ATP Masters 1000 tournament title ahead of next week’s unprecented US Open. Continue reading “Western & Southern Open: Novak Djokovic beats Milos Raonic to US Open tuneup title”
The 37-year-old, who made her shock return on tour earlier this year, was granted a wildcard ahead of this month’s US Open and after some encouraging displays, is promising there’s still good tennis left from the four-time Grand Slam winner. Continue reading “Kim Clijsters promises she still has ‘good tennis left’ in second retirement return”
Andy Murray and world no. 12 Roberto Bautista Agut, as seen in the picture above, are among the high-profile tennis players that have spoken recently about their plans to return – with the US Open on everyone’s minds.
Continue reading “Who said what? Murray, Muguruza, Schwartzman and more on preparing to return”
The teenage prodigy, world no.52, said she’s ready to return to action and travel for events soon. This update comes after pundits lavished praise on her, saying she’s capable of surpassing Serena Williams as the greatest ever tennis player. Continue reading “Coco Gauff ready to return, as critics say she can surpass Serena Williams in future”
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