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It's too early--or is it?--to start thinking about another Australian Open title for Roger Federer, but his potential road to the winner's trophy from the third round through the championship path is worth noting...
Nigel Sears, the British coach of former world no.1 Ana Ivanovic who shocked the world of tennis by collapsing on the steps of Rod Laver Arena and lying unconscious during the recent Australian Open, has finally revealed it was not heart problems but quite possibly a dubious piece of sushi that caused his hospitalization.
Andy Murray was in Rod Laver Arena past 1:00 a.m. on the eve of his Australian Open final, as his brother’s doubles final lasted well into the night on Saturday.
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic is through to his sixth Australian Open final after producing a masterful display to defeat Roger Federer 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 on Thursday night in Melbourne.
It’s become a habit of sorts. For the sixth time in seven years, Andy Murray is headed into the semi-finals of the Australian Open. The No. 2-seeded Scotsman once again ensured his place among the final four in Melbourne with a 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-3 defeat of No. 8 seed David Ferrer of Spain.
Another day of delayed starts in Melbourne as the rain continued to make its presence felt, but with three roofed courts, (that were mostly planned for hot sun and heat conditions) fans (especially with ground passes to get into Hisense area) were assured of some tennis to start their day.
Tomas Berdych is through to the fourth round at the Australian Open for the sixth year in a row after fending off a fightback from Nick Kyrgios to prevail 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 in the Friday night session on Rod Laver Arena.
Roger Federer climbed into rarefied territory on a rainy Friday at the Australian Open. With a 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 third-round win over 27th seed Grigor Dimitrov in Rod Laver Arena, the No. 3 seed clinched the 300th Grand Slam match win of his storied career...
The curtain came down on Lleyton Hewitt’s illustrious career on Thursday night in Melbourne as David Ferrer defeated the former World No.1, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 in the second round of the Australian Open.
Rain, vegemite and never trust a coffee machine over a proper Barista. That’s this morning’s life lessons ahead of day three, but lucky for us there are stadium roofs in Australia.
The story of the day session on Day Two had to be THAT match against Rafael Nadal and Fernando Verdasco.
And we’re off! What a day to start – wall to wall Grand Slam champs as far as the eye could see, beautiful weather to start.
This is it for Lleyton Hewitt. The former world No. 1 will call it a career at this Australian Open. And what a career it has been. Hewitt is a two-time major champion, having triumphed at the U.S. Open in 2001 and at Wimbledon in 2002.
By recent standards, this is already a successful Australian Open for the American men. Two are through to the third round as of Thursday afternoon Australia time and both John Isner and Steve Johnson have advanced in convincing fashion. But it could be oh so much better.
It is almost as if the tennis heavenly bodies were reading our observations of the stars feeling jittery on their first time out. The drama was to be had in the iconic Rod Laver Arena as first hot favourite Maria Sharapova, then Roger Federer, and then finally Rafael Nadal all took their turn to broil in the Round Two pressure cooker.
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