Defending champion Rafael Nadal was stunned by world No. 65 Mackenzie McDonald in the second round of the ongoing Australian Open. The unseeded American defeated the legendary Spaniard 6-4, 6-4, and 7-5 in the early hours of Wednesday at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena. Nadal's title defense and quest for his 23rd Grand Slam came to an abrupt end as he struggled throughout with a left hip...
World No. 5 Novak Djokovic cruised past world No. 75 Roberto Carballes Baena in straight sets in the first round to mark a winning return to the Australian Open after last year’s debacle. The Serb breezed past the Spaniard 6-3, 6-4, 6-0 to secure a berth in the second round in front of a large crowd of admirers at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne. The...
World No. 2 and Tunisian sensation Ons Jabeur defeated Slovenia’s Tamara Zidansek to progress to the second round of the Australian Open. The second seed saw off the world no. 98 with a 7-6 (10-8), 4-6, 6-1 result in three sets after overcoming a second-set scare at the Rod Laver Arena stadium in Melbourne city. After dropping her opening serve, the Tunisian broke straight back to...
British tennis player Emma Raducanu put her injury woes behind her as she made a winning return to the 2023 Australian Open with a first-round defeat of Germany's Tamara Korpatsch. Raducanu defeated Korpatsch 6-3, 6-2 in straight sets at the 1573 Arena in Melbourne Park as she begins a hunt for her first Grand Slam title of the year. The British number one was doubtful for...
Australia Open tournament Director Craig Tiley has revealed that players at the upcoming Grand Slam event will be allowed to continue competing even after testing positive for COVID-19. In a shift in the strict health policies that have governed the game for the last two years, Tiley also revealed that the athletes will no longer be required to take coronavirus tests or isolate when they are...
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