Second seed Ons Jabeur has been knocked out in the second round of the Australian Open by a defiant Marketa Vondrousova. Jabeur looked unsettled and unable to find the answers for the deadly-focused Czech, as she was defeated 6-1, 5-7, 6-1 at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne. The world No.2 is the latest top seed to exit Melbourne after Rafael Nadal’s shocking defeat to unseeded...
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...
World number one in men's tennis, Carlos Alcaraz is anticipating facing Novak Djokovic at the 2023 Australian Open. Djokovic missed the 2022 event after being sent home for not getting vaccinated against COVID-19, which was a compulsory requirement for participating players. The Serb also missed the US Open for not having evidence of vaccination, a requirement for entering the country. With COVID-19 no longer gripping the...
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