MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 27, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Ashleigh Barty has become the first Australian woman to advance to the Australian Open final since Wendy Turnbull in 1980. Make no mistake, she’s on a hot streak and determined to re-write tennis […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 27, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime proved there’s no shame in losing. Sometimes, it stings at first, like it must have felt after he squandered a two-sets-to-none lead and lost a thrilling five-set Australian Open quarterfinal […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 26, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) For just the second time in his career, Daniil Medvedev pulled victory from the jaws of defeat in a five-set match, in which he trailed two sets to love. What a Wednesday evening, […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 26, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 1 and top seed Ashleigh Barty has lost just 17 games through her first five matches in the Australian Open fortnight as she readies to play in her fourth Grand Slam […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 25, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Rafael Nadal battled his way to victory Tuesday afternoon at the Australian Open like he’s done 1,035 times previously in his storied career, with grit and fight – and plenty of determination, too. […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 25, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Stefanos Tsitsipas is one who always carefully chooses his words, whether during an on-court interview after he wins a big match, or when he sits down at his press conferences and eloquently answers […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 24, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Within minutes of each other, as the clock approached midnight in Melbourne, both Stefanos Tsitsipas and Kaia Kanepi advanced to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. One was expected to be among the […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 24, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) There’s a sense of joy every time World No. 4 Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic wins a tennis match. Lately, she’s been winning quite a few of them. After beating two-time Australian Open […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 23, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Just a few days after being pushed to five sets in his second match of this year’s Australian Open, Denis Shapovalov didn’t expect that his fourth-round match against World No. 3 Alexander Zverev Saturday […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 23, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) American Madison Keys gave a dominating performance against World No. 6 Paula Badosa – arguably her best of the young season – and it added up to a comprehensive 6-3, 6-1 fourth-round win […]
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