MELBOURNE, January 19, 2017 Six-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic experienced a shocking second-round loss to Uzbekistan wild card Denis Istomin on Thursday afternoon. The 29-year-old Serbian was aiming to be the first man to win the Australian title seven times, […]
MELBOURNE, January 18, 2017 Nick Kyrgios was knocked out of his home Grand Slam, as he blew a two-set lead and a match point in losing to Andreas Seppi at the Australian Open. The 32-year-old Italian triumphed 1-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-2, […]
MELBOURNE, January 18, 2017 Roger Federer has booked his place in the third round of the Australian Open with a 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 win over US-American youngster Noah Rubin. “He’s a great fighter … he’s aggressive on the ball and I […]
MELBOURNE, January 18, 2017 Australian Open presenter and journalist Nick McCarvel will be joined each day of the tournament by Tennis Australia Game Insight Group expert Dr Machar Reid to analyse the stories behind the numbers. In the first episode […]
MELBOURNE, January 17, 2017 Defending champion Novak Djokovic opened his title bid at the Australian Open with a 6-1, 7-6, 6-2 win over hard-hitting Spaniard Fernando Verdasco. The 29-year-old from Serbia impressed with some brilliant defence skills under the floodlight […]
MELBOURNE, January 17, 2017 Rafael Nadal opened his Australian Open campaign with a convincing 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 victory over German veteran Florian Mayer on Tuesday afternoon in the third match on Rod Laver Arena. It was a vintage Nadal performance, where […]
MELBOURNE, January 16, 2017 Roger Federer made a winning return to the courts, celebrating a 7-5, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 first round victory at the Australian Open against Austrian veteran Jürgen Melzer. The 35-year-old appeared in his first competitive match in […]
MELBOURNE, January 16, 2017 Tennis Australia’s elite team of data, analytics and sport science experts have been crunching the numbers and the results may surprise you. The Tennis Australia Game Insight Group or GIG is headed up by leading sports […]
MELBOURNE, January 16, 2017 Australian youngster Alex de Minaur was one of the stories of the first day at the 2017 Australian Open in Melbourne. The 17-year-old from Sydney celebrated a successful Grand Slam debut, winning his opening match 5-7, […]
MELBOURNE, January 15, 2017 Defending Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber announced Saturday that she is going to skip Germany’s upcoming first round Fed Cup tie against the United States, which will be played from 11 to 12 February, the weekend […]
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