MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 28, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) By any measure or metric, World No. 4 Jannik Sinner is a much-improved tennis player. It shows in his win-loss record, the quality and strength of his serving statistics and also this: he’s […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON,January 27, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Aryna Sabalenka swept aside all of her challengers, one after another, and did not drop a set throughout the 14 she contested at the 2024 Australian Open. With one final, majestic cross-court forehand winner […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 27, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) The first champions of the Australian Open, Hsieh Su-Wei and Jan Zielinski, almost didn’t compete in the mixed doubles competition. Each of them, Hsieh from Taiwan and Zielinski of Poland, are established doubles […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 26, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) For the first time since 2005, there will be no Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic playing for the Australian Open men’s singles title. Mostly, the show will go on in Melbourne […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 26, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Like a fine wine that gets better with age, so, too, do tennis players. Take India’s Rohan Bopanna for instance. The 43-year-old Indian professional from Bengaluru, India, who specializes in playing doubles, next […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 25, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Aryna Sabalenka played aggressive tennis against Coco Gauff from first ball to last and the defending champion booked her return to the Australian Open final after defeating the American teenager, 7-6 (2), 6-4 […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 25, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Ten years ago, Zheng Qinwen watched beloved Chinese star Li Na win the Australian Open women’s singles title in front of a TV set surrounded by her junior tennis teammates. She was 11 […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 24, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) In a minute shy of four hours, Daniil Medvedev won his second five-setter of the Australian Open fortnight, and with his 7-6 (4) 2-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 victory over No. 9 seed Hubert […]
UMELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 24, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Neither Linda Noskova nor Dayana Yastremska, who faced off in the quarterfinal round of the Australian Open Wednesday afternoon, had ever reached the last eight of a major until now. With the elimination […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 23, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Top seed Novak Djokovic was extended to four sets by American Taylor Fritz during their Australian Open quarterfinal match Tuesday afternoon. However, the World No. 1 from Serbia prevailed in three-hours, 45-minutes, 7-6 […]
