MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 20, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Blink and you might not realize that Jannik Sinner has already won three matches to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open. As the opening week of the year’s first major Down […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 19, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 5 Andrey Rublev notched an impressive third-round victory at the Australian Open Friday night over 2023 AO quarterfinalist Sebastian Korda, 6-2, 7-6 (8), 6-4, to advance to the fourth round. After starting […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 19, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) An epic Day Five on Thursday at this year’s Australian Open will be long remembered for the many remarkable numbers it produced. Among them: 15 – deciding-set matches (nine women, six men). 3 […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 18, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Anna Blinkova saved six match points against No. 3 seed Elena Rybakina and toppled last year’s Australian Open finalist after winning the longest tiebreak in a singles match in Grand Slam history Thursday […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 18, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 1 Iga Swiatek and Danielle Collins had met once before at the Australian Open, when the American defeated Swiatek in the semifinals in 2022. Since then, Swiatek won their last three […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 17, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 1 Novak Djokovic, a 10-time champion of the Australian Open and favored to win a record-extending 11th crown this year, showed Tuesday night before a large audience on Rod Laver Arena […]
J MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 17, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 6 Ons Jabeur came into her Australian Open featured second-round match against 16-year-old Russian upstart and 2023 WTA Newcomer of the Year Mirra Andreeva on shuttered Rod Laver Arena Wednesday […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 16, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz made his long-awaited return to the Australian Open a successful one. The personable, 20-year-old Spaniard, who missed last year’s Happy Slam due to an injury, was given a […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 16, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Women’s world No. 1 Iga Swiatek was asked the other day during her Australian Open pre-tournament news conference just what would make 2024 a good season by her standards. A good question, considering […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 15, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) As five-time Australian Open finalist Andy Murray walked off the court at Kia Arena disappointedly, after mustering just eight games in his 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 loss to No. 30 seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry […]
