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Sebastian Korda Wins Australian Open Boys’ Championship

MELBOURNE, January 27, 2018 17-year old Sebastian Korda, of Bradenton in Florida, won the 2018 Australian Open boys’ singles title over Korean Chun Hsin Tseng, 7-6(6), 6-4 on Rod Laver Arena on Saturday. Korda hit 34 winners and broke serve […]

Federer Reaches His 30th Grand Slam Final

MELBOURNE, January 26, 2018 Roger Federer will face Marin Cilic in Sunday’s men’s singles final of the 2018 Australian Open. The No. 2 seed from Switzerland benefited from the retirement of #NextGenATP champion Hyeon Chung in Friday’s semi-final, leading 6-1, […]

Babos, Mladenovic Clinch Australian Open Doubles Title

MELBOURNE, January 26, 2018 Timea Babos of Hungary and Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenovic clinched the women’s doubles title of the 2018 Australian Open. The No. 5 seeds defeated the all-Russian-combination of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina 6-4, 6-3 on Friday afternoon […]

And Then There Were Two: Halep And Wozniacki Have Their Eye On The Prize

WASHINGTON, January 25, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) The Australian Open women’s singles final between No. 1 seed Simona Halep of Romania and No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, the current and former No. 1 players in the world, will be hard pressed to match Thursday’s […]

Cilic Reaches Australian Open Final

MELBOURNE, January 25, 2018 Marin Cilic is the first finalist in the men’s draw of the 2018 Australian Open. The No. 6 seed from Croatia edged past Briton Kyle Edmund 6-2, 7-6, 6-2 in Thursday’s night session on Rod Laver Arena. […]

Halep Digs Deep To Face Wozniacki In Australian Open Final

MELBOURNE, January 25, 2018 Simona Halep saved two match points to defeat Germany’s Angelique Kerber 6-3, 4-6, 9-7 in Thursday’s night session on Rod Laver Arena to reach the final of the Australian Open. In a thrilling encounter, the World […]

Chung To Face Federer In Australian Open Semis

MELBOURNE, January 24, 2018 Roger Federer and Hyeon Chung will meet in the semi-finals of the Australian Open. Federer defeated Tomas Berdych from the Czech Republic 7-6, 6-3, 6-4 in their 10th Grand Slam match in Wednesday’s night session on Rod Laver […]

Cilic Sets Nadal Clash In Australian Open Quarterfinals

MELBOURNE, January 21, 2018 Marin Cilic, the No. 6 seed recorded his 100th Grand Slam match-win on Sunday when he defeated No. 10 seed Pablo Carreno Busta 6-7, 6-3, 7-6, 7-6 on Margaret Court Arena. The 29-year-old Croat struck 20 […]