MELBOURNE, January 30, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) It’s been 40 long years since an Australian woman reached the final of the Australian Open. No Australian woman has lifted the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup, the trophy presented each year to the […]
MELBOURNE, January 30, 2020 Defending champion Novak Djokovic has reached the Australian Open final for the eighth time by beating Roger Federer 7-6(1), 6-4, 6-3 in Thursday’s semi-final on Rod Laver Arena. Once the Serbian eased through a first-set tie-break, […]
MELBOURNE, January 29, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) In just 53 minutes, World No. 3 Simona Halep came, she saw, and, then, conquered her way into the Australian Open semifinals for the second time in three years. The No. 4 seed […]
MELBOURNE, January 29, 2020 (by Alessandro Boroch) No. 5 seed Dominic Thiem outlasted World No. 1 Rafael Nadal 7-6(3), 7-6(4), 4-6, 7-6(6) in four hours and 10 minutes to reach the semifinals at the Australian Open for the first time. […]
MELBOURNE, January 29, 2020 Alexander Zverev has become the seventh German man in the Open Era to reach the semi-finals at a Grand Slam, and the first since Tommy Haas at 2009 Wimbledon. The 22-year-old from Hamburg fought past No. […]
MELBOURNE, January 28, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty became the first Australian in 36 years to reach the Australian Open semifinals and new American No. 2 Sofia Kenin moved a step closer to her goal of […]
MEBOURNE, January 28, 2020 (by Alessandro Boroch) Roger Federer has been on tour for quite a while, but now at the age of 38, when his career is slowly coming to an end, he produced one of the greatest comebacks […]
MELBOURNE, January 27, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) With the last of the fourth round women’s singles matches completed, rounding out the quarterfinal field, none of the remaining eight players have ever won the Australian Open. There will be a new […]
MELBOURNE, January 27, 2020 (by Alessandro Boroch) The battle between World No. 1 Rafael Nadal and No. 26 Aussie Nick Kyrgios headlined Monday’s fourth-round action at the Australia Open when the pair met in front of a packed crowd on […]
MELBOURNE, January 26, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) It’s cool to care about Nick Kyrgios. Finally. The top-ranked Australian man in this year’s Australian Open survived a dramatic five-set thriller Saturday night that would have made any Hollywood director proud. The […]
