WASHINGTON, January 29, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) The 2018 Australian Open fortnight down under wrapped up Sunday with an extraordinary display of vintage Roger Federer for the Rod Laver Arena crowd – and a world-wide audience watching on TV – to enjoy and […]
AO Press Release, January 28, 2018 For the past two weeks the world’s top tennis players have excited and delighted fans at Melbourne Park. Now that the last ball has been hit for Australian Open 2018, the numbers are rolling […]
MELBOURNE, January 28, 2018 Roger Federer claimed his sixth Australian Open title being joint-top on the list for most men’s singles titles in Melbourne, ahead of Novak Djokovic and Roy Emerson. The 36-year-old Swiss defeated No. 6 seed Marin Cilic 6-2, 6-7(5), […]
AO Press Release, January 28, 2018 Fifteen-year-olds Emma Wong (Doncaster East, Vic) and Aidan Chu (Mont Albert North, Vic) have been named the two top ballkids of Australian Open 2018. As part of their award, Emma and Aidan have earned a place in the men’s […]
WASHINGTON, January 27, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) On Friday night inside a packed Rod Laver Arena at the Australian Open, tennis fans in a good mood celebrating Australia Day settled in for the second men’s singles semifinal between defending champion Roger Federer and the young, 21-year-old […]
MELBOURNE, January 27, 2018 Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic captured their first Grand Slam title as a team on their fourth appearance together at a major. The Austrian-Croatian combination defeated the Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah of Colombia 6-4, […]
MELBOURNE, January 27, 2018 Caroline Wozniacki is the champion of the 2018 Australian Open. The 27-year-old from Denmark fought past top seed Simona Halep of Romania 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-4 in Saturday’s singles final on Rod Laver Arena. Both women showed high-quality […]
AO Press Release, January 27, 2018 One of the biggest partnerships in Australian sporting history was cemented on Saturday as Tennis Australia signed a landmark five-year extension with Major Sponsor Kia Motors. The new five-year deal will see Kia Motors continue as the […]
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 […]
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, […]
