MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 23, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) American Madison Keys gave a dominating performance against World No. 6 Paula Badosa – arguably her best of the young season – and it added up to a comprehensive 6-3, 6-1 fourth-round win […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 22, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) While World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty is the most prominent Aussie playing in this year’s Australian Open, the year’s first major taking place in Melbourne, let’s not forget that there’s another one who is […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 22, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Within a matter of about 10 minutes across Melbourne Park, on a sunny and warm 33-degree (Celsius) Saturday afternoon, Simona Halep, Danielle Collins and Alizé Cornet all won their respective third-round matches to […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 21, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Amanda Anisimova knocked out defending Australian Open women’s champion and four-time major title winner Naomi Osaka, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) in the third round of the year’s first Grand Slam event Friday night. Anisimova […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 21, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Make no mistake, Victoria Azarenka came to play. After her lopsided 6-0, 6-2 third-round victory over Elina Svitolina that was over in a mere 67 minutes, is a third Australian Open title in […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 20, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Simona Halep is healthy, fit and focused – and ready to make a deep run after reaching the Australian Open final in 2018. She’s fared no worse than advancing to the fourth round […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 20, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) While World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty and defending champion Naomi Osaka have been grabbing much of the spotlight in the women’s draw of the Australian Open, a couple of in-form Americans, Madison Keys […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 19, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Women’s defending champion Naomi Osaka of Japan advanced to the third round of the Australian Open with a 6-0, 6-4 win over 54th-ranked American Madison Brengle in a featured Wednesday evening match on […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 19, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) The tennis stars come out at night at the Australian Open, and for the second time in three days, World No. 3 Alexander Zverev is featured in the final match of the day […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 18, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) With top seed Novak Djokovic withdrawn from the Australian Open 2022, all eyes are now on Daniil Medvedev. The 25-year-old second seed from Moscow is aiming to become the first Russian since Marat […]
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