MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 26, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 1 and top seed Ashleigh Barty has lost just 17 games through her first five matches in the Australian Open fortnight as she readies to play in her fourth Grand Slam […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 25, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Rafael Nadal battled his way to victory Tuesday afternoon at the Australian Open like he’s done 1,035 times previously in his storied career, with grit and fight – and plenty of determination, too. […]
Australian Open Press Release, January 25, 2022 Tennis Australia and ESPN International have announced a significant milestone, extending and expanding their broadcast partnership of the Australian Open across Latin America, Brazil and the Caribbean for another 10 years. The deal will see the partnership, […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 25, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Stefanos Tsitsipas is one who always carefully chooses his words, whether during an on-court interview after he wins a big match, or when he sits down at his press conferences and eloquently answers […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 24, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Within minutes of each other, as the clock approached midnight in Melbourne, both Stefanos Tsitsipas and Kaia Kanepi advanced to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. One was expected to be among the […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 24, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) There’s a sense of joy every time World No. 4 Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic wins a tennis match. Lately, she’s been winning quite a few of them. After beating two-time Australian Open […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 23, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Just a few days after being pushed to five sets in his second match of this year’s Australian Open, Denis Shapovalov didn’t expect that his fourth-round match against World No. 3 Alexander Zverev Saturday […]
Australian Open Press Release, January 23, 2022 A dazzling array of art installations and music performances is bringing off-court spaces to life at Australian Open 2022, celebrating Melbourne’s status as Australia’s culture capital. Marking 100 years since the first Australasian […]
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 […]
