AO Press Release, January 19, 2018 The cool change has arrived at Melbourne Park with the current temperature (at 5:38pm) at Melbourne Park sitting at 28.2 degrees with a Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) reading of 26.7. The expected top temperature in Melbourne today was 42 […]
MELBOURNE, January 18, 2018 For the first time in a decade, Stan Wawrinka will not feature in the third round at the Australian Open after his comeback from knee surgery ends with a 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 loss to US-American Tennys […]
MELBOURNE, January 18, 2018 Novak Djokovic defeated Frenchman Gael Monfils for the 15th time in as many meeting between the two in Thursday’s second round of the Australian Open on Rod Laver Arena with temperatures rising into the high 30s Celsius. […]
WASHINGTON, January 18, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) Fans of both Caroline Wozniacki and Elise Mertens – not to mention the players themselves – are breathing a big sigh of relief after each staged major comebacks to win their respective second-round […]
MELBOURNE, January 17, 2018 Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov headlined Wednesday’s night session on Rod Laver Arena. He took on US-American qualifier Mackenzie McDonald, who recorded his first Tour-level match-win in the first round here. Dimitrov survived a huge test to earn […]
MELBOURNE, January 17, 2018 Rafael Nadal continues his quest for a 17th Grand Slam title after a 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 second round round victory against Leonardo Mayer of Argentina on Wednesday. The World No. 1 from Spain capitalized on three […]
WASHINGTON, January 17, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) Of the many thrilling first-round upsets that dotted the first two days of the 2018 Australian Open, one that garnered a lot of attention – including mine – was unseeded Andrea Petkovic‘s defeat of […]
MELBOURNE, January 16, 2018 2017 champion Roger Federer opened his title defence on Tuesday evening against Aljaz Bedene from Slovenia in the first night match on Rod Laver Arena. The 36-year-old Swiss is bidding for his sixth Australian Open title and […]
MELBOURNE, January 16, 2018 Six-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic played his first competitive match in over six months when he took on lefthander Donald Young from the United States on Margaret Court Arena on Tuesday. Djokovic has been out […]
WASHINGTON, January 16, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) What a difference a year’s made for Venus Williams. Last year, the 37-year-old Williams lost to her younger sister, Serena, in the women’s singles final. However, Serena did not return to defend her 2017 […]
