MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 22, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) With a two-sets-to-none lead in his Australian Open fourth-round match, Carlos Alcaraz raised the level of his game against Miomir Kecmanovic. Monday night on Rod Laver Arena, the World No. 2 from Spain […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 22, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Victoria Azarenka is the sixth player in the Open Era to win 50 women’s singles matches at the Australian Open, after Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Maria Sharapova, Lindsay Davenport and Martina Hingis. The […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 21, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 12 Taylor Fritz put a lot of trust in himself and it rewarded him handsomely. On Middle Sunday at the Australian Open, the U.S. No. 1 and the last of 12 […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 21, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) When 69th-ranked Nuno Borges upset No. 13 seed Grigor Dimitrov in four dramatic sets, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (6), Saturday at the Australian Open, it lifted the Portuguese star into the second […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 20, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) As Linda Noskova secured the biggest victory of her nascent career, a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 upset of World No. 1 and top seed Iga Swiatek at the Australian Open Saturday night in Melbourne, […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 20, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Blink and you might not realize that Jannik Sinner has already won three matches to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open. As the opening week of the year’s first major Down […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 19, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 5 Andrey Rublev notched an impressive third-round victory at the Australian Open Friday night over 2023 AO quarterfinalist Sebastian Korda, 6-2, 7-6 (8), 6-4, to advance to the fourth round. After starting […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 19, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) An epic Day Five on Thursday at this year’s Australian Open will be long remembered for the many remarkable numbers it produced. Among them: 15 – deciding-set matches (nine women, six men). 3 […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 18, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Anna Blinkova saved six match points against No. 3 seed Elena Rybakina and toppled last year’s Australian Open finalist after winning the longest tiebreak in a singles match in Grand Slam history Thursday […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 18, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 1 Iga Swiatek and Danielle Collins had met once before at the Australian Open, when the American defeated Swiatek in the semifinals in 2022. Since then, Swiatek won their last three […]
