MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 17, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 1 Novak Djokovic, a 10-time champion of the Australian Open and favored to win a record-extending 11th crown this year, showed Tuesday night before a large audience on Rod Laver Arena […]
J MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 17, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 6 Ons Jabeur came into her Australian Open featured second-round match against 16-year-old Russian upstart and 2023 WTA Newcomer of the Year Mirra Andreeva on shuttered Rod Laver Arena Wednesday […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 16, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz made his long-awaited return to the Australian Open a successful one. The personable, 20-year-old Spaniard, who missed last year’s Happy Slam due to an injury, was given a […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 16, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Women’s world No. 1 Iga Swiatek was asked the other day during her Australian Open pre-tournament news conference just what would make 2024 a good season by her standards. A good question, considering […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 15, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) With one Grand Slam title in her portfolio, World No. 4 Coco Gauff has her sights set on more. She’s never been afraid to express her goals. “I would say recently I feel […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 14, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 1 and defending champion Novak Djokovic will long remember the opening match in his bid to win a record-extending 11th Australian Open crown. That’s because he was pushed for four hours […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 14, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Australian Open 2024 launched in Melbourne Park on a Sunday for the first time after expanding to 15 days, joining the French Open. By all accounts, with plenty of star power headlining the first-day […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 13, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki and Angelique Kerber of Germany, both former No. 1s, share many things in common. Both have won the Australian Open, Kerber in 2016 and Wozniacki in 2018. Now, both are mothers […]
MELBOURNE/STARNBERG, January 12, 2024 Only two days ahead of the start of the first Grand-Slam tournament of the 2024 season, World No.1 Iga Swiatek visited her favourite Melbourne coffee shop on Flinders Lane this morning for a flat white and a […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 11, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) The official draw for the 2024 Australian Open took place Thursday afternoon. Playing true to their rankings, defending champion and 10-time AO winner Novak Djokovic and four-time major champion Iga Swiatek were placed […]
