Grand Slam

Cilic Sets Nadal Clash In Australian Open Quarterfinals

MELBOURNE, January 21, 2018 Marin Cilic, the No. 6 seed recorded his 100th Grand Slam match-win on Sunday when he defeated No. 10 seed Pablo Carreno Busta 6-7, 6-3, 7-6, 7-6 on Margaret Court Arena. The 29-year-old Croat struck 20 […]

Berdych And Federer Reach Australian Open 4th Round

MELBOURNE, January 20, 2018 Two former Top 5 players headlined Saturday evening’s Australian Open action on Hisense Arena, with No. 19 seed Tomas Berdych defeating the tournament’s No. 12 Juan Martin Del Potro 6-3, 6-3, 6-2. Berdych, who fell to […]

Svitolina Halts Kostyuk’s Comic-Strip Week

MELBOURNE, January 19, 2018 Elina Svitolina of the Ukraine ended the prodigious run for 15-year-old compatriot Marta Kostyuk in the third round of the Australian Open, winning 6-2, 6-2 on Rod Laver Arena on Friday. The No. 4 seed struck 11 […]

Melbourne Park Weather Today

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 […]

Djokovic Advances To Australian Open Third Round

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. […]

Federer Opens Australian Open Title Defence

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 […]

Nadal Powers Into Australian Open Second Round

MELBOURNE, January 15, 2018 World No. 1 Rafael Nadal opened his Australian Open campaign on Monday evening when he took on Victor Estrella Burgos in the first night match on Rod Laver Arena. Nadal, who lost a dramatic final to […]

Dimitrov Starts Australian Open Campaign

MELBOURNE, January 15, 2018 Qualifier Dennis Novak faced a tough assignment in his first Grand Slam main draw match, as the Austrian took on No. 3 seed Grigor Dimitrov in the opening round of the Australian Open in the third match […]