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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
WASHINGTON, January 14, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) As the 2018 Australian Open – the Happy Slam – begins Monday Down Under in Melbourne, it seems to many that Roger Federer is as good a bet as any to successfully defend his men’s […]
WASHINGTON, January 11, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) Last year’s Australian Open singles finals pitting sisters Serena Williams versus Venus Williams followed the next night by Roger Federer beating Rafael Nadal in five grueling sets is about as good as it gets in a grand slam. Right? Well, […]
MELBOURNE, January 10 ,2018 Tomas Berdych is the winner of the fourth edition of the Tie Break Tens held for the first time in Melbourne. In the Margaret Court Arena, the 32-year-old Czech won three best of ten points tie-break matches to […]
MELBOURNE, January 9, 2018 Former Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka from Switzerland officially welcomed the Australian Open ballkids, fuelled by Vegemite, to Melbourne Park on Tuesday. The three-time Grand Slam winner and Australian Open 2014 champion will join the 350 ballkids for the traditional team […]
AO Press Release, January 9, 2018 A new state-of-the-art umpires chair will be unveiled at Australian Open 2018. The hi-tech chair, to be featured on Rod Laver Arena, MCA and Hisense Arena, has been fully automated, with officials rising up to the occasion […]
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