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 […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 7, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the 2024 Australian Open, citing a “micro tear” on a muscle. In sharing his injury update via social media from Melbourne on Sunday, a week before the start […]
MELBOURNE, December 6, 2023 (Australian Open Press Release) Former world No.1 and AO 2018 champion Caroline Wozniacki, plus six Aussie talents, have been awarded main-draw wildcards for Australian Open 2024. Caroline Wozniacki’s comeback will continue at Australian Open 2024 after the former […]
Australian Open Press Release, February 2, 2022 World No.1 Ash Barty became the first Australian to win the Australian Open since Chris O’Neil in 1978 and was presented with the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup by 14-time Grand Slam champion and Barty’s long-time friend […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 31, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Early Monday morning, Rafael Nadal scored the most important comeback victory of his storied career when he won the 2022 Australian Open men’s singles title on Rod Laver Arena. It happened before a […]
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