MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 29, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Australia has an Australian Open singles champion once again. Their 44-year drought is finally over. Let the Barty Party begin! Saturday evening in Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena, top-seeded Ashleigh Barty defeated No. 27 […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 29, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) History will be on the line when Rafael Nadal walks out on Rod Laver Arena Sunday evening to face Daniil Medvedev in the men’s singles final of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park. Nadal, […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 28, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Over his nearly 20-year career as professional, Rafael Nadal‘s philosophy can be summed up in nine tidy words: “We need to suffer, and we need to fight.” No words were truer spoken but […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 28, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Danielle Collins of the United States has reached her first Grand Slam final at the Australian Open. By any measuring stick, it’s been an uphill climb for the 28-year-old American to be able […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 27, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Ashleigh Barty has become the first Australian woman to advance to the Australian Open final since Wendy Turnbull in 1980. Make no mistake, she’s on a hot streak and determined to re-write tennis […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 27, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime proved there’s no shame in losing. Sometimes, it stings at first, like it must have felt after he squandered a two-sets-to-none lead and lost a thrilling five-set Australian Open quarterfinal […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 26, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) For just the second time in his career, Daniil Medvedev pulled victory from the jaws of defeat in a five-set match, in which he trailed two sets to love. What a Wednesday evening, […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 25, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Rafael Nadal battled his way to victory Tuesday afternoon at the Australian Open like he’s done 1,035 times previously in his storied career, with grit and fight – and plenty of determination, too. […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 25, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Stefanos Tsitsipas is one who always carefully chooses his words, whether during an on-court interview after he wins a big match, or when he sits down at his press conferences and eloquently answers […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 24, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Within minutes of each other, as the clock approached midnight in Melbourne, both Stefanos Tsitsipas and Kaia Kanepi advanced to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. One was expected to be among the […]
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