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 […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 24, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) There’s a sense of joy every time World No. 4 Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic wins a tennis match. Lately, she’s been winning quite a few of them. After beating two-time Australian Open […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 23, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Just a few days after being pushed to five sets in his second match of this year’s Australian Open, Denis Shapovalov didn’t expect that his fourth-round match against World No. 3 Alexander Zverev Saturday […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 23, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) American Madison Keys gave a dominating performance against World No. 6 Paula Badosa – arguably her best of the young season – and it added up to a comprehensive 6-3, 6-1 fourth-round win […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 22, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) While World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty is the most prominent Aussie playing in this year’s Australian Open, the year’s first major taking place in Melbourne, let’s not forget that there’s another one who is […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 22, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Within a matter of about 10 minutes across Melbourne Park, on a sunny and warm 33-degree (Celsius) Saturday afternoon, Simona Halep, Danielle Collins and Alizé Cornet all won their respective third-round matches to […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 21, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Amanda Anisimova knocked out defending Australian Open women’s champion and four-time major title winner Naomi Osaka, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) in the third round of the year’s first Grand Slam event Friday night. Anisimova […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 21, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Make no mistake, Victoria Azarenka came to play. After her lopsided 6-0, 6-2 third-round victory over Elina Svitolina that was over in a mere 67 minutes, is a third Australian Open title in […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 20, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Simona Halep is healthy, fit and focused – and ready to make a deep run after reaching the Australian Open final in 2018. She’s fared no worse than advancing to the fourth round […]
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