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Murray returns to court after stressful two days
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Andy Murray will be looking to put a stressful two days behind him when he faces Bernard Tomic, the last home hope in the men’s draw, in the fourth round of the Australian Open on Monday. Murray’s father-in-law Nigel Sears, the coach of Ana Ivanovic, was taken to hospital on Saturday after […]
Radwanska escapes after Friedsam suffers injury
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Anna-Lena Friedsam’s giant-killing run at the Australian Open ended in tears and injury on Sunday when ailments to both legs allowed world number four Agnieszka Radwanska to snatch a 6-7 (6) 6-1 7-5 fourth round win. The 21-year-old German, who had never been past the second round of a grand slam before […]
Tennis-Djokovic suffers “brain freeze” in Simon scare
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Champion Novak Djokovic was keen to forget his unconvincing victory over Gilles Simon that put the Serb through to another Australian Open quarter-final but also gave hope to his title rivals. Having come into the match without dropping a set, the world number one bashed repeatedly against the brick wall of 14th […]
Simple Simon plan almost did for Djokovic
Sublime Gilles Simon fought a brilliant match against winner Djokovic, making him fight for each point.
World number two Halep to have nose surgery
World No. 2 Simona Halep, is to undergo a nose surgery, after her shock exit from the Australian Open after being defeated by Zhang Shuai.
Radwanska escapes after Friedsam suffers injury
Anna-Lena Friedsam's giant-killing run at the Australian Open ended in tears as a thigh injury resulted in a Radwanska win.
Twitter Hails Djokovic and Gilles Simon after Epic Match at Australian Open
The best tweets on Novak Djokovic's and Gilles Simon' 4th Round match at Australian Open.
Roger Federer’s fights with umpires
Anger and frustration can get the better of the best of us, even the seemingly calm Roger Federer. Here're all the times Mr. Cool lost his cool.
Djokovic survives Simon scare to reach quarter-finals
Novak Djokovic survived a scare from Gilles Simon as he fended off an attack from him to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open.
Zhang fired up after breaking grand slam drought
Zhang Shuai is all fired up after having caused quite a few upsets in the Australian Open this time around.
Sharapova bounces Bencic to reach quarters
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Maria Sharapova served up a storm to slap down teenage firebrand Belinda Bencic 7-5 7-5 and become the first woman through to the Australian Open quarter-finals on Sunday. The 2008 champion fired 21 aces in her most impressive serving performance of the tournament to keep the rising Swiss at bay in the […]
Nishikori hammers Tsonga to ease into last eight
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Japan’s Kei Nishikori reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open for the third time when he eased past Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4 6-2 6-4 on Sunday. The seventh seed hit 31 winners and sealed his place in the last eight when Tsonga, seeded ninth, made his 36th unforced error by slashing a forehand […]
