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Vinci exits after bad day at the office
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Roberta Vinci’s third round loss at the Australian Open to unheralded German Anna-Lena Friedsam on Friday was simply a reflection of a bad day at the office, the Italian veteran said. A good day for the 32-year-old could be benchmarked against her victory over world number one Serena Williams in the U.S. […]
Radwanska plays through the pain to reach last 16
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Agnieszka Radwanska, playing through the pain of a leg injury, rode an opening set onslaught to take a place in the last 16 of the Australian Open with a 6-4 6-0 victory over Monica Puig on Friday. The fourth seed was forced to pull out of the Sydney warm-up because of her […]
Federer defuses Dimitrov challenge to seal 300th slam win
Roger Federer made a come back against challenger Grigor Dimitrov and won to advance to the next round of the Australian Open.
Sharapova re-dresses for success to reach fourth round
Maria Sharapova found inspiration after changing her outfit and came around to win and advance to the fourth round of the Australian Open.
Pain-free Nishikori earns chance to avenge Tsonga loss
Japan's Kei Nishikori won against Garcia-Lopez despite having a wrist injury, and has a chance to get revenge against Tsonga for his prior losses.
Newsmaker: Street-fighter Hewitt goes down swinging in Melbourne
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Andre Agassi did not think much of the 16-year-old Lleyton Hewitt when he marched out for their first match on a broiling hot day in South Australia in 1998. A short and skinny kid with straggly hair spilling out of a backward-facing baseball cap, Hewitt looked more like an […]
Hewitt proud to have taken game forward, by staying back
By Greg Stutchbury MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Lleyton Hewitt said he was proud of his contribution in taking down the tennis giants on Thursday after his 20th and final appearance in the Australian Open singles came to a close. The Australian, whose 18-year career will officially end once he is knocked out of the men’s doubles […]
Hewitt bows out for good, Murray marches on
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Lleyton Hewitt bade an emotional farewell under the Australian Open floodlights on Thursday as David Ferrer snuffed out any chance of fairytale final flourish from the local hero. After world number two Andy Murray had trampled on home sensibilities by mauling Australian Sam Groth to reach the third round, […]
Andy Roddick’s most Unique Ace Ever
The opponent is left stunned after this serve by Andy Roddick and rightly so.
Djokovic and Williams target fourth-round spots
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Defending champions Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams are back in action at the Australian Open on Friday with comfortable looking hurdles to overcome to reach the fourth round. Top seed Djokovic, untroubled so far as he seeks a sixth Australian Open title, takes on Italian 28th seed Andreas Seppi having beaten him […]
Video: Roger Federer’s Best Shots in Exhibition Matches
Roger Federer, the tennis maestro from Switzerland, has always been talked about his grace, elegance and how easy he makes everything look on the Tennis court. Even his biggest of rivals have admitted that they wished they could play as effortlessly and elegantly as Federer has done over the years. Andy Murray, after losing to […]
Keys showing maturity to lead American new wave
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Madison Keys proved last year she will be ready when American trailblazer Serena Williams decides to hand over the baton. In reaching the semi-finals of the Australian Open, aged 19, the Florida-based big-hitter with one of the hardest forehands in the game had pundits lining up to say “told you so”. A […]
