MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Defending champion Novak Djokovic returns to Rod Laver Arena for clash against Gilles Simon on Sunday as he looks to seal his place in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open for the ninth year in a row. The Serbian world number one, farmed out to Margaret Court Arena for his third round […]
By Nick Mulvenney MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Qualifier Zhang Shuai thinks she can become China’s second grand slam winner after easing into the last 16 of the Australian Open with an emphatic 6-1 6-3 victory over American Varvara Lepchenko on Saturday. With China’s first grand slam champion Li Na having retired and her fellow trailblazer Zheng […]
Lleyton Hewitt has left the building. Australian tennis’ leading light for almost 2 decades has called time on an incredible career, having played his last game infront of an emotional home crowd, at the Australian Open, losing his second round match to David Ferrer. Hewitt couldn’t offer much resistance in front of the bulldozing Spaniard, […]
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Andy Murray moved into the Australian Open fourth round in surreal circumstances on Saturday, completing a 6-2 3-6 6-2 6-2 victory over Joao Sousa after his father-in-law had collapsed ill a few hundred metres away. The Briton was unaware throughout the 158-minute contest that Nigel Sears, the coach of Serbian Ana Ivanovic […]
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Nigel Sears, the coach of Ana Ivanovic and father-in-law of men’s world number two Andy Murray, was taken to hospital after collapsing in the stands on Rod Laver Arena during a match at the Australian Open on Saturday. Tournament organisers said Sears was “breathing, conscious and talking” and being examined by a […]
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Johanna Konta spurned the country of her birth to play tennis for Britain but the Sydney-born 24-year-old has enjoyed huge support from the Melbourne Park crowds during her run to the Australian Open fourth round. After upsetting Venus Williams in her opening round match, Konta said she had no intentions of switching […]
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Belarus tennis ace Victoria Azarenka was more refined than former Australian cricketer Keith Miller when it came to dismissing concerns about pressure in sport, but the sentiment was similar. Miller, a Royal Australian Air Force pilot during World War Two, famously quipped that pressure was being chased by a German fighter plane […]
By Nick Mulvenney MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Stan Wawrinka let his tennis do the talking as he brushed off the after-effects of a cold to breeze into the fourth round of the Australian Open with a 6-2 6-3 7-6(3) victory over Lukas Rosol on Saturday. A croaky voice and bloodshot eyes told the tale of the […]
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Latest news from the sixth day of the Australian Open on Saturday (all times GMT): 0328 RAONIC ROLLS ON Canadian Milos Raonic motored into the fourth round with a dominant 6-2 6-3 6-4 over Serbian Viktor Troicki at Margaret Court Arena. The big-serving 13th seed dedicated his win to the community of […]
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Milos Raonic dedicated his third-round win over Viktor Troicki at the Australian Open on Saturday to victims of the school shooting that rocked the remote Canadian town of La Loche. Four people were killed and several injured in the shooting on Friday in Canada’s worst school violence in years. “Today before I […]
