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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 […]
Serena waltzes into Australian Open quarter-finals
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – World number one Serena Williams wasted little time in swatting aside Russia’s Margarita Gasparyan 6-2 6-1 on Sunday, setting up an Australian Open quarter-final showdown with Maria Sharapova. Williams was broken in the first game of the fourth round match, only the second time she had dropped serve in the tournament, before […]
Highlights – Day seven at the Australian Open
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Latest news from the seventh day of the Australian Open on Sunday (all times GMT): 0340 WILLIAMS ON MEETING SHARAPOVA “I had no idea who I was playing. She had a really good match earlier but I’ve got nothing to lose and will just do my best.” 0339 WILLIAMS SETS UP SHARAPOVA […]
Djokovic back on Rod Laver Arena for Simon challenge
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 […]
Qualifier Zhang keeps China alive into fourth 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 […]
So long, Lleyton Hewitt!
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, […]
Murray win overshadowed by father-in-law’s collapse
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 […]
Ivanovic coach in hospital after Rod Laver Arena collapse
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 […]
‘Aussie’ Konta wins over Melbourne Park crowds
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 […]
Confident Azarenka dismisses pressure like her opponents
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 […]
Preview: Bencic vs Sharapova
Read on to know who holds the edge in tomorrow's R16 encounter as Swiss teen Bencic takes on Maria Sharapova.
Sick but slick Wawrinka through to fourth round
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 […]
