Admirer of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei & pop-art master Andy Warhol, Milos Raonic is now trying to create his own memorable work, albeit on a tennis court.
(Reuters) – Reigning champion Novak Djokovic and number three seed Roger Federer will square off in a modern tennis classic when they take to centre court in the first men’s semi-final at the Australian Open on Thursday. At stake is a shot at history. Both are bidding to equal Australian Roy Emerson’s record of six […]
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) – British hearts swelled with pride at Melbourne Park on Wednesday as Andy Murray battled into the Australian Open semi-finals after compatriot Johanna Konta swept into the last four of the women’s tournament. Murray won a typically attritional slog against Spaniard David Ferrer 6-3 6-7(5) 6-2 6-3, while Konta eased […]
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – With not one, or two but three passports in her possession, Britain’s Johanna Konta could have been forgiven for suffering an identity crisis. But the woman who could have shown her allegiance to the country of her birth, Australia, or the country where her parents hailed from, Hungary, was eager to prove […]
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Andy Murray thinks he played his best tennis of the tournament during his Australian Open quarter-final victory over David Ferrer on Wednesday after a tough few days when he was distracted by his father-in-law’s illness. The 28-year-old Scot came through a three-hour, 20-minute tussle with the Spanish eighth seed 6-3 6-7(5) 6-2 […]
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A clinical Milos Raonic stormed past Gael Monfils 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4 to reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open for the first time on Wednesday. The 25-year-old, unbeaten this year, negated the Frenchman’s mobility with his powerful serve and fierce forehands to become the first Canadian man to reach the last […]
