Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been booed by a packed crowd at Rod Laver Arena during the trophy presentation after the Australian Open men’s final. Master of ceremonies Todd Woodbridge was acknowledging the Prime Minister’s presence at Melbourne Park following Jannik Sinner’s epic five-set win over Daniil Medvedev during his opening monologue when the … Read more
American tennis star Coco Gauff is out of the Australian Open after losing in Thursday’s night’s semifinal to reigning champion Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus 7-6 (2), 6-4 — marking Gauff’s first loss of the year. The second-seeded Sabalenka will compete in the final Saturday at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena against China’s Qinwen Zheng, who defeated … Read more
Aryna Sabalenka, the defending champion has put a thrilling Australian Open semi-final against Coco Gauff, the American teenager after gaining control over Barbora Krejcikova in a direct victory. The 6-2 6-3 win of Sabalenka made a confirmation of a repetition of the exciting US Open final in September, where Gauff returned from a record for … Read more
MELBOURNE — Iga Swiatek has already had, by anyone’s measure, a successful career. She has won four grand slams, a figure only bettered by 12 woman in the Open era, 13 other WTA titles, more than $25m in prize money and spent 86 weeks at No 1. Swiatek is definitely in the top 20, and … Read more
MELBOURNE — Mirra Andreeva was a “surprise” winner over No 6 seed Ons Jabeur at the Australian Open, although anyone who had been paying attention would have known that the 16-year-old was actually the favourite. Andreeva enjoyed an impressive first season of grand slam tennis last year, stepping up to seniors at Roland Garros to … Read more
Streaming giant Netflix are continuing their foray into live sport with a special exhibition tennis match. The Netflix Slam will see 22-time grand slam champion Rafael Nadal take on world No.2 and fellow Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz in Las Vegas. The match is scheduled for March 3 at Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay Resort and … Read more
