When the winner of the men’s singles final holds the trophy aloft for the obligatory photographs on Sunday night, Craig Tiley, the director of the Australian Open, is sure to breathe a sigh of relief. While organisers of Melbourne’s Formula One season-opener postponed until November, Tennis Australia took an enormous gamble and pushed ahead with only a short delay. At […]

Stosur/Ebden tied 8-8 in tie breaker Aussie mixed doubles pair Sam Stosur and Matt Ebden face locked in a final set tiebreaker which is tied 8-8. The winner makes the mixed doubles final. Djokovic ends Karatsev’s dream run to make ninth Australian Open final, says injury recovery surprised him Aslan Karatsev’s unprecedented debut grand slam run has ended at the […]

Novak Djokovic questions ‘mental effect’ of him being in the Australian Open final will have on his potential opponent after overcoming stomach injury and underdog Aslan Karatsev Novak Djokovic reached the Australian Open final with win over Aslan Karatsev The world No 1 overcame the underdog Russian in straight sets 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 The injured Serbian now faces Daniil Medvedev […]

Australian Open: Novak Djokovic discusses injury issues When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters.Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer.Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights.You can unsubscribe at any time. Novak Djokovic’s 100 per cent final record at the […]

Novak Djokovic ended the remarkable run of qualifier Aslan Karatsev to reach a ninth Australian Open final. The world number one, who has won the title on each of the eight previous occasions he has reached the semi-finals in Melbourne, claimed his first straight-sets win since the first round, beating the world number 114 6-3 6-4 6-2. It was a much-needed […]

Australian Open semi-finalist Aslan Karatsev was not in Channel 9’s plans. The Russian qualifier has gone on an extraordinary giant-killing run to make it through to the final four of the first grand slam of 2020 after entering the tournament from relative obscurity. The 27-year-old has had to knock-off three seeded players on his way through to a semi-final with […]

Serena Williams left her Australian Open press conference in tears after a semi-final defeat to Naomi Osaka. Williams, the 23-time Grand Slam champion from the USA, was beaten in straight sets by the third seed as her hopes of equalling Margaret Court’s all-time major wins record were once again dashed. After the 6-3 6-4 defeat, gave the crowd – who […]

The LTA is “cautiously optimistic” fans will be able to attend its summer tournaments this year after the schedule was announced. The grass-court season was cancelled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, meaning Wimbledon was not staged for the first time since the Second World War. But the tournament will return this summer along with traditional warm-up events at […]