A former tennis writer has dusted off his typewriter and created a stir online after attending Nick Kyrgios’ match against Dominic Thiem. Alan Atwood, who covered the sport for Facebook, attended Kyrgios’ third round match at John Cain Arena with his wife but left early because of what he described as an “ugly and embarrassing crowd”. “Never before had I […]

Russia could have up to three players in the Australian Open final eight after world No.4 Daniil Medvedev continued his strong form with a straight sets elimination of American Mackenzie McDonald on Monday. The 2019 US Open finalist is riding an 18-match winning streak, highlighted by an ATP Finals triumph in November. Medvedev’s fellow top 10 player, compatriot Andrey Rublev, […]

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Andy Murray suffers straight sets defeat in ATP Challenger final in Italy against world No 212 Illya Marchenko in disappointing end to his first tournament since October Andy Murray suffered a 6-2 6-4 defeat against Illya Marchenko on Sunday Murray struggled against the serve of a player ranked 212 in the world currently An encouraging week for double Wimbledon champion […]

A couple of days ago Novak Djokovic looked like he’d taken a cannon blast to his midsection. This morning he wakes as the red-hot Australian Open favourite — but is still insisting a mystery abdominal injury the world number one insists would see him pull out of any tournament except a grand slam. Watch over 40 live ATP Tour tournaments, […]

Novak Djokovic reveals he is on painkillers for stomach injury and admits he would have PULLED OUT of the Australian Open if it was not a Grand Slam after battling past Milos Raonic to set up Alexander Zverev tie Novak Djokovic battled through injury to beat Canadian Milos Raonic in four sets The Serbian, 33, has had problems with his […]

Two nights ago in Melbourne, Novak Djokovic declared on court he had ‘definitely’ suffered an abdominal tear but after his Australian Open fourth-round win over Milos Raonic his condition was shrouded in mystery. Djokovic didn’t appear too hampered, despite the odd grimace here and there, on court as he beat Milos Raonic – an opponent he now holds a 12-0 […]

MELBOURNE, Australia — Eight-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic beat Milos Raonic in four sets to advance to the quarterfinals and register his 300th win in a Grand Slam match. Top-ranked Djokovic is just the second player to reach the 300-win milestone after Roger Federer. Djokovic hurt a stomach muscle when he fell during his third-round victory over Taylor Fritz, […]

MELBOURNE (AFP, REUTERS) – Russian qualifier Aslan Karatsev became the first player to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final on debut in 25 years on Sunday (Feb 14), stunning 20th seed Felix Auger-Aliassime at the Australian Open. The power-hitting 27-year-old, a virtual unknown before the tournament started, battled back from two sets down to upset the Canadian 3-6, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3, […]