Rafael Nadal reacts to winning the French Open title Rafael Nadal has hailed Carlos Alcaraz following his compatriot’s Australian Open win over Botic van de Zandschulp today. The 17-year-old, who has been compared to Nadal, battled his way into the second round. And that means he’s now become the youngest player to win a Grand Slam match since Thanasi Kokkinakis […]

Rafael Nadal reacts to winning the French Open title Rafael Nadal will push himself to the limit in order to win the Australian Open, according to Mats Wilander. The Spaniard got his campaign off to a winning start with victory over Laslo Djere today. And he’s now one step closer to beating Roger Federer’s Grand Slam record. Nadal went into […]

Australia’s Alexei Popyrin produced one of the biggest upsets of the Australian Open first round after stunning 13th seed David Goffin in five sets. The Sydney product saved four match points on his way to a 3-6, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (6), 6-3 win in front of a boisterous court three crowd. It’s the third consecutive year Popyrin has reached […]

Ash Barty is in action tonight for the first time this Australian Open. Here’s everything you need to know about the local’s round one clash at Melbourne Park. WHO IS SHE PLAYING AND WHAT TIME IS IT ON? Barty is playing world No. 82 Danka Kovinic, from Montenegro, on Rod Laver Arena at 7pm AEDT. HOW CAN I WATCH? The […]

Serena Williams shrugs off her latest catsuit controversy after eye popping entrance… while Nick Kyrgios has another dig at Novak Djokovic as Australian Open gets under way Williams made her entrance wearing a striking one-legged catsuit  Outfit was a tribute to the late Florence Griffith Joyner – known as Flo-Jo  She wore a black catsuit at the French Open in 2018 […]

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Novak Djokovic in action in the first round of the Australian Open Last year’s Australian Open runner-up and 2020 US Open champion Dominic Thiem Other Australian Open first-round results (men’s singles): B Tomic def. Y Sugita 3-6 6-1 4-1 [W/O] D Koepfer def. H Dellien 7-5 6-2 6-4 F Tiafoe def. S Travaglia 7-6 (5) 6-2 6-2 A Muller def. […]

Australian Open: Nick Kyrgios reacts to Bourchier win Nick Kyrgios has insisted Roger Federer is the GOAT and declared: “Talent-wise Nadal and Djokovic aren’t even close to Roger.” The Aussie was speaking after winning through to the second round of the Australian Open – and reigniting his war of words with Djokovic. The world No.47 even claimed Andy Murray was […]

Former Wimbledon semi-finalist Jelena Dokic has declared Ashleigh Barty as the player to beat at the Australian Open and, despite nearly 12 months out of the game, the world No.1 looks like “she never stopped playing”. Dokic famously made the quarters at Melbourne Park 12 years ago after staging a comeback to the sport. Barty’s second significant break from tennis […]

It was a classic case of grumpy Nick Kyrgios in the early stages of his first round Australian Open match but the smile was back on his face by the time he’d cruised to a straight sets win. The Aussie’s eventful victory over Portugal’s Frederico Ferreira Silva on Monday night was dominated by him yelling at a member of his […]