MELBOURNE, Australia — Coco Gauff kept alive her hopes of back-to-back Grand Slam singles titles after beating Marta Kostyuk 7-6 (6), 6-7 (3), 6-2 in an error-strewn quarterfinal match at the Australian Open on Tuesday. The U.S. Open champion had 51 unforced errors, nine double faults and just 17 winners but battled past Kostyuk in three hours, … Read more
Tennis star Alexander Zverev was visibly annoyed and disgusted after a reporter quizzed him about his impending trial for domestic abuse. The exchange took place during a mandatory press conference at the ongoing 2024 Australian Open after Zverev secured a hard-fought second-round victory over Lukas Klein, 7-5, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (10-7). On Monday … Read more
A protester has tossed leaflets emblazoned with “free Palestine” on to an Australian Open court, disrupting a tense five-set battle between Olympic champion Alexander Zverev and Brit Cameron Norrie. The fourth-round encounter on Margaret Court Arena was briefly halted during the sixth game of the third set on Monday afternoon after a woman wearing a … Read more
A protester threw papers onto an Australian Open court and briefly delayed the fourth-round match between Olympic champion Alexander Zverev and Cameron Norrie of Britain on Monday. A person wearing a blue shirt and cap and a face mask threw anti-war pamphlets from the stands onto the court behind the baseline during the sixth game … Read more
Novak Djokovic has made it to the quarter-finals of the ongoing 2024 Australian Open, but not without controversy. It has not been a smooth ride for the Serb, who continues to have a lot of friction with the Australian crowd, two years since getting deported in 2022 for refusing to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Djokovic … Read more
Alex de Minaur is out of the Australian Open after letting his chance to reach the quarter-finals for the first time slip in a dramatic five-set capitulation to world No.5 Andrey Rublev. The local hope fought back from losing the first set to snag a two-sets-to-one lead at Rod Laver Arena on Sunday and appeared … Read more
Russia’s Mirra Andreeva produced another fantastic display at the 2024 Australian Open as she defeated France’s Diane Parry 1-6 6-1 7-6 (10-5), in the third round on Friday. The 16-year-old, playing in her first Australian Open, came into her third-round match having comfortably beaten number six seed, Ons Jabeur, 6-0 6-2 in the last round. … Read more
Britain’s Emma Raducanu fell to defeat in the second round of the 2024 Australian Open on Thursday as China’s Yafan Wang battled to a 6-4 4-6 6-4 victory. The loss brings an end to Raducanu’s first Grand Slam tournament appearance since having to undergo wrist and ankle operations last year. For Wang, the win is … Read more
Iga Swiatek admitted she was mentally “at the airport” before staging an astonishing comeback against Danielle Collins to stay alive in the Australian Open on Thursday as Carlos Alcaraz returned to action. The Polish world number one was up a set and a break in her second-round match before faltering badly and slipping to a … Read more
Danielle Collins has shocked tennis by announcing she will retire from the sport this year, making her decision public just moments after a gut-wrenching collapse at the Australian Open. The 30-year-old American was a double service break up in the deciding set against world No.1 Iga Swiatek but lost her nerve and subsequently the second-round … Read more
