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The United States Tennis Association announced earlier this week that it has hired Craig Tiley as its new CEO. Tiley has been tournament director of the Australian Open since 2006 and CEO of Tennis Australia since 2013. The South African has previously worked in the United States and was head coach of men’s tennis at […]
By Kelley Busby Mark Edmondson is the last Australian man to win his country’s Grand Slam. He achieved this feat in 1976 when he was ranked only number 212 in the world. Weeks before he lifted the trophy at Melbourne’s Kooyong Club – convincingly beating two legends of the game, Ken Rosewall and John Newcombe, […]
BY JAMES BECK Who would have ever dreamed that Novak Djokovic would be so great at this year’s Australian Open. The 38-year-old Serbian did everything except beat Carlos Alcaraz. Alcaraz ultimately turned out to be too good and too talented. The 22-year-old Spaniard knew that Djokovic had upset even the seemingly unbeatable Jannik Sinner. Alcaraz […]
Getty Images The experts are back for the Australian Open final between Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic on Sunday evening at Rod Laver Arena. A panel of three teams makes predictions for a new chapter in the rivalry. (1) Carlos Alcaraz vs. 4) Novak Djokovic Ricky: Considering the unknown variables at play after what happened […]
The world number 1 has not dropped a set in her romp to the final, while world number 5 Rybakina has a similar record. Sabalenka easily dispatched three other seeds heading into Saturday’s showdown, beating breakout star Victoria Mboko, American Iva Jovic and Elina Svitolina in her last three matches. Rybakina, meanwhile, defeated second seed […]
The expert selection is back for the Australian Open semi-finals: Jannik Sinner vs. Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz vs. Alexander Zverev. A panel of three teams makes their predictions for Friday’s action in Melbourne. (4) Novak Djokovic vs. (2) Jannik Sinner Ricky: Unless there is voodoo magic on Djokovic’s opponents and another gets knocked down, […]
Getty Images Against quite long expectations, another A Grand Slam semi-final between Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic is scheduled for Friday evening at the Australian Open. Sinner looked close to retirement in his third round match against Eliot Spizzirri before receiving divine intervention from a roof lock. Djokovic was awarded a fourth-round walkover by Jakub […]
By Kelley Busby Maybe you come home from a cold day in the Northern Hemisphere, see the world’s best tennis players battling for the Australian Open title on TV, and start dreaming of your own escape to Melbourne. You may ignore this desire and think about its costs. However, I ran the numbers and it […]
Novak Djokovic has not won a set of tennis since Saturday. Nevertheless, he will face Jannik Sinner in the semi-finals of the Australian Open on Friday. Djokovic, who suffered a fourth-round walkover from Jakub Mensik, advanced in his quarter-final against Lorenzo Musetti when the Italian was forced to retire while leading two sets to love. […]
