By Randy Walker @TennisUitgever In her Substack column ‘Hard Court’ from the Delray Beach Open, fashion and beauty journalist Jessica Scheffer described this ATP Tour 250 level event as “incredibly charming, with a country atmosphere, decent food… and a very blurred boundary between player and public areas, which would be a dream for any tennis […]
Heading into the 2026 Australian Open without a Grand Slam title since 2023, many thought GOAT Novak Djokovic was a spent force at the ripe old age of 38. The Serbian will go down in history as the greatest player to ever pick up a racket, but the youngsters of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner […]
Elina Svitolina (left) and Belinda Bencic. | Photo credit: AP Belinda Bencic and Elina Svitolina made history as the first mothers to simultaneously rank in the top 10 of the WTA Tour, with the governing body hailing it as “an incredible moment for women’s sport”. Swiss Bencic returned to the top 10 in January for […]
Rybakina subdues Sabalenka 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 for the first Australian Open title Rybakina rallies to win second Grand Slam title and first down under Three years ago, in Melbourne, with a Grand Slam title at stake, they became three. Aryna Sabalenka prevailed and the following year she defended her title. She went for the hat […]
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MELBOURNE — Saturday night at Rod Laver Arena will see a women’s final that feels less like a surprise and more like an inevitability. Elena Rybakina and Aryna Sabalenka, two of the tour’s most imposing hard court players, have spent the past two weeks dispelling doubts and paving the way for a championship match characterized […]
Pegula jumps Anisimova 6-2, 7-6 to reach the first semi-final of the Australian Open In a confrontation in the northeast, #4 took #6 to reach the final four. Jessica Pegula from Buffalo, N.Yand compatriot Amanda Anisimova from Freehold, N.Jcompeted for a coveted spot in the semi-finals down under. Pegula, a month shy of her thirty-second […]
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 […]
Swiatek subdues Kalinskaya 6-1, 1-6, 6-1 in the third round of the Aussie Open Iga Swiatek is on a mission. The 24year-old from Poland, ranked world #2is seeking her first Australian Open title, having won twice (in 2022 & 2025) reached the penultimate lap. Should she win, she would be the third-youngest woman to achieve […]
The country is Mcnally eliminated 6-4, 6-3 Australian Open to reach 3e round It was a North American match down under as Canada’s Victoria Mboko took on Caty McNally of the United States. Mboko is during her Australian Open debut 19 years old, ranking at a career-high of 16and is sown 17e. She started last […]