Melbourne, Jan 24 (IANS) Amanda Anisimova and Lorenzo Musetti secured wins in their respective third-round games at the Australian Open against Peyton Stearns and Tomas Machac. While the former played at the Margaret Court Arena, the latter competed at the John Cain Arena on Day 7 of the first Grand Slam of the season. Anisimova secured her place in the Australian Open fourth round for the second year in a row, defeating American compatriot Peyton Stearns 6-1, 6-4 in just one hour and 11 minutes…
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Melbourne, Jan 19 (IANS) Novak Djokovic, the most successful player in the Grand Slams, marked a triumphant return to his most successful event at the Australian Open in Melbourneon Monday, adding another historic milestone with his 100th victory at the hard-court major. The former No. 1 in the ATP Rankings delivered a near-flawless display to defeat Pedro Martinez 6-3, 6-2, 6-2, sealing his 100th career victory at Melbourne Park. The former No. 1 in the ATP Rankings delivered a near-flawless di…
Melbourne, Jan 15 (IANS) World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka’s road to a third Australian Open title in four years could include passing her rivals Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek after the draw for the season’s first major was revealed on Thursday.The 27-year-old Sabalenka and third seed Gauff are on a semifinal collision course, but the Belarusian may first need to move past 2021 US Open champion and 28th seed Emma Raducanu, big-hitting Danish 14th seed Clara Tauson and seventh seed, two-time major fina…
Melbourne, Jan 14 (IANS) Amateur tennis player Jordan Smith produced a fairytale run at Melbourne Park, stunning reigning Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner and a host of top professionals to clinch the inaugural ‘1 Point Slam’ exhibition event, held four days ahead of the start of the 2026 Australian Open.The unique mixed-gender exhibition, hosted inside Rod Laver Arena, has a prize pool of AUD 1 million and brings together leading professionals and amateurs in a novel format where a si…
Melbourne, Jan 14 (IANS) Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka are the top seeds for the Australian Open 2026, headlining the men’s and women’s singles draws to be revealed on Thursday, with the main draw action commencing on Sunday. In men’s singles, Alcaraz heads the seedings following a strong 2025 season. Two-time defending champion Jannik Sinner of Italy is seeded second. A seeding position ensures that, should Sinner and Alcaraz keep winning, they can only meet in the final.Should Alcar…
Brisbane, Jan 10 (IANS) Marta Kostyuk continued her blistering form at the Brisbane International on Saturday, storming into the final with a commanding 6-0, 6-3 victory over No. 3 seed Jessica Pegula in the semifinals.The 16th-seeded Ukrainian has been one of the standout performers of the tournament, having already eliminated second seed Amanda Anisimova and two-time WTA 1000 champion Mirra Andreeva in earlier rounds. She carried that momentum seamlessly into the semifinal, producing a ruthles…