Mumbai, Feb 2 (IANS) The opening day of the main draw served up a series of well-contested matches at the Mumbai Open 125K Series, held at the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) on Monday.Mananchaya Sanwangkaew, Leolia Jeanjean, Mai Hontama, Misaki Matsuda, Miho Kuramochi and Mei Yamaguchi, all progressed to the next round with notable wins.The day’s action began with the Japanese right hander Mai Hontama’s dominant victory over 21-year-old Alevtina Ibragimova in straight sets…
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Melbourne, Jan 21 (IANS) World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka eased into the third round of the Australian Open after beating Chinese qualifier Bai Zhuoxuan 6-3, 6-1 in 32 minutes on Wednesday.It was a first meeting between Sabalenka and former World No. 83 Bai, who went through the wringer last year with injuries and arrived in Melbourne ranked world No. 702.Wednesday’s win marked Sabalenka’s 25th singles match win as World No. 1 and made her the sixth player since 2000 to achieve the feat, followin…
Melbourne, Jan 18 (IANS) Emma Raducanu shook off an unsteady opening to assert her authority in the first round of the Australian Open, powering past Thailand’s Mananchaya Sawangkaew with a 6-4, 6-1 victory and extending her flawless record in Melbourne openers.The British No.1, seeded 28th, was made to work early by the World No.196, who played with freedom and precision in her Grand Slam debut. Sawangkaew struck the ball cleanly from the outset, repeatedly finding the baseline and unsettling…
Melbourne, Jan 17 (IANS) Emma Raducanu has questioned the Australian Open scheduling, which forced her to hurriedly prepare for the major, as she arrived here on Saturday with her opening round game slated for Sunday. The British No. 1 reached Melbourne on Friday after concluding the quarter-finals of the Hobart International. She will begin her campaign here on Sunday against the relatively unknown Thai player Mananchaya Sawangkaew.She has been scheduled for opening day and assigned the second …
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) 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…
Melbourne, Jan 2 (IANS) Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams received a wild card entry into the main draw at the 2026 Australian Open.It will be her first appearance at Melbourne Park since 2021 and the first time she will have competed outside the United States since 2023. Of her seven Grand Slam singles titles, none have come in Melbourne. Venus reached the final twice, in 2003 and 2017, and both times her sister and 23-time Grand Slam champion, Serena Williams, emerged victorious.In…
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Stefanos Tsitsipas admitted he contemplated ending his career after struggling with serious back pain throughout the 2025 season. The 27-year-old, who has reached as high as No. 3 in the world rankings, was the runner-up to Novak Djokovic at both the 2021 French Open and the 2023 Australian Open.Now ranked 36th in the world after playing just two Davis Cup matches since a second-round exit at the US Open in August, he said he is finally seeing progress through ongoing med…