Melbourne, Jan 28 (IANS) Jessica Pegula finally broke her Melbourne ceiling on Wednesday, defeating fellow American Amanda Anisimova 6-2, 7-6(1) at Rod Laver Arena to secure a first-ever Australian Open semifinal berth.The World No. 6 delivered an authoritative performance in the all-American quarterfinal, prevailing in an hour and 35 minutes to continue her strong run against compatriots at the Grand Slam level. The victory sends Pegula into the last four of a major for the third time in her ca…
Latest Grand Slam News & Updates
Melbourne, Jan 27 (IANS) Elina Svitolina staged the major upset of Australian Open on Tuesday night as she stunned the third seed Coco Gauff in just 59 minutes and advanced to her fourth career Grand Slam semifinal, and first at the Australian Open, here on Tuesday.While Gauff struggled with her serve, unforced error count and, early on, even her string tension, Svitolina did everything right to close out a 6-1, 6-2 victory that puts her first Grand Slam semifinal since the summer of 2023 and he…
Melbourne, Jan 25 (IANS) World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka beat Victoria Mboko with a 6-1, 7-6 (1) victory at the Australian Open to reach the quarterfinals for the fourth consecutive year.She booked her 13th consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal and has taken a crucial step towards having her name engraved on the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup for a third time.Sabalenka won her 20th consecutive tiebreak at the Grand Slam level, eclipsing an almost two-decade-old record owned by Novak Djokovic, who won 19 …
Melbourne, Jan 24 (IANS) Former World No.1 Novak Djokovic continued his steady march through the Australian Open draw on Saturday, becoming the first player in history to record 400 match wins at the majors.The 10-time Melbourne champion was tested by Botic van de Zandschulp but remained unflustered at the key moments, closing out a 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(4) victory to advance to the fourth round for the 18th time in 21 appearances at Melbourne Park. While the contest demanded patience and precisio…
Melbourne, Jan 24 (IANS) World No. 8 Ben Shelton and No. 9 Taylor Fritz secured victories in their respective third-round matches on the seventh day of the Australian Open to confirm their place in the last 16 at the first Grand Slam of the season.While Shelton defeated Monaco’s Valentin Vacherot 6-4, 6-4, 7-6(5) in two hours and 17 minutes at the Margaret Court Arena, Fritz beat Swiss wild-card entrant Stan Wawrinka 7-6, 2-6, 6-4. 6-4 in a game that lasted two hours and 46 minutes at the John…
Melbourne, Jan 20 (IANS) American legend Venus Williams and Ekaterina Alexandrova bowed out of the women’s doubles in the first round at the 2026 Australian Open after the American-Russian duo lost 6-3 (3), 6-4 to France’s Elsa Jacquemot and Colombia’s Emiliana Arango on Tuesday.The loss ended Venus’ campaign at Melbourne Park after the two-time Australian Open finalist succumbed to a heartbreaking first-round defeat to Olga Danilovic in the women’s singles. This was her first appearance a…
Melbourne, Jan 20 (IANS) World no. 5 Lorenzo Musetti of Italy advanced to the second round after his Belgian opponent Raphael Collignon retired due to injury.The match was a gruelling three-hour marathon, with Musetti leading 4-6, 7-6(3), 7-5, 3-2 when Collignon had to stop.The match marked Musetti’s Grand Slam debut, shortly after he attained his career-high ranking of No. 5 on January 12, 2026, following his final appearance in Hong Kong. He is only the third Italian man in history to reach th…
Melbourne, Jan 17 (IANS) Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams’ historic return to the Australian Open ended in a first-round defeat as she went down 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 to Serbia’s Olga Danilovic at the John Cain Arena in Melbourne on Sunday.At 45 years, Williams became the oldest player to compete in the Australian Open in the Open Era, drawing loud support from the Melbourne crowd in her first-round clash. The American showed flashes of her trademark power but was unable to sustain mome…
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 16 (IANS) Before the start of the Australian Open 2026, tennis star Coco Gauff has once again spoken out on the issue of prize money at Grand Slam tournaments, renewing calls for a larger share for players as the season’s first major approaches its January 18 start.The Australian Open pledged a 16 per cent increase in the total prize purse to Aus$111.5 million (US$75 million) this year. The winners of the men’s and women’s singles at the first Grand Slam of the year will eac…