Melbourne, Jan 24 (IANS) The Australian Open’s main showcourts at Melbourne Park had their roofs closed, and outdoor-court matches were suspended on Saturday under the tournament’s extreme heat policy.With temperatures soaring to 36°C (96.8°F), tournament officials prioritized player safety due to the intense heat during Saturday’s events.The Australian Open has a strict policy for extreme heat that grades four weather factors: air temperature, radiant heat, wind speed, and humidity. When cond…
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Melbourne, Jan 24 (IANS) American stars Madison Keys and Jessica Pegula set up an all-USA Round of 16 clash at the Australian Open after cruising through their third-round matches in straight sets on Saturday.Keys’ run toward successfully defending her title continued with an emphatic straight-sets victory—6-3, 6-3 against former World No. 1 Karolína Pliskova—extending her winning streak to ten matches at Melbourne Park (with each match played in under three hours).The American served unrel…
Melbourne, Jan 22 (IANS) Defending champion Madison Keys proved too good for Ashlyn Krueger in an all-American second-round clash at the Australian Open. The No.9 seed Keys won 6-1, 7-5 in what is her first major as defending champion.Keys didn’t face early trouble against World No. 62 Krueger, but did face a tough test in set two. She rallied from 5-2 behind, saved a set point in the ninth game, and came all the way back 6-1, 7-5 in 1 hour and 13 minutes.”I think I started really well and I thi…
Melbourne, Jan 20 (IANS) Madison Keys survived an early scare against the unorthodox Ukrainian Oleksandra Oliynykova at Rod Laver Arena to launch her Australian Open title defence on Tuesday.Despite trailing 4-0 in the first set and also in the first-set tiebreak, the World No. 9 Keys saved two set points and progressed with a 7-6(6), 6-1 first-round win.It was Oliynykova’s Grand Slam debut and also her first tour-level match. She had not played since an ITF event in Ecuador in early December …
Adelaide, Jan 15 (IANS) Defending champion Madison Keys suffered a shock exit from the Adelaide International on Thursday, crashing out in the quarter-finals after a three-set defeat to Canada’s rising star Victoria Mboko. World No. 17 Mboko, 19, defeated ninth-ranked Keys 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 in one hour and 53 minutes for her second career victory against a top-10 opponent.Eighth seed Mboko struck first by breaking Keys early to take the opening set but struggled to match the American’s powerful …
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) Austrian tennis star Sebastian Ofner endured a dramatic and embarrassing exit from the Australian Open qualifiers after forgetting the final-set tie-break rules, celebrating prematurely against Nishesh Basavareddy before suffering a stunning defeat.Ofner seemed to be in complete command after taking a 6-1 lead in the deciding-set tie-break against Nishesh. When he extended the advantage to 7-1, the Austrian prematurely assumed the contest was over and began celebrating, …
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…
Adelaide, Jan 14 (IANS) Defending champion Madison Keys registered a 6-4, 6-1 win over Tereza Valentova to reach the Adelaide International quarter-finals for the second consecutive year on Wednesday.Keys overcame seven double faults and saved five break points to secure the first set in 49 minutes. Valentova pushed to stay in it, but Keys ripped a forehand return winner off the 18-year-old’s second serve to break for a 2-0 lead in the second set. From there, she won four of the final five gam…
Brisbane, Jan 10 (IANS) World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka snapped her three-match losing run against Karolina Muchova with a confident 6-3, 6-4 victory in the Brisbane International semifinal on Saturday, booking her place in the final and extending her unbeaten start to the 2026 season.Muchova had been something of a nemesis for the Belarusian in recent seasons, beating her three times across 2023 and 2024. However, in their first meeting since the 2024 Asian swing, Sabalenka took early control and n…