Melbourne, Jan 24 (IANS) Australian qualifier Maddison Inglis is through to the fourth round at Melbourne Park after four-time major winner Naomi Osaka withdrew from the tournament.Only hours before their scheduled match on Saturday night, two-time AO champion Osaka announced she was withdrawing because of a physical issue”I’ve had to make the difficult decision to withdraw to address something my body needs attention for after my last match,” the 28-year-old wrote on her Instagram story. I was …
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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…
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 23 (IANS) Daniil Medvedev produced a vintage comeback from “down two sets to love and a break” to overcome world No. 47 Fabian Marozsan 6-7(5), 4-6, 7-5, 6-0, 6-3 in the third-round clash of the Australian Open here on Friday. Medvedev has now reached the fourth round at a Grand Slam 18 times throughout his career. Since debuting at the Australian Open in 2017, only four players have done better: Novak Djokovic, Alexander Zverev, Rafael Nadal and Jannik Sinner.Despite Marozsan’s…
Melbourne, Jan 21 (IANS) Coco Gauff smoothly advanced to the third round of the women’s singles at the 2026 Australian Open, demonstrating an assertive performance on Wednesday at Margaret Court Arena in Melbourne Park. The world No. 3 secured her 251st WTA win, just two days after achieving her 250th career victory in the Grand Slam’s opening round.The two-time Grand Slam champion defeated Olga Danilović in straight sets, securing the win with scores of 6-2, 6-2 in 1 hour and 17 minutes. G…
Melbourne, Jan 20 (IANS) Jannik Sinner regained his winning streak at Melbourne Park on Tuesday after Hugo Gaston retired unexpectedly once the Italian, a two-time defending Australian Open champion, took a commanding lead of two sets to love at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne.The match ended abruptly after just over an hour when the injured French World No. 93 retired despite receiving medical treatment. Jannik Sinner dominated early, leading 6-2, 6-1, and the French player left the court visibly …
Melbourne, Jan 20 (IANS) World No. 8 Ben Shelton overcame a dangerous opening-round draw of the Australian Open at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne Park on Day 3 of the first Grand Slam of the year to defeat Ugo Humbert.Shelton clinched a victory in a two-hour-37-minute thriller as he achieved a hard-fought victory, 6-3, 7-6(2), 7-6(5), over the French opponent to advance to the second round in Melbourne.Although the score indicates a straight-sets victory, the match was actually a tense battle …
Melbourne, Jan 19 (IANS) The 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal will return to Melbourne for a special appearance at the Australian Open’s Night of Legends, scheduled for February 1, the same day as the men’s singles final. The 39-year-old tennis great will be joined by former world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty and Australian wheelchair tennis legend Dylan Alcott.Nadal, who retired from tennis in November 2024, lifted the trophy at Melbourne Park in 2009 and 2022, needing five sets in both fin…
Melbourne, Jan 18 (IANS) World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka began her bid for a fourth consecutive Australian Open final positively on Sunday, overcoming Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah, who gave Sabalenka a tough challenge in the first set here at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne Park.The wild card certainly challenged herself against the highest-ranked opponent in her WTA Tour career, but the two-time Australian Open champion’s experience ultimately led to a 6-4, 6-1 victory, starting the night session.”…
Melbourne, Jan 18 (IANS) Day one of the Australian Open 2026 has already found its way to the history books as Elsa Jacquemot defeated Marta Kostyuk in a three-and-a-half-hour match at ANZ Arena, with all three sets decided by tiebreaks.This is the first occurrence of such an event in a women’s singles match at Melbourne Park since the tournament adopted final-set tiebreaks in 2019.At three hours and 31 minutes, it became the longest women’s singles match at the event since that format’s int…