Category: Tennis
Jannik Sinner Dethrones Novak Djokovic in Australian Open Stunner
[ad_1] MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – JANUARY 26: Jannik Sinner of Italy shakes hands with Novak Djokovic of Serbia in their Semifinal singles match during the 2024 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 26, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images No champion shines as brightly as Novak Djokovic in Melbourne. Today, Jannik Sinner shoved Djokovic into the…
Australian Open 2024 Semi Final Recap
[ad_1] Jannik Sinner and Daniil Medvedev will face off in Sunday’s 2024 Australian Open final after the pair progressed from their semi-final on Friday. The fourth-seeded Italian was the first to progress, inflicting Novak Djokovic’s first defeat in Melbourne since 2018 with a dominant 6-1, 6-2, 6-7(6), 6-4 victory. The night session then went the…
Medvedev Erases Two-Set Deficit To Beat Old Nemesis Zverev At Australian Open
[ad_1] Daniil Medvedev will contest the 2024 Australian Open final on Sunday after beating Alexander Zverev in five sets. The Semi-final day at the Australian Open was expected to be a long tennis day with a lot of great tennis, and it was, with the first match going to four sets and the second match…
Australian Open 2024: Schedule of Play for Saturday January 27
[ad_1] Saturday’s schedule of play for opening day at the 2024 Australian Open from Melbourne, Australia can be found below. This year’s event, which will be played from January 8 – 28, will feature defending champions Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, Naomi Osaka, Carlos Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev. Check back for daily updates…
Melbourne | Andreeva stuns Jabeur, as Wozniacki and Fernandez also exit
[ad_1] A couple of hours of rain delayed the start of play on Wednesday, Day 4 at the Australian Open, which then saw 3 talented 16-year olds in action, one of which, Mirra Andreeva, upset 6th-seeded Ons Jabeur, and another teenager, Coco Gauff, survived a stiff first-set challenge for Caroline Dolehide. I’m really a bit…
Sinner Becomes Youngest Men’s Australian Open Finalist Since Djokovic
[ad_1] Jannik Sinner dethroned Novak Djokovic as the king of Melbourne by ending the Serbian’s remarkable 2,195-day undefeated streak at the Australian Open. Sinner beat Djokovic 6-1, 6-2, 6-7, 6-3 in three hours and 26 minutes to progress into his first Grand Slam final. Having been so close in recent major tournaments, like losing to…
It Doesn’t Mean It’s the Beginning of the End
[ad_1] By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday January 26, 2024 For the first time in his career Novak Djokovic tasted defeat in an Australian Open semifinal, the tournament where he had won all ten of his semifinals (and all ten of his finals) prior to Friday’s night’s clash with 22-year-old Italian Jannik Sinner. It…
Melbourne | Swiatek survives Collins scare, as Burel upsets Pegula
[ad_1] Top seed Iga Swiatek found a way to fend off Danielle Collins in 3-set thriller that lasted over 3 hours to open play on the Rod Laver Arena on Thursday, but Jessica Pegula, the World No 5, was upset by Clara Burel to become the highest seed to crash out of the Australian Open…
Djokovic Shocked By Incredible Sinner In Australian Open Semifinals
[ad_1] Novak Djokovic is out of the 2024 Australian Open as Jannik Sinner proved to be too strong to overcome for him. The 10-time Australian Open champion has never lost in the semifinal or final of the Grand Slam in Melbourne. Once he made the semifinal stages, he never lost a match, but there was…
Naomi Osaka Takes Wild Card into Abu Dhabi
[ad_1] By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday January 25, 2024 Earlier this month, Naomi Osaka talked often of wanting to play a lot of tournaments in 2024, so she could get comfortable on the court again after a 15-month layoff and the birth of her first child in July of 2023. “I’m definitely thinking…