[ad_1] Friday’s schedule of play 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, Rafael Nadal, Naomi Osaka, Carlos Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev. Check back for daily updates from…
[ad_1] Top seed Elena Rybakina met her match on Thursday and was sent packing by Ekaterina Alexandrova, while Jessica Pegula came through her 2nd 3-setter in a row to get past Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Jelena Ostapenko saw off Marta Kostyuk, and Daria Kasatkina advanced to the semi-finals without striking a ball after Laura Siegemund pulled out…
[ad_1] Getty Images The 2024 Australian Open women’s singles event promises to deliver plenty of excitement. Iga Swiatek is the obvious favorite, but she has never won this title and has never even reached the final. The world No. 1 is no lock to lift the trophy. Moreover, Naomi Osaka, Emma Raducanu, Angelique Kerber, and…
[ad_1] Photo credit: Wilson Some top pros will be wielding a sharper Blade down under. Wilson announced the launch of its new Blade v9 billed as the brand’s “sharpest” performance racquet. “Innovation is at the center of everything we do at Wilson, and we are always looking for new ways to give our athletes an extra advantage,”…
[ad_1] This year’s Australian Open will be a bit different because play will start on Sunday instead of Monday as the event expanded into a 15-day event. John McEnroe recently accused Tennis Australia that the Sunday start of the tournament is nothing more than a money grab. It’s one more day of tennis and ticket…
[ad_1] By Erik Gudris | @ATNTennis | Thursday, January 11, 2024 Former Top 40 singles player Ryan Harrison announced his retirement from tennis on social media. The 31-year-old Harrison, who has been dealing with injuries and health issues, made the announcement on Tuesday. Harrison underwent surgery at the end of 2019 to heal a torn right…
[ad_1] WILSON® RELEASES BLADE V9, ADDING TO ITS LEADING ASSORTMENT OF PERFORMANCE TENNIS RACKETS The Blade® is chosen by more players on tour than any other racket* CHICAGO (Jan. 11, 2023) — Wilson Sporting Goods Co. today announces its newest racket within the Blade franchise, Blade v9. As their “sharpest” performance racket innovation yet, Wilson…
[ad_1] Cameron Norrie has pulled out of the ASB Classic in Auckland citing a wrist injury picked during his second-round, three set battle. Norrie was due to play Alejandro Tabilo, a qualifier but gave the Chilean player a walkover at an event where he had reached the final 12 months earlier. In a statement, the…
[ad_1] Getty Images Jack Draper came back from a set and a break down to defeat Miomir Kecmanovic 5-7, 7-6(9), 7-6(7) in an Adelaide International marathon on Wednesday afternoon. Draper also fought off two match points in the second-set tiebreaker, saved a break point at 3-3 in the third and two break points at 4-4,…
[ad_1] Ten-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia will launch his title defense against a qualifier and resides in the same half of the AO draw as Stefanos Tsitsipas and Jannik Sinner. Photo by Andy Cheung/Getty Images Australian Open Melbourne ParkMelbourne, AustraliaJanuary 14-28, 2024A$86.5 million ($58.91 million U.S. dollars)Hard Court History At Stake at…
