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 Amanda…
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,” said…
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 sales…
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 extensor…
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 has…
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 organisers…
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, and…
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 2024…
Auger-Aliassime draws Thiem, Raonic tasked with de Minaur in riveting opening round matchups The draw for the 2024 Australian Open was made on Wednesday evening, and at least five Canadians will be taking part in the main draws of the year’s opening Grand Slam. Leylah Annie Fernandez (Laval, QC), Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC), Denis Shapovalov…
The 2024 Australian Open is just three days away, and the draw was unveiled on Thursday at 1 pm AEDT. Aside from the opening stanza, which contains plenty of exciting matchups, the main intrigue is who can stop Novak Djokovic from winning an unprecedented 11th Australian Open title after his incredible 2023 season. The Serb…
