[ad_1] Getty Images Aryna Sabalenka is a heavy favorite to lift the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup for a second consecutive year heading into Saturday’s Australian Open final against Qinwen Zheng. It is a lopsided matchup on paper in part because Zheng is ranked 15th in the world and is playing in her first Grand Slam…
[ad_1] (Photo by Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for Netflix) For most of the NFL season, plenty of pundits, analysts, and fans were quick to dismiss the Kansas City Chiefs. There was a lot of talk about their lack of star power in the wide receiver corps, Travis Kelce’s off-field distractions, and how they were finally…
[ad_1] USATSI No. 7 Kansas will have one of its toughest road tests of the season on Saturday when they face No. 23 Iowa State on CBS. After nearly four weeks of conference play, both teams have an identical 4-2 records and are tied near the top of the Big 12 standings. The Jayhawks are…
[ad_1] Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev will be facing each other for the 19th time in their careers when they meet again in the Australian Open semifinals on Friday. It’s already one of the most familiar matchups in recent tennis history outside of the Big 3, and it’s a head-to-head series that Medvedev leads 11-7….
[ad_1] The 2024 Australian Open will come to a close when Daniil Medvedev and Jannik Sinner battle for the title on Sunday night. It marks the first time first time since 2005–when Marat Safin beat Lleyton Hewitt)–that the final does not include any member of the Big 3. Moreover, there is sure to be a…
[ad_1] Getty Images For the first time since 2005 (Marat Safin vs. Lleyton Hewitt), the Australian Open men’s singles final is without any member of the Big 3. There is guaranteed to be a first-time Aussie Open champion for the first time since 2014 (Stan Wawrinka). That being said, nothing is either unfamiliar or surprising…
[ad_1] What will the Australian Open semifinals do for an encore? Jannik Sinner took the tennis world by storm last season, and the fall swing specifically was headlined by the emergence of Sinner’s rivalry with Novak Djokovic. They faced each other three times in the final two weeks of the 2023 campaign, as a pair…
[ad_1] Move over, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Even Carlos Alcaraz might have to get out of the way. A new big rival for Novak Djokovic is in town, and it’s Jannik Sinner. Not long after they staged some incredible contests last fall, Djokovic and Sinner will meet again on Friday–this time in the semifinals…
[ad_1] Getty Images Andrey Rublev is 0-9 lifetime in Grand Slam quarterfinals. At that stage he has lost to the likes of Novak Djokovic (twice), Rafael Nadal, and Daniil Medvedev (three times). None of those three guys stand in his way this time around. But it’s someone just about as daunting–if not more–on the other…
[ad_1] Getty Images Daniil Medvedev will have a shot at reaching his third Australian Open semifinal on Tuesday, as he takes on Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz, who is trying for his first. The unusual has happened in Melbourne. All the players who were supposed to win mostly have done just that–at least on the men’s side….
