[ad_1] This year’s Australian Open will be a day longer with the intent to avoid late finishes that have plagued the event for years. Instead of the usual 14 tennis days in Melbourne, tennis fans will get 15 days this year because the event will start one day earlier. It will begin on Sunday, January…
[ad_1] By Richard Pagliaro| @Tennis_Now | Thursday, January 11, 2024 Andy Murray has prevailed as a wounded warrior at the Australian Open. The ornery Murray has also created his fair share of self-inflicted wounds. More: AO Women’s Draw: Top 5 Takeaways Five-time Australian Open finalist Murray has sometimes opted to vent his frustration pounding his hand…
[ad_1] ADELAIDE INTERNATIONAL—Adelaide, Australia Quarterfinal results: Jack Draper Defeats Tommy Paul (1) 6-1, 6-4Jiri Lehecka (7) Defeats Nicolas Jarry (2) 6-4 7-5Sebastian Korda (3) Defeats Christopher O’Connell 6-4 6-4Alexander Bublik (8) Defeats Lorenzo Musetti (4) 6-3 6-7(4) 7-5 ***** ASB CLASSIC—Auckland, Australia Quarterfinal results: Ben Shelton (1) Defeats Roberto Carballes Baena 6-4 6-3Alejandro Tabilo Defeats…
[ad_1] World No 12 Jelena Ostapenko will face 15th-ranked Daria Kasatkina for the title on Saturday at the Adelaide International. It was a really tough match. I knew she’s a great player and it’s going to be tough. She can serve really big and she’s hitting the ball great. I was trying to play my…
[ad_1] The 2024 Australian Open begins on Sunday and it is already shaping up to be a fantastic event on both the men’s and women’s sides. Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the tournament, but Carlos Alcaraz’s triumph at Wimbledon last summer and Jannik Sinner’s late-season hot streak indicates that Novak Djokovic may be challenged Down…
[ad_1] Mirra Andreeva ended her preparations for the 2024 Australian Open with a very impressive victory at the Kooyong Classic. Before playing the first major of the season, the young Russian played at the WTA 500 tournament in Brisbane, where she lost in the quarterfinals to Linda Noskova from the Czech Republic. It was a…
[ad_1] By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday January 12, 2024 It’s no secret that Coco Gauff has a lot of self-belief. After media day on Friday at the Australian Open, it’s even less of a secret. Gauff, who won her maiden major at the 2023 US Open, talked about a variety of subjects, from…
[ad_1] The ATP Tour and WTA 2024 schedule of Play for Friday, January 12 for Adelaide, Auckland and Hobert can be found below. This week’s events will feature the final week of preparation for the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne. Watch all the action live this week from the ATP Tour on Tennis TV. [ad_2]…
[ad_1] Tommy Paul expressed a desire to avenge his defeat at the hands of Jack Draper in the second round of last year’s Adelaide International, when he met the Briton at this year’s edition and, as the top seed, that task didn’t seem insurmountable when they met in the quarter finals. I played in Adelaide…
[ad_1] Getty Images The presence of an unseeded Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open draw—regardless of where he landed—would have set the tennis world on fire. But with Nadal out of the tournament and following Thursday’s draw ceremony that didn’t hand anyone a clear advantage or disadvantage, there aren’t any fan bases currently up in…
