Aus Open stunner: Alcaraz bombs out, dream final slips away
The dream final between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz is off after the Spaniard bombed out in the last eight at the hands of Alexander Zverev.
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Story behind iconic Coco Gauff photograph
Tennis’ teenage superstar and tonight’s AO semi-finalist liked this image so much she made sure her 1.6m Instagram followers got to see it too.
Kyrgios backflips on ‘retirement’ talk revealed in his own column
Despite declaring his time in tennis may be over in his own column, Nick Kyrgios has denied reports he is retiring from the sport.
Yastremska’s angels and demons
No Ukrainian has won a major. No qualifier has won the Australian Open. Now Ukrainian qualifier Dayana Yastremska has reached the semi-finals.
Hell for Sinner as Djoker masters the art of suffering
The Italian plays dream tennis. Performs with a princely elegance and grace. But is he robust enough to do the same against the iron king in a heavyweight Australian Open semi-final?
Sabalenka reveals desperate moves to salvage scheduling disaster
As Novak Djokovic’s quarter-final crept deeper and deeper into the scheduled night session, Australian Open officials tried to salvage the situation with increasingly desperate moves.
Sinner defies insane scheduling to set up Novak showdown
Italian Jannik Sinner played into the early hours of Wednesday morning – before the hottest player in tennis set up a showdown with Australian Open king Novak Djokovic.
Djoker rubbishes advantage chat after Aus Open schedule farce
Despite his next opponent starting his quarter-final at close to 11pm on Tuesday night, Novak Djokovic was not buying into any talk that he would have the advantage in his semi-final.
‘Money comes first’: Aus Open’s schedule a masterclass in failure
The Australian Open calls itself the “Happy Slam,” but has consistently ignored calls for change to help its players and fans, proving that it’s more about the bottom line than anything else.
Novak regains his cool to reach 48th major semi-final
Novak Djokovic’s World No.1 ranking is up for grabs at the Australian Open, but he won’t give it up without a fight.
‘That’s how they sell tickets’: Late nights set to stay at Aus Open
Fans don’t like it and the players hate it, but late night – or early morning – finishes at the Australian Open are a commercial reality, reports CALLUM DICK.
Hunter’s brave run brought to heartbreaking end
Storm Hunter’s career-best Grand Slam singles run is over after captivating Australian tennis fans and announcing herself as a genuine threat to the world’s best players.
Novak’s tease to rivals as Aus Open winning streak extends to 31
Just as the tennis world started to believe Novak Djokovic was beatable, he produced a performance to put the doubters back in their place.
Storm hunting career-best singles result, top-50 ranking
Storm Hunter’s coach Nicole Pratt has called on the Australian public to help keep driving the qualifier’s dream Melbourne Park run.
‘Where I want to be’: Demon looking at Aus Open second week
Alex de Minaur has given Australian tennis fans reason to dream of a deep run into the second week of the Australian Open — and says the back end of the tournament is “where I want to be”.
When politics is always at play
Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko withdrew from a match against Belarus’s Aryna Sabalenka at last year’s Indian Wells Masters because of a panic attack. At Melbourne Park she got double bagelled.
There’s no room for night howls at Open
Daniil Medvedev’s win was no yawn but will it scupper his chances of making it through to the fourth round.
`Congrats to Russian propaganda’: Star unloads over tennis’ blind eye
Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk has let loose on the tennis world for “forgetting” about Russia invading her homeland, saying her mother still sends her videos of missiles flying over Kyiv.
Khawaja in doubt for Gabba as Windies crushed
Australian opener copped a nasty knock to the face with his team needing just one run for victory.
Ukrainian star’s reason for Sabalenka handshake snub
Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko has defended her decision not to shake hands with Aryna Sabalenka after her thrashing in the second round, saying “I am trying to remind the world that the war is still on and people are still struggling”.
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