Booed off stage: Collins responds after ‘ugly’ scenes
Danielle Collins learnt a hard lesson on Saturday night as she departed the Australian Open – and it was one match she was never going to win.
Danielle Collins learnt a hard lesson on Saturday night as she departed the Australian Open – and it was one match she was never going to win.
Interest in the Australian Open is sky high, but it may not be a good thing to have record crowds through the gates. See the highs and lows from the first week at Melbourne Park here.
Alex de Minaur is through to the fourth round for the fourth year in a row, but he has revealed the pressure and expectation of being Australia’s last man standing almost suffocated him.
The world No. 2 could have scarcely put together a more complete performance as she dominated a former grand slam winner.
Danielle Collins has taken aim at sports broadcaster Tony Jones, who publicly labelled the American a “brat” after her on-court antics at the Australian Open.
He had it almost all his way on the court, but Novak Djokovic’s biggest battle during his third-round win at the Australian Open came with a heckler from the crowd. Here’s how he responded.
Danielle Collins made herself the villain of Melbourne Park when she gave the crowd at Kia Arena a serve. Now her Australian opponent Destanee Aiava has given her opinion on the American.
The Spanish big gun has lifted the trophy at Roland Garros (getting a tattoo of the Eiffel Tower), The All England Club (strawberry) and Flushing Meadows (the date of his victory). On Friday he moved closer to completing a career grand slam and some more ink work.
The daftest thing of all about the crowd that hounded the American world No.10? They were giving her exactly what she wanted. The sort of volatile atmosphere she revels in.
Danielle Collins has polarised fans after her antics on Wednesday night – with most Aussies unable to stand her. SCOTT GULLAN writes Australia’s sweetheart Ash Barty is in the same camp.
Alex de Minaur knows his limitations. He had size 11 feet at 11 years of age, the sort of lopsided physical development helpful for a young Ian Thorpe but less beneficial for a wannabe tennis player: ‘I’ve got to deal with what God gave me.’
Danielle Collins’ on-court antics at the Australian Open has divided tennis fans, but one former Australian player has come to the defence of the controversial American, declaring the sport needs “villains”.
Two matches. Two deciding sets. Two Aussies eliminated. Jack Draper has claimed his latest Australian victim, this time the brave Aleksander Vukic. Recap day six here.
Having battled issues on and off court, a breakthrough at the Australian Open could be the start of better to come for Destanee Aiava.
Two matches played by Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic were the target of an ultimately fruitless suspicious betting investigation.
Andy Roddick was the last American man to win a grand slam title in 2003, but there’s a star in prime position to snap that drought.
Last year’s Australian Open runner-up Daniil Medvedev has been dumped out of the tournament in a match that finished at 3am against the USA’s Learner Tien.
A provocative post-match interview has cemented Danielle Collins as the new villain of the Australian Open, after teasing local fans following her win over Destanee Aiava.
An American star may have just permanently lost the crowd at Melbourne Park after a series of provocative gestures.
It was a miracle that they were even out there, but in the end a win was too much to ask of Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios, who were unable to overcome their Aus Open injury issues.
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