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Petra Kvitova has scraped through her first round encounter at the French Open with a 3-6, 6-1, 7-5 win over Paraguayan Veronica Cepede Royg. Having already achieved tremendous success throughout the clay court season, the Czech went into the Grand Slam tournament as the hot favourite. However, the Czech looked vulnerable early on against Cepede […] READ MORE
(Editor’s Note: After this article was published, Kyrgios withdrew from the French Open due to injury.) Australians Bernard Tomic and Nick Kyrgios will face off in the opening round of this year’s French Open. This match promises to be a blockbuster affair and will mark the first time the pair have met at the ATP […] READ MORE
The clay-court season is in full swing and the world’s best players are using it to their advantage as they prepare for the second Grand Slam of the year, at Roland Garros. A change in court surface could not have come sooner for the following players, who will be looking to turn their 2018 season […] READ MORE
Roger Federer has secured a spot in his 6th Australian Open final after his 6-1, 5-2 (ret.) win over South Korean, Hyeon Chung. Federer has only once lost in an Australian Open final and the 36-year-old is looking likely to win his 20th career Grand Slam on Sunday night when he takes on the 6th […] READ MORE
Marin Cilic has advanced to his third Grand Slam final and first Australian Open final with his 6-2, 7-6(4), 6-2 win over Brit Kyle Edmund. This win now gives Cilic a chance to compete for his second Grand Slam title when he faces the winner of Hyeon Chung and Roger Federer. Edmund looked strong to start […] READ MORE
Roger Federer has stormed into the Australian Open semi-finals with a 7-6(1), 6-3, 6-4 win over the in-form Thomas Berdych. The Swiss maestro has never lost in an Australian Open quarter-final and continued this amazing streak by securing a 15th semi-final appearance at the first Grand Slam of the year. Federer started slowly and struggled to […] READ MORE
Marin Cilic has secured a spot in the semi-finals after his 3-6, 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-2, 2-0 (ret.) win over the current World No.1 Rafael Nadal. The big serving Croatian has now equalled his best performance at the Australian Open and will look to go one step further in his semi-final matchup. Cilic had only once beaten Nadal […] READ MORE
We are down to the final eight men and women left competing for the Australian Open title. The competition is heating up and it’s now time to look deeper into who the favourites are to win the first Grand Slam of 2018. MEN Throughout the tournament there have been an array of surprises, with big […] READ MORE
Hyeon Chung has booked his spot in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open after defeating the former champion and 14th seed Novak Djokovic. Chung has been the talk of the town notching up some impressive wins already at this years Open, but this 7-6(4), 7-5, 7-6(3) win over the Serbian is a class above the rest. The […] READ MORE
Grigor Dimitrov has safely moved into the quarter-finals after an impressive 7-6(3), 7-6(4), 4-6, 7-6(4) win over the dangerous Nick Kyrgios. The Bulgarian has now reached the last 8 at the Australian Open for the third time in his young career. Having won their most recent encounter just weeks prior, Kyrgios was the slight favourite […] READ MORE
