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Day 7 at the Australian Open was full of surprises, as we saw two upsets and one of the main title contenders bow out in the fourth round. As the tournament moves on, we’re seeing more and more surprises unravel, and the Australian Open surely has much more in store for us. Australian Open Day […] READ MORE
American women could breakthrough into the quarterfinals on day 8 of the Australian Open, but they all face tough matches with Shelby Rogers taking on Australia’s #1 Ash Barty, Jessica Pegula against Elina Svitolina, and Jennifer Brady against Donna Vekic. Our panel of Damian Kust and Steen Kirby offer their predictions. Ash Barty vs Shelby […] READ MORE
Novak Djokovic described his third-round win over Taylor Fritz as one of the best of his career. But the match ended with real doubts lingering over the Serbian’s chances of winning the title. Both players performed excellently, with Djokovic coming through 7-6 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-2 in an intense battle, but it was an injury […] READ MORE
Aslan Karatsev caused a sizable shock by defeating Diego Schwartzman to advance to the fourth round of the 2021 Australian Open. The 27-year-old Russian reached the main draw of a Grand Slam for the first time after progressing through the Australian Open qualifying event in Doha last month. Karatsev beat talented 19-year-old American Brandon Nakashima […] READ MORE
While the fate of Novak Djokovic’s tournament hangs in the balance due to a torn abdominal muscle the rest of the remaining men at the 2021 Australian Open sense opportunity, including Djokovic’s next opponent Milos Raonic. Last year’s finalist Dominic Thiem also remains in contention, but he’ll need to get past an in form and […] READ MORE
Pity poor Cameron Norrie. He finally gets a match against one of “The Big Three”, in the third round of the Australian Open against Rafael Nadal, only to discover that the latest coronavirus outbreak in Melbourne means that he will face the great Spaniard in an empty stadium. That can only make his task against […] READ MORE
Andrey Rublev established himself as one of the most promising NextGen players back in 2017. At just 19 years of age, he managed to clinch his maiden ATP title in Umag, having entered the draw as the lucky loser. He later backed it up with a stunning run to the quarterfinals at the US Open. […] READ MORE
Dominic Thiem came back from two sets to love down to secure an epic victory against Nick Kyrgios in the match of the Australian Open so far. Kyrgios produced some of the best tennis we’ve seen from him in some time, and it took an almighty comeback from Thiem to cross the finishing line. He […] READ MORE
There will be no fans at the Australian Open for at least the next five days after the Victorian Government imposed a snap coronavirus lockdown, which begins at 11:59 AEDT. It is the third time that Melbourne will be heading into a coronavirus lockdown this year after a cluster of cases emerged at a hotel. […] READ MORE
The stars of Czech tennis take to the court on day 6 at the Australian Open with Karolina Muchova again meeting Karolina Pliskova in a Grand Slam. Our panel of Jim Smith, Damian Kust, and Fraser Learmonth offer their predictions for this and other matches. Elina Svitolina vs Yulia Putintseva Embed from Getty Images Damian: […] READ MORE