Tennis Page 38 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Novak Djokovic had a bad day at the office, for once
If beating Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros is sport’s toughest assignment, beating Novak Djokovic in Melbourne can’t be too far behind it. He hadn’t lost there in some 3,000 days (a COVID deportation playing some role in that), he’s won the tournament 10 times and he was still coming off a previous se...
Coco Gauff-Aryna Sabalenka is tennis' best rivalry
Women’s tennis hasn’t had a great rivalry in some time. The tour was dominated by Serena Williams for so long and no one could have managed to look her in the eye for very long. The closest was her sister Venus, yet matches between the two regularly and mostly were hard on the eyes, because both see...
Jannik Sinner ousts Novak Djokovic in Australian Open semis
Jannik Sinner is through to his first career Grand Slam final, and he got there in style....
Qinwen Zheng to face Aryna Sabalenka in Aussie final
Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka and first-time Grand Slam finalist Qinwen Zheng will meet in Saturday's final at the Australian Open in Melbourne....
Taking the Daniil Medvedev ride at the Australian Open
Most of my life, I have found tennis very easy and yet very hard to watch. It’s easy in that it’s a beautiful sport to gaze upon, the players’ ballet-like movements and the steady rhythm of the sound of the ball hitting the racket and then the court over and over can lull one into a lovely state of ...
Novak Djokovic odds-on favorite with Carlos Alcaraz out of Aussie Open
Novak Djokovic's path toward a 25th Grand Slam title was cleared even further with second-seeded Carlos Alcaraz failing to make the semifinals — at least in the eyes of oddsmakers....
Alexander Zverev books spot in Australian Open semis
Alexander Zverev quashed a comeback attempt by World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz to win 6-1, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-4 and reach his second Australian Open semifinal on Wednesday in Melbourne....
Qinwen Zheng reaches first Grand Slam semifinal
No. 12 seed Qinwen Zheng of China advanced to her first Grand Slam semifinal with a 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-1 win against Russia's Anna Kalinskaya at the Australian Open on Wednesday in Melbourne....
Daniil Medvedev works 5 sets to reach Australian Open semis
Third-seeded Daniil Medvedev navigated an up-and-down quarterfinal match at the Australian Open to emerge with a 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 victory over ninth-seeded Hubert Hurkacz on Wednesday in Melbourne....
Qualifier Dayana Yastremska reaches Australian Open semis
Dayana Yastremska defeated Linda Noskova 6-3, 6-4 in an Australian Open quarterfinal on Wednesday, becoming the first qualifier to reach the semifinals in Melbourne since 1978....
Novak Djokovic was the boulder, Taylor Fritz was Sisyphus
It has to be hard enough to work through the mental gymnastics it takes to take the court against Novak Djokovic, convinced you can win. That’s what professional athletes do, of course, it’s part of the job. But they’re also still human, and it gets hard to shut out the list that makes Djokovic the ...
Novak Djokovic advances to semis at Australian Open
Novak Djokovic advanced to the semifinals of the Australian Open following a 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Taylor Fritz on Tuesday in Melbourne....
The Coco Gauff era is fully underway
Coco Gauff was brought to tears at the 2023 Australian Open following a fourth-round loss to Jeļena Ostapenko. A year later she was in danger of another early exit in the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. Unforced errors were piling up and Gauff was forced to rally to pull out a win by tiebre...
Despite wobbles, Coco Gauff advances to Australian semis
Coco Gauff advanced to her first career Australian Open semifinal on Tuesday, but it was far from a smooth journey....
Naomi Osaka accepts wild card into Abu Dhabi Open
Former World No. 1 Naomi Osaka of Japan has entered the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open as a wild card....
Aussie Open: Coco Gauff, Aryna Sabalenka on collision course?
Aryna Sabalenka has dropped a total of 11 games in blitzing her way into the quarterfinals at the 2024 Australian Open. Coco Gauff is just behind her, losing a combined 16 through four straight-sets victories to date....
Aussie Open: Can Taylor Fritz defy odds against Novak Djokovic?
Taylor Fritz has already reached milestone by advancing to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open for the first time....
Australian Open quarters set as Carlos Alcaraz among advancers
No. 2 seed Carlos Alcaraz cruised into the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, putting on a clinic of efficiency in defeating Miomir Kecmanovic 6-4, 6-4, 6-0 on Monday in Melbourne....
Teen Linda Noskova, Ukrainian qualifier Dayana Yastremska into AO quarters
Ukrainian No. 19 seed Elina Svitolina trailed 3-0 in the opening set and bowed out of the Australian Open with a back injury, pushing Czech teen Linda Noskova into the quarterfinals in upset-mad Melbourne....
Barbora Krejcikova rallies to advance to quarters in Australia
Ninth-seeded Barbora Krejcikova overcame a first-set setback to post a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Mirra Andreeva on Sunday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in Melbourne....