FINDING all the ATP and WTA Tour scores in one place can be difficult, so Rookie Me Central has you covered. Here are all the main draw results from the tennis tournaments heading into January 15.
Sydney Tennis Classic
In the battle between two Top 10 talents, Paula Badosa held firm in a nail-biting third set tiebreak to defeat Barbora Krejcikova. The Spaniard won 6-3 4-6 7-6 with the deciding third set going all the way to 7-4. She piled on 12 aces to six and won 73.6 per cent of her first serve points compared to Krejcikova’s 62.3 per cent. Both players had their fair share of breaks, but in the end it all came down to the tiebreaker which saw the fifth seed salute. Meanwhile in the men’s final, top seed Aslan Karatsev ended the run of British wildcard Andy Murray to get up, 6-3 6-3. The match lasted an hour and 32 minutes, with the Russian winning 80 and 72 per cent of his first and second serve points, and saving all five break point opportunities. Meanwhile Murray was broken three times, and only hit 13 winners to Karatsev’s 27.
WTA 500 FINAL:
[5] Paula Badosa (ESP) defeated [3] Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 6-3 4-6 7-6
ATP 250 FINAL:
[1] Aslan Karatsev (RUS) defeated [WC] Andy Murray (GBR) 6-3 6-3
Adelaide International 2
Hometown hero Thanasi Kokkinakis has completed the most remarkable of runs to start 2022, winning at home in the Adelaide International to claim his maiden ATP Tour title. He defeated Frenchman Arthur Rinderknecht in a massive three-setter 6-7 7-6 6-3 which lasted two hours and 38 minutes. Kokkinakis hit 38 winners to only 16 unforced errors, compared to Rinderknecht’s 39 and 25. He also broke twice, whilst the Frenchman was unable to break at all. In the women’s final, Madison Keys won the title in a dominant 66-minute rout over compatriot Alison Riske, triumphing 6-1 6-2 in the victory. Keys won 69 and 73.7 per cent of her points off her first and second serve points, then broke her opponent four times whilst not facing a break point in the one-sided victory.
WTA 250 FINAL:
Madison Keys (USA) defeated Alison Riske (USA) 6-1 6-2
ATP 250 FINAL:
[WC] Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) defeated Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) 6-7 7-6 6-3
Korda follows in father’s footsteps with DC title
THERE was a nice touch of nostalgia as rising American talent Sebastian Korda lifted the Mubadala Citi DC Open trophy aloft over the weekend, with the 24-year-old matching the effort of his father Petr 32 years earlier. Korda opted to skip the Paris Olympics in order to get an extra hardcourt tournament in the lead-up […]
Badosa holds of Bouzkova in DC
SPANIARD Paula Badosa has won her first WTA Tour in two and a half year, claiming the Mubadala Citi FC Open in the United States’ capital. In a topsy-turvy game against Czech Marie Bouzkova, the former world number two worked her way to victory with a 6-1 4-6 6-4 triumph to enter the Top 50 […]
Djoker completes career Golden Slam
WORLD number two and 24-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic added an elusive Olympic medal to his CV of accolades overnight, defeating third seed and in-form Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz. The rising Spanish star won at both Roland Garros and Wimbledon – the latter over Djokovic – but at the Paris Olympics it was the Serbian […]
Golden Qinwen claims Paris Olympics top gong
CHINA has won another gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, but for the first time in history it has come in the tennis women’s singles. World number seven Qinwen Zheng completed a memorable run to the top place with a strong performance over Croatian Donna Vekic in the final, 6-2 6-3 overnight. Zheng had […]
No escape from Alcaraz in Paris for Felix
THERE was nowhere to hide for Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime who felt the full brunt of an impressive Carlos Alcaraz overnight, going down 6-1 6-1 in the Paris Olympics semi-finals. Alcaraz stormed to the win in just an hour and 15 minutes to guarantee himself a medal, making light work of the North American who had […]
Musetti denies Zverev back-to-back golds
ITALIAN Lorenzo Musetti is through to the Paris Olympics semi-finals, all while denying reigning men’s singles gold medallist Alexander Zverev a shot at back-to-back golds. Zverev won the top gong in Tokyo, but has fallen in the last stage before the medal rounds with Musetti getting up in a tight 7-5 7-5 contest on Court […]
Alcaraz storms past Safiullin into Olympic quarter finals
WORLD number three and reigning Roland Garros champion Carlos Alcaraz is just three wins away from a maiden Olympic gold medal after skipping past Roman Safiullin in a comfortable straight sets victory, 6-4 6-2. Alcaraz needed an hour and 29 minutes to dispatch of the neutral athlete and advance through to the Paris quarter finals. […]
Czeched out: It’s Schmiedl-ova for Wimbledon champ
GIANT-KILLING Slovakian Anna Karolina Schmiedlova is the major surprise packet through to the 2024 Paris Olympics medal matches with a straight sets victory over ninth seed and Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova. Already a Olympic gold medalist in doubles, Krejcikova’s quest for a singles medal is over at the final step, losing in the quarter finals. […]
Spaniard shocks Wimbledon defending champion
IN ONE of the biggest upsets in some time at Wimbledon, and certainly the largest shock of day two, world number 83 Spaniard Jessica Bouzas Maneiro knocked out defending champion and sixth seed Marketa Vondrousova in the first round of the Grand Slam event. Vondrousova was one of the favourites to take out the title […]
