Seeds shine in Adelaide, youth progresses across the ditch
IT was a good day for the top seeds at the Adelaide International yesterday, with six progressing as the tournament begins to heat up. Some had a harder time than others though, such as second seed Nicolas Jarry. After losing the first set in a tiebreaker to Italian Matteo Arnaldi, he hit back to win […]
Saville conquers Kenin as seeds fall in Hobart
ON a day that mostly went to plan for seeded players at the Adelaide International, it didn’t go to plan for all in Hobart with some big names falling. One of them was Sofia Kenin, with the tournament’s sixth seed going down in straight sets to Australian Daria Saville. After the first set went to […]
Adelaide and Auckland bring mixed bag for Aussie boys
IT was an ace day for the Australians in Adelaide, as multiple Aussies picked up wins. One of those was Jordan Thompson, who fresh off the back of his win against Rafael Nadal last week defeated Facundo Diaz Acosta. In just under an hour and a half, the Australian defeated the Argentinian 6-2 6-2. It […]
Seeds sew success in both Adelaide and Hobart
THE Adelaide International’s seeds had a strong day on day four of the tournament, with wins for them aplenty. One of those was the sixth seed Jelena Ostapenko, who defeated Sorana Cirstea in three sets. After making the quarter finals in Brisbane, Ostapenko continued her winning momentum, coming back from a set down to win […]
Adelaide and Auckland’s awful Aussie Day
IT was not a fun return home for Thanasi Kokkinakis at the Adelaide International, going down to Serbian Dusan Lajovic in three sets. Kokkinakis took the first set 6-3, before Lajovic took the next two 6-1 6-4. Kokkinakis finished with more aces than Lajovic, but also finished with the higher double faults tally. Lajovic meanwhile […]
Day of upsets in Adelaide as Aussies shine in the Apple Isle
DAY 3 at the Adelaide International saw a big upset, with qualifier Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova picking up a massive win and defeating tournament fifth seed Beatriz Haddad Maia. Despite the 48 rank difference between the pair it did not matter as Pavlyuchenkova took the straight sets win 6-3, 6-4. Despite Pavlyuchenkova serving five more double faults […]
Germany wins United Cup after Poland upset
GERMANY has come from being a Group D and Sydney runner-up to overall champions at the 2024 United Cup, taking down Poland in an incredible final last night. The Germans – led by Alexander Zverev – won the tie 2-1 after a forgettable women’s singles match to seal the trophy. After finishing at 2:15am the […]
Rybakina sends ominous Aus Open message
REIGNING Australian Open runner-up Elena Rybakina produced a dominant performance over world number two, Aryna Sabalenka to secure the Brisbane International WTA 500 event yesterday. In a rematch of last year’s Australian Open final, it was the bridesmaid who toppled the bride, completely destroying the tournament favourite Sabalenka, 6-0 6-3. Rybakina won the first eight […]
Dimitrov breaks six-year drought with Brisbane title
BULGARIAN veteran Grigor Dimitrov snapped a six-year title drought by taking out the 2024 Brisbane International yesterday. The world number 14 defeated top seed and world number eight, Holger Rune in the decider 7-6 6-4, which went for two hours and 16 minutes. Dimitrov last won a title back in 2017, which was the ATP […]
Rublev ends giant-killer Shang’s run
RUSSIAN top 10 talent Andrey Rublev put an end to giant-killing Chinese teenager Juncheng Shang‘s run in Hong Kong, defeating him in a come-from-behind victory to get up in three sets and reach the final. The world number five had to grind hard against the wildcard, eventually winning 4-6 6-2 6-3 in two hours and […]
Germany scrapes into final after Aussie nail-biter
GERMANY survived the best United Cup match of the tournament, and possibly in its history, making it through to the 2024 final by just two points in a super tiebreak doubles match. The overall 2-1 result easily could have been 3-0 Australia’s way, in an incredible tense night of action at Ken Rosewall Arena. In […]
Sabalenka storms past Azarenka to set up Aus Open final rematch
WORLD number two Aryna Sabalenka will begin her lead-up preparation to defending her Australian Open crown by taking on the player she beat in last year’s major final, in the Brisbane International decider tomorrow. The top seed at the WTA 500 event knocked off Victoria Azarenka in straight sets 6-4 6-2, and will face Kazakhstan’s […]
