Birrell blitzes Brisbane finalist in Singapore
A DOMINANT performance from Australian Kimberly Birrell saw the wildcard dismiss Brisbane International finalist Polina Kudermetova in a comprehensive straight-sets win at the Singapore Tennis Open today. Birrell raced through her match against the fifth seed with a 6-3 6-2 result in just 62 minutes to secure her spot in the Round of 16. The […]
PREVIEW | 2025 Davis Cup Qualifiers
THE FIRST stage of the 2025 Davis Cup gets underway this week with 13 matches taking place to see the winning sides join Netherlands in the second round of the Qualifiers. Italy has already qualified for the Finals later in the year, with the reigning champions to await the seven teams who will win through […]
2025 ATP Tour Week 5 preview: Montpellier
WHILE the 2025 Davis Cup takes the majority of focus throughout this week, there is an ATP Tour event taking place in France, with the Open Occitanie in Montpellier. An ATP Tour 250 event, the action kicks off on Wednesday to allow sufficient rest for those having competed at the Australian Open over the past […]
Lower seeds reach greater heights in Adelaide
THERE was a common theme across both singles finals at the Adelaide International, with both winners being the player seeded lower out of the two combatants. In the women’s final, Madison Keys overcame an injury scare and good friend Jessica Pegula to win 6-3 4-6 6-1 and claim her ninth career singles title. Keys took […]
Canadian disposes of one neighbour, has to face another in decider
FIFTH seed Felix Auger-Aliassime has won through to the Adelaide International Final after upsetting top seed Tommy Paul in their semi final yesterday. In a match that lasted almost two hours and 45 minutes, the Canadian ultimately prevailed 7-6, 3-6, 6-4. “It was a battle. It was about physical effort, mental effort, because it was […]
Seeds succeed at expense of Aussies in Adelaide
YESTERDAY’S Quarter Final action at the Adelaide International was a good day for the ATP favourites, but as such was not a good day for both of the Aussie hopefuls still left in the tournament. Rinky Hijikata’s impressive run at the tournament came to an end at the hands of Tommy Paul, with the top […]
Aussies win but fall short of knockout stage
AUSTRALIA will not win the 2025 United Cup after falling agonisingly short of a wildcard at the event. The green and gold did manage to defeat Great Britain last night, but with the result being 2-1, the decision for the second placed wildcard turned to games won as a tiebreaker and therefore allowed Czech Republic […]
USA beats border rival in United Cup
UNITED Cup tournament favourites the United States started off its campaign with a hard-fought 2-1 win over their neighbour to the north, Canada in Perth last night. A highly anticipated clash, Canada was coming off an opening round win over Croatia, and showed it could match it with the number one seeds across the course […]
Bencic’s back alright; steers Swiss to win
FORMER Top 10 talent Belinda Bencic showed she will be as dangerous as ever in 2025 despite missing a substantial amount of tennis over the last 18 months due to maternity leave. The currently ranked 487th player last won a WTA Tour match back at the 2023 US Open almost 15 months ago, but after […]
2025 United Cup: Group A preview
A COUPLE of North American powerhouses along with a dangerous European nation highlight a stacked Group A of the United Cup that will take place in Perth either side of the new year. Ahead of the United Cup which kicks off on Friday, we will preview each of the six groups and take a look […]
