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2022 Australian Open Scoreboard: Day 5

IT was a huge day at the Australian Open, with the first of the third round matches completed. The men’s matches went largely to plan, but there was one massive upset in the women’s draw. For the men’s draw, two seeds fell at the expense of unseeded players. Frenchman Adrian Mannarino continued his remarkable run […]

Anisimova upsets reigning champ, now faces Barty

IT was meant to be the matchup of the tournament. The world number one Ash Barty up against the reigning Australian Open champion and the player largely regarded as the next best in the world, Naomi Osaka. The fourth round clash was just two nights away, with both Barty and Osaka needing to get over […]

2022 Australian Open Scoreboard: Day 4

IT was a day of upsets on the women’s side, and an Aussie wildcard led the charge on the men’s as the 2022 Australian Open Round of 64 was completed yesterday. In the men’s draw, Australian wildcard Chris O’Connell was the talking point of the day, stunning 13th seed Diego Schwartzman in straight sets, 7-6 […]

2022 Australian Open Scoreboard: Day 3

AS the second round got underway at Melbourne Park, the first of the 2022 Australian Open third round matches became clear. There were a handful of upsets, and some epic contest, but on the most part everything seemed to go fairly to plan. Twelve seeds still remain in the men’s draw, with just one more […]

2022 Australian Open Scoreboard: Day 2

DAY TWO of the 2022 Australian Open saw more upsets than its predecessor, and some epic five-set and three-set contests in the men’s and women’s draws respectively. At the conclusion of the day, the full first round is complete, with second round matches – Round of 64 – kicking off today. Despite a scare from […]

2022 Australian Open Scoreboard: Day 1

THE 2022 Australian Open got underway yesterday and in Rookie Me Central’s Australian Open Scoreboard, see how every match went down. The men’s singles went largely to plan, with only Sebastian Korda‘s win over British 12th seed Cameron Norrie, and Australian wildcard Aleksandar Vukic victory 30th seed South African Lloyd Harris the sole seeded upsets. […]

Anisimova produces stunning comeback

AMERICAN young gun Amanda Anisimova has fought back from a set and a break down to win in three sets over Dutch qualifier Arianne Hartono. The talented United States representative already has a title to her name this season when she won in Melbourne a fortnight ago, but she could not get going in the […]

2022 Australian Open preview

AFTER another long year Down Under, the Australian Open kicks off today in the opening Grand Slam of the tennis year. The biggest controversy happened well before a ball was bounced with world number one and Australian Open record holder Novak Djokovic deported back to Serbia. It means there will be a new reigning champion, […]

Barty-Osaka fourth round clash highlights Aus Open draw

A MASSIVE potential fourth round clash between reigning champion Naomi Osaka and world number one Ash Barty highlighted the women’s Australian Open draw today. In an unbelievable sight, arguably the two best players in the world – and two favourites will instead meet in the Round of 16 instead of the final. Though Osaka has […]

Around the Tours: Barty dispatches Swiatek

ASH Barty is into the Adelaide International final today with a chance to win her second Adelaide International title. Having won the title a couple of years back, Barty overcame her biggest hurdle of the tournament thus far with a dominant straight sets win over reigning champion, Iga Swiatek. Both Roland Garros winners, Barty won […]

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