You’ve got to be Djoking – Popyrin faces Novak in third 2024 Grand Slam
AUSSIE Alexei Popyrin looked like a man on a mission during his second round demolition job of Spaniard Pedro Martinez. In career-best form coming off an incredible ATP 1000 title earlier in the month, the 28th seed will now set his sights on 24-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic for an incredible third time in […]
Rinky rolls into US Open second round
AUSTRALIAN rising star Rinky Hijikata has booked his ticket into the second round of the US Open, defeating 59th ranked Spaniard, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in a hard-fought four-set match. Hijikata – who is ranked 72nd in the world has to defend his career best Round of 16 appearance last year, and started on the right […]
2024 US Open preview: Men’s singles
OVERNIGHT the 2024 US Open kicks off with a wide open draw across both the men’s and women’s singles. We take a look at how the Flushing Meadows major is shaping up in our tournament preview. Top eight seeds The men’s singles sees reigning champion Novak Djokovic seeded second overall in his quest to win […]
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. […]
French fancy fails as Argentine advances
ALTHOUGH things went to plan for most of the seeds overnight at the Olympics, everything did not go to plan for all as Ugo Humbert found out the hard way after the 10th seed went down to Argentine Francisco Cerundolo 7-5. 6-7, 7-5. In a match that lasted two hours and 44 minutes, the Argentine […]
Popyrin pushes past Jarry to set up Stan showdown
AUSSIE Alexei Popyrin spiced up the men’s singles draw at the 2024 Olympics after he upset Chilean 16th seed Nicolas Jarry 6-3, 7-6(5) . Popyrin blitzed his more fancied opponent in the first set in 36 minutes, before being made to work for the set win in the second term, taking just under an hour. […]
