Mixed emotions as AO hopes find out path to glory
THE FIRST Grand Slam of 2025 is mere days away, and now everyone competing in the main draw knows who they are playing after the draw was conducted in Melbourne yesterday. In the women’s draw, some of the top five seeds got an easier draw than others. Top seed Aryna Sabalenka has got Sloane Stephens […]
Jones jolts status quo with debut main draw win
RISING young Aussie star Emerson Jones has won one of the biggest matches of her career to date, defeating world number 37 Wang Xinyu in straight sets at the Adelaide International. In her main draw debut, Jones powered past the Chinese star 6-4, 6-0 in a stellar display. She was 2-3 down in the first […]
Birrell bolts into Brisbane quarters
NEW AUSSIE number one Kimberly Birrell is in career-best form and producing in her home state, with the German-born Queenslander cracking into double-digit rankings for the first time. The 26-year-old achieved the feat with yet another big win, this time over world number 35 Anastasia Potapova at the Brisbane International. Reaching the biggest quarter final […]
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 […]
Argentina spoil Aussie party at United Cup
ARGENTINA played the role of party poopers at the United Cup in Sydney last night, stunning home side Australia in the mixed doubles to close out the tie 2-1. In a decisive doubles match, South American pair Maria Carle and Tomas Etcheverry stunned mixed doubles specialists Ellen Perez and Matthew Ebden, to move one win […]
2025 United Cup: Group F preview
ARGUABLY the toughest group to try and predict the result of, home nation Australia looms as favourite to advance at the 2025 United Cup. The doubles pairing of the green and gold as opposed to Great Britain and Argentina should make the difference with top ranked men’s singles player Alex de Minaur well clear, though […]
Around the Tour: Ito crafts third straight upset
ADMITTING she has not got “any power” and she is “skinny”, Japanese qualifier Aoi Ito has made a name for herself in Osaka. The 188th ranked Japanese hope knows where her strengths and weaknesses lie, and focuses on what she can do, rather than she cannot, leading her to a quarter finals appearance in the […]
Frech finishes off Gadecki to claim maiden title
IN A battle of two players yet to win a WTA Tour title, it was Poland’s Magdalena Frech who capped off a marvellous WTA 500 tournament in Mexico to take out the Guadalajara Open yesterday. The fifth seed survived a hard-fought win over Australian qualifier Olivia Gadecki 7-6 6-4 in just under two hours. While […]
2024 US Open preview: Women’s singles
LAST year’s US Open threw up plenty of surprises for the women’s singles, with American young gun Coco Gauff riding a wave of support to claim her first Grand Slam title in a come-from-behind victory. Can she go back-to-back or will another top star stand up and lift the trophy aloft? Top eight seeds Gauff […]
Joint rocking as Aussies advance at US Open
IN an incredible first two days of tennis action over in Flushing Meadows, a whopping 11 Australians reached the second round of the qualifying. While only the first of three match wins required to make it into the 128-player US Open main draw, the signs were overwhelmingly positive from the green and gold representatives. Teenage […]
