Korda keeps dream alive with nail-biting win
AMERICAN talent Sebastian Korda has survived a nail-biting five-set clash to overcome world number 100 Corentin Moutet earlier today. With father, coach and Australian Open winner Petr watching on, Korda broke in the 10th game of the fourth set when Moutet was serving for the match. From there, he won the next three games to […]
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. […]
Around the Tours: Adelaide champions to battle in semi
THE only two Adelaide International champions will do battle in the semi-final of the 2022 tournament, when world number one Ash Barty comes up against Poland’s Iga Swiatek. Both are Grand Slam winners and overcame their respective Grand Slam-winning opponents in Sofia Kenin and Victoria Azarenka. Whilst Barty won in straight sets over Kenin 6-3 […]
Around the Tours: Chinese teen continues run
CHINESE teenage Qinwen Zheng continued her remarkable run in Melbourne to reach a quarter final at the event. In what was only her fifth main draw match of her career – she made her WTA Tour main draw debut in Palermo last July – she was able to get past the always tough Vera Zvonareva […]
Around the Tours: Osaka wins tough upon return
JAPANESE star Naomi Osaka has made a winning return to the WTA Tour in Melbourne, getting up in a tight three-set win over Frenchwoman Alize Cornet. It was the perfect start for Osaka, perhaps not the most dominant of performances, but she blew out the cobwebs and came away with the win. Cornet is a […]
ATP Tour weekly title wrap: Challenger events conclude
WHILST Indian Wells got underway last week, not every player took the opportunity to compete at the ATP 1000 event, with four Challenger Tour tournaments running over the past week.All four ATP 80 or 90 tournaments were completed with a number of experienced players standing up. In the highest ranked tournament in Mouilleron-Le-Captif France, second […]
ATP Tour weekly title wrap: Sinner goes back-to-back in Sofia as Ruud stands alone with fifth 2021 title
CASPER Ruud is the only ATP Tour player to have collected five titles this year after winning in San Diego, as Jannik Sinner edged close to a ATP Finals slot after winning his third in 2021. SAN DIEGO OPEN ATP 250 FINAL RESULT: [2] Casper Ruud (NOR) defeated Cameron Norrie (GBR) 6-0 6-2 One of […]
ATP Tour midweek update: Reigning champ advances in Bulgaria as top seeds book quarter finals spots in San Diego
THERE was a mixed bag of results on the ATP Tour this week with mostly top seeds moving through to the quarter finals, and a couple of shock losses at Challenger level. SAN DIEGO OPEN ATP 250: San Diego’s ATP 250 event has largely gone to plan with five of the top eight seeded players […]
Davis Cup Playoff results – September 18-19: Belgium surges home to avoid upset as Argentina bounce back
FOUR of the five seeded nations in the World Group I Playoffs got home despite some shaky early results from the first two nations, while an unfortunate injury ruling Stefanos Tsitsipas out of his nations’ tie with Lithuania ultimately saw Greece drop to the World Group II Qualifiers again. WORLD GROUP 1: Bolivia (2) defeated […]
Davis Cup Playoffs preview: Part 3 – September 18-19 – World Group I
THE first of the Davis Cup ties running into the team events for the second half of 2021 take place from tonight, with a host of teams battling it out to earn World Group Playoff and World Group I Playoff honours. The way it works is that the 24 teams (12 matches) in World Group […]
