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Angelo Binaghi, President of the Italian Tennis and Padel Federation, did not appreciate the words shared by Novak Djokovic on the sidelines of the Australian Open 2025 semifinal lost against Alexander Zverev. The 24-time Grand Slam champion withdrew in the semifinal after the first set against the German. The Serbian tennis player, after losing the tie…
Aryna Sabalenka has achieved a new incredible record on the courts of the Australian Open. The Belarusian, beating her friend Paula Badosa, has got her third consecutive final in Melbourne (who is playing right now against Madison Keys). A result achieved in the past by only seven players. The world number one is also the…
Martina Navratilova unloaded on the Australian Open crowd, slamming their treatment of Novak Djokovic as “disgusting.” Moments after retiring injured from his semifinal match against Alexander Zverev at Melbourne, the tournament’s record 10-time champion was booed off the court. The scene quickly went viral and many weren’t that impressed with the crowd’s act, especially knowing…
Barbara Schett thinks Iga Swiatek felt “rushed” in her Australian Open semifinal against Madison Keys and the former world No. 7 also opinioned that the Pole dominating her opening five matches probably backfired in some ways. On Thursday, the Polish tennis star failed to clinch her first Australian Open final ticket after missing out on…
Novak Djokovic admitted it was disappointing for him and Andy Murray to see their first tournament in an unfortunate way and also said that they would sit down for a conversation and see if continuing their partnership makes sense. On Friday, the current world No. 7 retired injured to Alexander Zverev in the Australian Open…
The British Open will be held in its 155th year at the legendary St Andrews in 2027, marking the return of the prestigious tournament to the course five years after Cameron Smith took the title in 2022. “I am looking forward to the return of The Open to St Andrews, as are the fans and…
John Millman took a strong stance against the Australian Open crowd’s boos for Novak Djokovic and Nick Kyrgios applauded the former Australian tennis star for his reporting. As you probably know very well by now, the record 10-time Australian Open champion was very loudly booed after retiring his semifinal match against Alexander Zverev due to…
Stefanos Tsitsipas was there for Paula Badosa after the Spaniard suffered a heartbreaking Australian Open loss, telling his girlfriend that she is a winner in both tennis and life. On Thursday, the Spanish tennis star appeared in her first Grand Slam semifinal. But overcoming world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka proved to be too big a…
Caroline Wozniacki has confirmed that she is not done with pro tennis as the Dane clarified that she skipped the Australian Open because she wasn’t feeling well enough to be able to compete due to rheumatoid arthritis. In early January, tennis fans noticed that the 2018 Australian Open champion’s name was crossed from the tournament’s…
World no. 1 Jannik Sinner is a win away from the Australian Open title defense! The two-time Major champion faced the American Ben Shelton in the semi-final and scored a solid 7-6, 6-2, 6-2 triumph in two hours and 36 minutes. Thus, the 23-year-old scored his 20th straight hard-court Major win and advanced into the…