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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…
Novak Djokovic’s run at the 2025 Australian Open ended in the semifinals. The former world number 1 tried in every way to recover from the adductor injury that had affected him in the previous round, but the miracle did not succeed this time and he had to retire at the end of the first set…
Ben Shelton put Jannik Sinner in trouble for just one set in the second semifinal of the 2025 Australian Open. The world number 20 was twice ahead of a break in the first set and had a couple of set points at 6-5, but he didn’t take advantage of those chances and the match basically…
Jannik Sinner has confirmed, if there was still any need, his status as ruler of the ATP Tour, also underlined by the two incredible victories performed against Alex De Minaur and Ben Shelton, respectively in the quarterfinals and in the semifinals at the Australian Open 2025. The ATP number 1 has reached the final at…
After a practically perfect run and with a one-set advantage over Madison Keys, former WTA No.1 Iga Swiatek had already anticipated the possibility of facing Aryna Sabalenka in the final of the Australian Open 2025, but fate decided otherwise for her. The Polish player was sensationally overtaken by the 29-year-old American, who won the third-set…