Whether or not Naomi Osaka claims the Australian Open championship — and make no mistake, she will be expected to win — this much seems certain: Tennis has a new dominant force. Sure, it’s clearly possible that Osaka could be ...
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Karolina Muchova stuns Ashleigh Barty to enter her first grand slam semifinal
Czech professional tennis player Karolina Muchova storm into her career’s first grand semifinal at Australian Open 2021 as she defeated number one seed Ashleigh Barty after losing first set comprehensively. Barty won the first set 6-1 and looking in great ...
Read More »Australian Open 2021 goes quiet as fans don’t come due to lockdown
Inside an empty Rod Laver Arena, the fluttering of a photographer’s camera suddenly seemed all too distracting before a player served. Other sounds not normally heard also felt amplified: the creaking of electronic sunshades rising into position on changeovers, the ...
Read More »Australian Open 2021: COVID tests are happening more than play
Players were isolating and getting tested for COVID-19 instead of playing tuneup tournaments four days before the Australian Open as concern grew over the impact on the year’s first tennis major. All competition at six tournaments scheduled for Thursday was ...
Read More »Novak Djokovic said Australian Open quarantine demands “Misconstrued”
World number one Novak Djokovic said his demands for tennis players in quarantine ahead of the Australian Open were “misconstrued”. In an open letter to the Australian public published from hotel quarantine in South Australia, Djokovic defended his “good intentions”, ...
Read More »Tennis players complain of food quality during Quarantine ahead of Aus Open
Tennis stars have been complaining about the quality of food and living conditions in the hotel they have been quarantined in ahead of the Australian Open in Melbourne. As many as 47 players were earlier sent into hard quarantine after ...
Read More »“Playing Australian Open 2021 is priority but we’ll have to wait and see,” Djokovic
Serbian tennis sensation Novak Djokovic is optimistic about participating in the next year’s Australian Open in Melbourne but he is not hundred percent sure of participation due to COVID-19 rules and protocols set by Australia government. According to Djokovic, if ...
Read More »Australian Open 2021: Tennis tournament to be played with fewer crowds
Next year’s Australian Open has been planned by the organizing committee as Coronavirus has affected tennis a lot just like other sports. Tennis Australia chief executive Craig Tiley confirmed in a telephonic interview to Apnews that first grand slam of ...
Read More »What is Grand Slam in Tennis?
The Grand Slam in tennis is also popular as Majors. It is compromised of four prestigious international tennis tournaments. A singles player or doubles team wins all these four annual events in the same year, it is said that they’ve ...
Read More »Serena Williams to chase 24th Grand Slam at 2018 Australian Open
Star women tennis sensation and newly married baby born mother Serena Williams is all set to make history at Australian Open as she’ll be chasing her 24th singles grand slam title. Aus Open tournament director Craig Tiley has confirmed that ...
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