[ad_1] MELBOURNE: The Indian men’s doubles pair of N Sriram Balaji and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan continued their good run by stunning fifth seeds Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek in the opening round of the Australian Open on Saturday.Balaji and Nedunchezhiyan, who came into the tournament as an alternate team, took two …
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[ad_1] MELBOURNE: Hard-hitting Aryna Sabalenka burnished her Australian Open title credentials on Saturday as she barrelled into the last 16 along with several other women’s seeds.The Belarusian fifth seed blew away 26th-seeded Elise Mertens 6-2, 6-3 to set up a clash with Olympic champion Belinda Bencic.Thirtieth seed Karolina Pliskova and …
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[ad_1] MELBOURNE: American young gun Sebastian Korda stunned former world number one Daniil Medvedev 7-6(7) 6-3 7-6(4) in a thrilling contest to evict the losing finalist of the last two years from the Australian Open in the third round on Friday.The 22-year-old took the game to the Russian seventh seed …
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[ad_1] MELBOURNE: Stefanos Tsitsipas and Iga Swiatek dazzled in bright sunshine to make short work of their third-round opponents on Friday as some normalcy returned to the Australian Open after scheduling woes, wild weather, upsets and late finishes hogged the headlines.Third seed Tsitsipas, the top surviving seed in the men’s …
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[ad_1] MELBOURNE: Former world number one Andy Murray produced one of his greatest ever comebacks to sink home hope Thanasi Kokkinakis in a titanic second-round thriller at the Australian Open in the early hours of Friday morning.The 35-year-old Scot looked down and out against an inspired Kokkinakis as he trailed …
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[ad_1] MELBOURNE: Second seed Ons Jabeur crashed out of the second round of the Australian Open after an error-strewn display in a 6-1, 5-7, 6-1 loss to former French Open finalist Marketa Vondrousova on Thursday.The Tunisian, who stormed up the rankings last year after runs to the final at Wimbledon …
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[ad_1] MELBOURNE: Novak Djokovic defied rowdy fans and hamstring trouble to haul himself into the Australian Open third round with a drama-filled win over qualifier Enzo Couacaud on Thursday.The Serbian suffered a mid-match wobble before blazing past his 191st-ranked opponent 6-1, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, 6-0 on Rod Laver Arena.It was …
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[ad_1] CNN — We’ve all been there. You’re in the midst of competition and in the furor of battle, you lose track of the moment and score of the match. Unfortunately for American Danielle Collins, her moment where she slipped up came during her second round match at the Australian …
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[ad_1] MELBOURNE: American Jenson Brooksby knocked second seed Casper Ruud out of the Australian Open on Thursday with a 6-3 7-5 6-7(4) 6-2 victory, extinguishing the Norwegian’s hopes of winning a first Grand Slam title and topping the world rankings.Two breaks of serve in the opening set of the second-round …
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[ad_1] MELBOURNE: Qualifier Katie Volynets stunned ninth seed Veronika Kudermetova 6-4 2-6 6-2 on Thursday to storm into the Australian Open third round and continue the good start for American players at the year’s opening Grand Slam.In only her sixth main draw appearance at a Grand Slam, the world number …
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