Australian Open Tennis

January 21, 2025 1:10 PM

Australian Open: Zverev overcomes Paul to book semi-final berth

World No. 2 Alexander Zverev secured a thrilling 7-6(1), 7-6(0), 2-6, 6-1 victory over Tommy Paul on Tuesday for his third Australian Open semifinal. The German saved a set-point in both of the first two sets and denied Paul’s attempts to serve them out on Rod Laver Arena. Despite a strong comeback from Paul in the third set, Zverev responded with a dominant fourth to seal the win. This marks Zverev’s ninth Grand Slam semifinal appearance, where he will await the winner of the evening matc...

January 20, 2025 1:17 PM

Keys stuns Rybakina to reach Australian Open quarter-finals

American Madison Keys upset sixth seed Elena Rybakina 6-3 1-6 6-3 in a roller-coaster match at Margaret Court Arena to march into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Monday and extend her win streak to nine matches this year. Adelaide Open champion Keys had lost to the Kazakh in their last two encounters but was well in control for most of the last 16 tie, barring a rough patch in the second set when she lost four straight games. Rybakina seemed to be struggling with a lower back inju...

January 17, 2025 2:01 PM

Australian Open: Bopanna, Zhang progress to mixed doubles round two

Indian ace Rohan Bopanna and his Chinese partner Shuai Zhang advanced to the second round of the Australian Open mixed doubles with a straight sets 6-4, 6-4 victory over Ivan Dodig and Kristina Mladenovic on Friday. Bopanna and Zhang, closed the match in one hour and 12 minutes, will next face the winners of the match between the fourth-seeded pair of American Taylor Townsend and Hugo Nys of Monegasque and wild card Australian duo of Maddison Inglis and Jason Kuber. The Indo-Chinese duo began ...

January 17, 2025 9:53 AM

Sabalenka through to fourth round of Australian Open after tough battle

Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka shrugged off a shaky display to fight her way into the fourth round of the Australian Open with a 7-6(5) 6-4 victory over Clara Tauson on Friday. Novak Djokovic resumes his quest for a record 25th Grand Slam title and 11th at Melbourne Park later in the day and Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev and Coco Gauff will also be in action on the main showcourts. The day's first match on the Rod Laver Arena at the start of the sixth day of the championships was hardly...

January 16, 2025 11:06 AM

Australian Open 2025: day five highlights, results

Highlights of the fifth day of the Australian Open on Thursday (all times GMT): 0505 SHELTON TOPS CARRENO BUSTA American 21st seed Ben Shelton took out former Spanish world number 10 Pablo Carreno Busta with a 6-3 6-3 6-7(4) 6-4 win. 0447 FRITZ CRUSHES QUALIFIER GARIN American fourth seed Taylor Fritz needed just 82 minutes to beat Chilean qualifier Cristian Garin 6-2 6-1 6-0 on the back of a strong first serve. 0442 DE MINAUR SAILS INTO THIRD ROUND Australian eighth seed Alex de Minaur br...

January 15, 2025 4:41 PM

Australian Open: Gauff, Osaka, Pegula, and Sabalenka advance to third round

American teenager Coco Gauff extended her impressive winning streak to nine matches with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Jodie Burrage in the Australian Open second round. Gauff overcame a 5-3 deficit in the second set, rallying with four straight games to secure the win. The World No. 7 now sets up a third-round clash with 2021 US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez, who triumphed 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 against Cristina Bucsa. In other action, two-time Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka marked her return to the ...

January 15, 2025 10:56 AM

Australian Open 2025: Day Four highlights, results

Highlights of the fourth day of the Australian Open on Wednesday (all times GMT): 0453 BORGES BEATS THOMPSON IN STRAIGHT SETS Unseeded Portuguese Nuno Borges knocked out Australian 27th seed Jordan Thompson 6-3 6-2 6-4 at John Cain Arena and has earned a third-round match against third seed Carlos Alcaraz. 0406 OSAKA FIGHTS BACK TO BEAT MUCHOVA Twice champion Naomi Osaka was blown away by Karolina Muchova in the opening set but produced a stirring comeback to win 1-6 6-1 6-3 and move into th...

January 9, 2025 1:34 PM

Sinner begins Australian Open title defence against Jarry, Sabalenka gets Stephens

Jannik Sinner begins his Australian Open title defence against Nicolas Jarry while women's champion Aryna Sabalenka takes on 2017 U.S. Open winner Sloane Stephens after the draw for the year's first Grand Slam was made at Melbourne Park on Thursday. Novak Djokovic launches his latest bid for a record-extending 11th Australian Open title and 25th Grand Slam crown against U.S. wildcard Nishesh Basavareddy but his path to the Melbourne Park final will not be an easy one. In the third roun...

January 8, 2025 9:32 AM

Australian Open 2025: Who are the other men’s contenders to look out for?

Apart from World No. 1 and ten-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic, the following players are strong contenders for the men’s singles title at the Australian Open, which begins on Sunday: ALEXANDER ZVEREV (GERMANY) Ranking: 2 After two seasons that were partially hampered by a serious injury, Zverev looked back to his best in 2024, winning Masters 1000 titles in both Rome and Paris as well as reaching the final of the French Open. The German, ranked second in the world, will be ey...

December 20, 2024 4:44 PM

Tennis-Australian Open to provide platform for pickleball from 2025

The Australian Open will embrace one of the fastest growing sports in the world when it hosts the inaugural AO Pickleball Slam on the final weekend of next month's tennis major with $100,000 in prize money. Invented in 1965 by a group of American friends, pickleball is a fast-paced paddle sport similar to tennis and badminton played on smaller courts using a perforated plastic ball, and interest has skyrocketed in recent years. Melbourne Park's court three will transform into pickleball centra...