Tennis

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 ...

November 29, 2024 10:38 AM

Swiatek accepts one-month suspension after failing doping test, says ITIA

World number two and five-times Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek has accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for banned substance trimetazidine (TMZ), the International Tennis Integrity Agency said on Thursday. Swiatek tested positive in an out-of-competition sample in August but the ITIA, which runs tennis's anti-doping programme, accepted that it was caused by contamination of her medication melatonin, which was manufactured and sold over the counter in her native Poland. ...