Angelique Kerber starred on Monday for the first negative surprise of the day when she fell in the first round against the American Bernarda Pera, with very bad feelings. The German, champion of the Australian Open in 2016 and former world number one, lost by a resounding 6-0 and 6-4, in just 70 minutes, against … Read more
Follow the Australian Open day live today, February 8 At last the first Grand Slam of the year begins. With almost a month of delay Melbourne Park returns to host the great one that starts all world tennis. For the opening day there will be big names at stake. Novak Djokovic will face Frenchman Jeremy … Read more
The fight for the supremacy of the Grand Slams will live a new chapter in the Australian Open. But it won't be the only one battle between Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal in Melbourne in the absence of Roger Federer, since the Serbian and the Balearic will maintain the pulse for the number 1 of … Read more
Serena Williams faces the Australian Open with the challenge of achieving her twenty-fourth Grand Slam title and once and for all equal the historic record of Australia's Margaret Court. A challenge that has not gone unnoticed by the tennis world, which applauds the ambition of the youngest Williams. The last to surrender to the figure … Read more
Russia She is the new champion of the ATP Cup and as such is entitled to a succulent financial prize. Less, yes, than the one Serbia received last year, well the pandemic has forced a 40% snip on the check, which now amounts to a not inconsiderable 7.5 million dollars (just over 6.2 million euros). … Read more
Pedro Martínez has caught the air at the Grand Slams since he started participating in them. Last year he failed at the US Open, but then he reached the third round at Roland Garros and At the Australian Open, he passed the first on Monday against a rival who was not at all easy, the … Read more
The second edition of the ATP Cup, since receiving this name last year, came to an end with the triumph of Russia, succeeding Djokovic's Serbia at the top. Spain inaugurated the record of this competition in 1978 and since then there have been several historical teams capable of lifting this trophy. Here's a look at … Read more
Kaia Kanepi, who lives a second youth at 35, will play this Sunday (not before 02:00, DAZN), at the Margaret Court Arena in Melbourne, the final of the Gippsland Trophy against Elise Mertens. The Estonian, 94th in the ranking that became 15th in 2012, defeated the Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-3 and 7-6 (6), ninth seeded. … Read more
Rafa Nadal will debut next week at the Australian Open 2021 against Serbian Laslo Djere in a difficult start within a difficult box. It will also be a historic premiere for Spanish, although not in the best sense of the word. For the first time in the last decade, the one from Manacor starts this … Read more
The draw for the women's team Australian Open revealed the possibility that two of the four Spanish players competing in the first Grand Slam of the year, Garbiñe Muguruza and Paula Badosa, meet in the second round, provided they outperform their respective rivals in the first. They are two Russians, Margarita Gasparyan (26th and 125th … Read more