Alize Cornet’s is on its way to being the great story of the Australian Open. At the moment, the Frenchwoman, 32 years old last Saturday and 61st in the world, is already in the quarterfinals, a round that has cost him a lot to reach in Grand Slams. Specifically 63 attempts, a new record that … Read more
Daniil Medvedev, the sighted US Open champion and last year’s Australian Open finalist, is still in contention to reach the title match in Melbourne again. The Russian won in four sets (6-2, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4) and 7-5 in three and a half hours) American Maxime Cressy, who had won nine games this year and … Read more
Meshkatolzahra Safi and Angella Okutoyi were the two proper names at the opening of the Australian Open junior tournament. The reason is that, as confirmed by the WTA, they made history for tennis in Iran and Kenya, respectively, by becoming the first tennis players from their countries to win a Grand Slam match in their … Read more
In the early hours of this Monday the last round of 16 matches of the Australian Open will be played. On this eighth day of competition at Melbourne Park we will have the Greek Tsitsipas, the Russian Medvedev or the Belarusian Sabalenka as the main attractions. Here are the highlights of the day: Rod Laver … Read more
Reef Nadal he’s back. Definitely. His return was one of the great unknowns that the Australian Open on its eve. Not even his victory in the previous tournament of Melbourne served as a reference. It was necessary to see him in a Grand Slam, with five-set matches, against important rivals… Nadal himself needed more challenges … Read more
Novak Djokovic’s expulsion from Australia after a legal battle with local authorities for trying to play the Open without being vaccinated raised questions about the Serb’s presence at the rest of the season’s Grand Slams. The next one, Roland Garros, will start on May 22 in Paris and at first it seemed that Nole could … Read more
Pablo Carreño’s farewell to the Australian Open was sad and somewhat bland, because he lost against Matteo Berrettini in an ugly match, one of the many that unfortunately will be in the tennis of the future if nobody fixes it when the Big Three hang up the rackets. The 25-year-old Italian and seventh-seeded player in … Read more
Rafa Nadal attended the accredited media at the Australian Open after his triumph in three sets against Frenchman Adrian Mannarino, gestated, largely, in the tiebreaker of the first set. The Balearic gives a lot of value to that moment. The tiebreaker: “I played a couple of them (smiling). But, yeah, it’s been crazy, chances for … Read more
Pablo Carreño, a player accustomed to reaching high levels in the Grand Slams, will not feel dizzy when he faces Matteo Berrettini this Sunday (around 10:45, Eurosport) in the second round of the Australian Open. He has already reached where he should for his ranking (21st) and everything he does from now on will be … Read more
Rafa Nadal trained this Saturday on court 19 of the Melbourne National Tennis Center amidst great expectation and under the scorching ocean sun, which brings with it a suffocating heat wave, with temperatures above 30 degrees. He did it smoothly, rallying with Marc López and Carlos Moyá. Some exchanges and draws for an hour. He … Read more