Tennis

Melbourne : American teen sensation Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula and Britain's Emma Raducanu opened their 2023 Australian Open campaign with a victory here on Monday. The 18-year-old Gauff advanced to the second round with a 6-1, 6-4 win over…

Melbourne : Stefanos Tsitsipas is playing for a double prize at the Australian Open. The Greek started his campaign like a man on a mission on Monday at Melbourne Park, where he eased past Quentin Halys 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(6) to reach the…

Melbourne : World No.1 Iga Swiatek of Poland began her 2023 Australian Open campaign with a hard-fought 6-4, 7-5 win over Germany's Jule Niemeier on Monday. Swiatek will face Colombia's Camila Osorio in the second round on Wednesday. A…

Melbourne : Novak Djokovic, Casper Ruud and Stefanos Tsitsipas all start their campaigns knowing they will become the new No. 1 in the ATP Rankings by lifting the 2023 Australian Open trophy. World No. 3 Ruud can also claim top spot by…

Auckland : The multinational Cameron Norrie, who plays under the British flag, won 6-3, 6-4 against the American Jenson Brooksby in the semifinal to reach his second ASB Classic final here on Friday. Norrie, born in South Africa, will…

Adelaide : Daria Kasatkina and Belinda Bencic will square off for the Adelaide International 2 title on Saturday after both the players advanced via walkover in the semifinals. No.9 seed Paula Badosa withdrew from her match against…

Adelaide : The No.9 seed tennis player from Spain, Paula Badosa withdrew from her Adelaide International 2 semifinal match against No.5 seed Daria Kasatkina of Russia due to a right thigh injury, the tournament organisers said on Friday.…

Adelaide : orld No. 11 Paula Badosa of Spain on Thursday claimed a semifinal spot in the Adelaide International 2, beating Brazils's Beatriz Haddad Maia 7-6(5), 7-5 in over two-and-a-half hour contest. The win was in straight sets, but…

Melbourne : World number one Iga Swiatek of Poland and Ons Jabeur of Tunisia will be leading the women's singles field as the top two seeded players, as per the draws revealed in a ceremony conducted on Thursday here at Melbourne Park.…

Melbourne : Spain's World No. 2 Rafael Nadal, the most successful men's singles player in tennis with 22 Grand Slam titles, was on Thursday handed a tough draw at the year's first Grand Slam with an opening round encounter with Britain's…