Tennis

Melbourne : Italian tennis star Matteo Berrettini withstood a spirited fight-back from Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz and a nasty fall in the final set to storm into the fourth round of the Australian Open here on Friday.The world No. 7…

Melbourne : Top-10 seeds Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic and Maria Sakkari of Greece advanced to the Australian Open fourth round in contrasting styles, defeating Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko and Russia's Veronika Kudermetova,…

Melbourne : World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev of Russia fired a warning signal to the field at the Australian Open, overcoming home favourite Nick Kyrgios and a partisan Rod Laver Arena crowd to reach the third round at Melbourne Park with a…

Melbourne : Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas, aiming for his maiden Grand Slam, overcame a tough challenge from Argentina's Sebastian Baez 7-6(1), 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-4 to reach the third round of the Australian Open for the fourth year in…

Melbourne : World No. 6 Andrey Rublev of Russia breezed into the third round of the Australian Open with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-0 win over No.93 Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania at the Melbourne Park on Thursday.After spending one hour, 24 minutes on…

Melbourne : Belarusian tennis star and world No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka along with Poland's Iga Swiatek moved into the third round of the Australian Open with contrasting victories at the Melbourne Park on Thursday, even as two top-10 seeds…

Melbourne : Rising teen Clara Tauson of Denmark upset No.6 seed Anett Kontaveit of Estonia, while dangerous veteran Alize Cornet of France overcame No.3 seed Garbine Muguruza of Spain as two top-10 seeds were eliminated in the women's…

Melbourne : Ace Indian tennis player Sania Mirza on Wednesday announced that 2022 will be her final season on the WTA tour after her first-round loss in women's doubles at the Australian Open.The 35-year-old Mirza and her Ukrainian partner…

Melbourne : Spanish stalwart Rafael Nadal made it to the third round of the Australian Open without dropping a set, defeating German qualifier Yannick Hanfmann 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 at the Melbourne Park here on Wednesday.Playing in only his second…

Melbourne : World No.1 Ashleigh Barty sealed a second win at the Australian Open in under an hour, defeating Italian qualifier Lucia Bronzetti 6-1, 6-1 to secure a spot in the third round of the opening Grand Slam of the year here on…