Tennis

Aryna Sabalenka has opened up about the fear that drove her to her second Australian Open title before posing with the trophy in a stunning white dress in Melbourne on Sunday.  The 25-year-old kissed the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup once again and shared a heartwarming moment with a ballkid during the traditional photo shoot at … Read more

Belarusian defeated Zheng Qinwen 6-3, 6-2 on Saturday night  Took her second straight Australian Open crown at Rod Laver Arena  Marked a heartbreaking loss after winning match point   By Shayne Bugden For Daily Mail Australia Published: 19:20 EST, 27 January 2024 | Updated: 19:32 EST, 27 January 2024 Aryna Sabalenka was remembering her late father when … Read more

Italian star, 22, faces Daniil Medvedev in his first grand slam final  Made the decider with stunning four-set win over Novak Djokovic  Coach Cahill has revealed the harsh lesson Sinner learnt at Wimbledon  By Melissa Woods For Australian Associated Press Published: 18:00 EST, 27 January 2024 | Updated: 18:26 EST, 27 January 2024 Super-coach Darren … Read more

Bopanna set a world record with victory at Melbourne Park Duo beat Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori 7-6 (7-0) 7-5  Indian cult hero was playing in his 17th Australian Open By Melissa Woods For Australian Associated Press Published: 17:23 EST, 27 January 2024 | Updated: 17:24 EST, 27 January 2024 Indian ace Rohan Bopanna can finally … Read more

From the moment her title defence began two weeks ago, Aryna Sabalenka has been ready. Not only has her shot-making been utterly  devastating, but she has  shown significant emotional maturity by shrugging off the pressure of defending her first grand slam title after an incredible 12 months, only focusing on the very next point. It … Read more

The Australian Open wants to use AI to generate simulated lip movements of Novak Djokovic and his fellow tennis professionals for multilingual marketing, syncing them with computer-produced voices already replicating the audio tone and pitch of players. The foray to embrace artificial intelligence was described as “creeping me out” by one tennis commentator during the … Read more

Aryna Sabalenka was serving for the match in the women’s singles final of the Australian Open, up 5-2 in the second set of a contest that seemingly passed in an instant. As in most of the match, the final game was going the Belarusian’s way. Leading 40-0, the defending champion had three match points. The … Read more

Aryna Sabalenka says she is determined to continue winning grand slam titles and adding to her count after she dismantled Zheng Qinwen, the 12th seed, 6-3, 6-2 in 76 minutes to win the Australian Open for a second time. “It’s been in my mind that I didn’t want to be that player who win it … Read more

Tennis icon Pete Sampras has shocked fans with a drastically different look – over a decade after his retirement from the world of professional sport. The 14-time major winner is widely recognized as one of the best to have ever played tennis, with his final Grand Slam coming in 2002 at the US Open, shortly … Read more

The Australian tennis player Matt Ebden has criticised ageist attitudes in the sport, after he and the 43-year-old Rohan Bopanna won the men’s doubles title at Melbourne Park on Saturday night. At age 36, Ebden helped the Indian veteran win his first men’s doubles grand-slam crown, after the pair defeated the Italian duo of Simone … Read more