Tennis

Australian Open: Mladenovic, Dodig claim mixed doubles title

Melbourne [Australia], January 28 (ANI): France's Kristina Mladenovic and Croatia's Ivan Dodig clinched the mixed doubles title on Friday at the 2022 Australian Open.

2022-01-28T14:35:57.315225+00:00 IST

Djokovic will be watching the Australian Open final, says Medvedev after booking Nadal clash

Melbourne [Australia], January 28 (ANI): The world number two Daniil Medvedev on Friday quipped that Novak Djokovic will be watching Sunday's Australian Open final as the Russian takes on Rafael Nadal in the summit clash.

2022-01-28T13:17:39.346232+00:00 IST

Australian Open: Completely unexpected, says Rafael Nadal on reaching final

Melbourne [Australia], January 28 (ANI): Rafael Nadal who barely raised a sweat en route to his sixth Australian Open final on Friday said he wasn't expecting to reach the summit clash in Melbourne.

2022-01-28T12:02:54.329087+00:00 IST

Medvedev dominates Tsitsipas to enter Australian Open final, sets Nadal showdown

Melbourne [Australia], January 28 (ANI): The world number two Daniil Medvedev on Friday yet again delivered under pressure as he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas to return to the Australian Open final.

2022-01-28T11:42:59.939885+00:00 IST

Nadal storms into his 6th Aussie Open final, one win away from men's record 21st Grand Slam trophy

Melbourne [Australia], January 28 (ANI): Spaniard Rafael Nadal has stormed into the final of Australian Open 2022 keeping alive his dream of becoming first men's player to win 21 Grand Slam titles.

2022-01-28T06:52:03.797732+00:00 IST

Australia Open: Danielle Collins storms into final after defeating Iga Swiatek

Melbourne [Australia], January 27 (ANI): American tennis star Danielle Collins on Thursday stormed into the finals of the ongoing Australia Open.

2022-01-27T12:12:01.697614+00:00 IST

Australian Open: Ashleigh Barty defeats Madison Keys to reach final

Melbourne [Australia], January 27 (ANI): Australia tennis star Ashleigh Barty on Thursday became the first home player to reach the Australian Open women's singles final since 1980.

2022-01-27T10:35:50.540040+00:00 IST

Australian Open: Medvedev rallies to overcome Felix scare in five-set thriller, sets SF clash against Tsitsipas

Melbourne [Australia], January 26 (ANI): Two sets down, the world number two Daniil Medvedev looked down and out at the Australian Open, but the Russian battled back to conquer the resistance of Felix Auger-Aliassime to reach the semi-finals in Melbourne.

2022-01-26T14:25:24.020291+00:00 IST

Australian Open: Stefanos Tsitsipas eases past Jannik Sinner, seals SF berth

Melbourne [Australia], January 26 (ANI): Stefanos Tsitsipas advanced to his third Australian Open semi-final with a dominant 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 win over Italy's Jannik Sinner on Wednesday.

2022-01-26T10:42:29.877564+00:00 IST

Australian Open: Iga Swiatek rallies to defeat Kaia Kanepi, sets SF clash with Danielle Collins

Melbourne [Australia], January 26 (ANI): Iga Swiatek entered her first Australian Open semifinal on Wednesday after she rallied to defeat Kaia Kanepi.

2022-01-26T10:20:00.666179+00:00 IST

Australia Open: Berrettini beats Monfils in five-set thriller to set up a SF clash with Nadal

Melbourne [Australia], January 25 (ANI): World number seven Matteo Berrettini beats Gael Monfils of France 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 3-6, 6-2 in a match that lasted for three hours and 49 minutes to enter the men's singles semi-final here at the Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday. The Wimbledon finalist will now face 20-time grand slam champion, Rafael Nadal, for a place in the final.

2022-01-25T14:50:42.911189+00:00 IST

Made the retirement announcement too soon, kind of regretting it, admits Sania Mirza

Melbourne [Australia], January 25 (ANI): India's ace tennis player Sania Mirza on Tuesday said she made the announcement of retirement from the sport too soon as that's all the 35-year-old is being asked about right now.

2022-01-25T14:06:12.779916+00:00 IST

Australian Open: Ash Barty marches into semis, will clash with Madison Keys

Melbourne [Australia], January 25 (ANI): The world number one Ashleigh Barty continued her ruthless march through the Australian Open draw on Tuesday as she dispatched the number 21 seed Jessica Pegula 6-2, 6-0 in just 63 minutes in the quarterfinals.

2022-01-25T10:39:50.922977+00:00 IST

Australia Open: Nadal beats Shapovalov in five sets to enter semi-finals

Melbourne [Australia], January 25 (ANI): Twenty-time grand slam champion Rafael Nadal beat 14th seed Canadian Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3 in a match that lasted for four hours and eight minutes to enter men's singles semi-final of Australian Open 2022 here at the Rod Laver Arena.

2022-01-25T08:24:32.515930+00:00 IST

Australian Open: Kaia Kanepi upsets world no 2 Aryna Sabalenka, set to clash Iga Swiatek in QF

Melbourne [Australia], January 24 (ANI): Kaia Kanepi completed her career set of Grand Slam quarter-finals with a thrilling upset of world number two Aryna Sabalenka at the Australian Open on Monday.

2022-01-24T16:03:13.842963+00:00 IST

Australia Open: Tsitsipas beats Fritz in fourth round to set up a QF clash with Sinner

Melbourne [Australia], January 24 (ANI): Fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece beats Taylor Fritz of USA 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the men's singles match of the fourth round that lasted for three hours and 23 minutes here at the Rod Laver Arena on Monday. Tsitsipas has set a quarter-final clash against Jannik Sinner of Italy.

2022-01-24T14:18:06.118947+00:00 IST

Australian Open: Swiatek wins three-setter against Cirstea, Sinner downs De Minaur

Melbourne [Australia], January 24 (ANI): Iga Swiatek was pushed to three sets, but the number seven seed from Poland eventually prevailed over Sorana Cirstea of Romania 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 on Monday to reach her first Australian Open quarterfinal.

2022-01-24T12:15:16.306955+00:00 IST

Australian Open: Daniil Medvedev battles past Maxime Cressy into QFs, sets Felix Auger-Aliassime clash

Melbourne [Australia], January 24 (ANI): Daniil Medvedev battles past Maxime Cressy at the Australian Open on Monday, to reach the quarter-finals in Melbourne for the second time.

2022-01-24T10:26:53.666763+00:00 IST

Australia Open: World no. 61 Cornet knocks out two-time grand slam champion Halep to enter QF

Melbourne [Australia], January 24 (ANI): World number 61 Alize Cornet of France knocked out 14th seed and two-time grand slam champion Simona Halep of Romania 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in a match that lasted two hours and 33 minutes here at the Rod Laver Arena on Monday.

2022-01-24T08:38:10.486114+00:00 IST

Australian Open: Shapovalov knocks out third seed Zverev to enter last-8

Melbourne [Australia], January 23 (ANI): Fourteenth seed Denis Shapovalov came up with a clinical performance to knock out third seed Alexander Zverev of Germany 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 in men's singles match that lasted for two hours and 21 minutes here at the Margaret Court Arena on Sunday to enter the quarter-finals.

2022-01-23T08:20:40.442614+00:00 IST

Australian Open: Nadal decimates Mannarino to storm into quarter-finals

Melbourne [Australia], January 23 (ANI): Sixth-seed Rafael Nadal decimated Adrian Mannarino of France 7-6 (16-14), 6-2, 6-2 in a match that lasted for two hours and 40 minutes to enter the quarter-finals of men's singles here at the Rod Laver Arena on Sunday.

2022-01-23T06:45:54.421212+00:00 IST