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‘They could do much more’: Emma Raducanu calls for Wimbledon to take cues from Australian Open to improve overall experience | Tennis News

‘They could do much more’: Emma Raducanu calls for Wimbledon to take cues from Australian Open to improve overall experience | Tennis News

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Emma Raducanu has urged Wimbledon to take a cue from the Australian Open, with respect to improving the overall experience of watching matches, adding that they could make it a more enjoyable experience for all if they used the extra space. The British no. 1 also suggested her home Grand Slam to consider easing the rules on players getting quality practice before matches, based on the rankings. “I think that the extra space would be really, really beneficial for the tournament. I think they could do much more, and it would be really fun. You definitely sense a hierarchy on practice times, that’s the big one. Practice courts, that’s another one. You have to work your way up there to get the good slots and good courts”. “I think the practice courts and the practice situation makes a big difference. Here, there are a lot of practice courts at the national tennis centre, but you always are crossing your fingers hoping you get to practice on one of the courts on this side, so you …

Alexander Zverev gets heckled by woman on domestic abuse cases

Alexander Zverev gets heckled by woman on domestic abuse cases

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Alexander Zverev was heckled by a woman after he lost the Australian Open men’s singles final on Sunday to Jannik Sinner. The woman made a reference to the two physical abuse cases against the tennis player right as he was about to speak during the trophy ceremony at the Rod Laver Arena. According to a report in Fox Sports Australia, the woman reportedly yelled: “Australia believes Olya and Brenda! Australia Believes Olya and Brenda!” Her comments were in reference to the World No 2’s former partners — Brenda Patea and Olya Sharypova — who have gone public with accusations of domestic violence. In fact, a 2024 court case was settled without a finding of guilt or innocence. WATCH: Alexander Zverev gets heckled Shoutout to this woman pic.twitter.com/mQZeDrnnQn https://t.co/GeoKJQ0Raf — Owen (@kostekcanu) January 26, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Who are Brenda Patea and Olya Sharypova? The World No 2 was accused of “physically abusing and damaging the health of his former partner, Brenda Patea, during an argument in Berlin back in May 2020. Zverev has a daughter with …

Jannik Sinner overcomes cramps and Ben Shelton to return to final

Jannik Sinner overcomes cramps and Ben Shelton to return to final

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Jannik Sinner is now the first Italian man to make it to back-to-back Australian Open finals. The defending champion overcame cramps in the third set of the semi-finals against the American Ben Shelton to win 7-6 (2), 6-2, 6-2 on Friday. Jannik Sinner thus earned his chance to chase his third Grand Slam title, when he faces off against No 2 Alexander Zverev on Sunday. The match could have had a different outcome, if Shelton had managed to hold his nerve in the first set. The World No. 1 Sinner fell behind in the opening set and twice was a point from losing it when Shelton served at 6-5. But Jannik Sinner broke there, then dominated the ensuing tiebreaker, and broke again to begin the second set. “It was a very tough first set but very crucial,” Jannik Sinner said after winning the Australian Open semi-final. “I felt he was not serving at his best today. The percentage was not where he would have wanted it at. I think we both returned better than we …

Australian Open: Madison Keys hangs tough and unloads to beat Iga Swiatek and reach first Major final in a decade | Tennis News

Australian Open: Madison Keys hangs tough and unloads to beat Iga Swiatek and reach first Major final in a decade | Tennis News

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It has been seven years and 24 Majors since the world’s two best women’s players met in a Grand Slam singles final. The wait goes on. It has been eight years since Madison Keys played in the summit clash of a Major. That wait has finally ended. After World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka held up her end of the bargain on Friday, overcoming a tough start to eventually subdue 11th seed, and close friend, Paula Badosa 6-4, 6-2 in the first semifinal, Keys stunned second seed Iga Swiatek in an enthralling classic that went the distance. When Keys, the 19th seed from the United States, finally dispatched Swiatek 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (10-8) after saving a match point, the disbelief was evident. As she knelt on the court with tears streaming down her face, she could hardly soak up the adoration of the capacity crowd at Rod Laver Arena that stayed for the nail-biting finish past midnight. 🔓 She’s done it! @Madison_Keys wins four of the final five points of the super tiebreak to book her place …

Iga Swiatek brings clay-like dominance Down Under

Iga Swiatek brings clay-like dominance Down Under

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6-3, 6-4, 6-0, 6-2, 6-1, 6-0, 6-0, 6-1, 6-1, 6-2. These are the sets scorelines of Iga Swiatek’s five matches at the Australian Open so far. Zero sets lost, 14 games dropped, service broken twice. If the Polish second seed’s chances at the season-opening Major had been in doubt after a year where she struggled away from clay and faced a destabilising finish due to a failed dope test, those doubts have been put to bed with some ease. Under the baking sun of the Rod Laver Arena on Wednesday, Swiatek’s title credentials were to go through their first real test. Having not faced a top 40 opponent in the first week, a quarterfinal meeting with eighth seed American Emma Navarro was supposed to be a considerably more difficult challenge. She was dispatched 6-1, 6-2 – the only notable element of the one-sided offensive was a contentious double-bounce ‘no-call’ midway through the set. The Pole chased a drop shot and caught it after a second bounce, and despite the availability of the video review system, …

Learner Tien beats Daniil Medvedev and becomes youngest US man in Australia’s 3rd round since Pete Sampras | Tennis News

Learner Tien beats Daniil Medvedev and becomes youngest US man in Australia’s 3rd round since Pete Sampras | Tennis News

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Learner Tien, a 19-year-old qualifier from California, became the youngest American man to reach the Australian Open’s third round since Pete Sampras in 1990, upsetting a racket-tossing Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (8), 1-6, 7-6 (10-7) in a match that began Thursday night and ended in the wee hours of Friday. The 4-hour, 49-minute contest had a bit of everything, including — hard to believe — a six-minute rain delay that interrupted play shortly before 2:30 a.m. with Tien serving at 5-all, 15-all in the fifth set. When they resumed, Medvedev broke and served for the victory at 6-5, but Tien wouldn’t cede a thing, broke back, and forced the concluding first-to-10 tiebreaker that he emerged to win shortly before 3 a.m., about two hours after he failed to convert his initial match point. The outcome was eyebrow-raising because of the wide gulf in experience and accomplishments between the two players at Margaret Court Arena. Tien is ranked 121st and owned a career Grand Slam record of 0-3 before this week; Medvedev was seeded …

Yuki Bhambri and Albano Olivetti suffer first-round exit

Yuki Bhambri and Albano Olivetti suffer first-round exit

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The Indo-French pair of Yuki Bhambri and Albano Olivetti suffered defeat in the first round of the men’s doubles match at the Australian Open 2025 on Wednesday. The duo lost to Australian wildcard entrants Tristan Schoolkate and Adam Walton in straight sets 2-6, 6-7 (3-7). Yuki Bhambri crashes out of the 2025 Australian Open!! The Indian & his French partner Albano Olivetti were beaten 2-6, 6-7 in the 1st round of the Men’s Doubles by local wildcards Tristan Schoolkate and Adam Walton on Wednesday.#australianopen pic.twitter.com/TqdoYLy3Co — The Bridge (@the_bridge_in) January 15, 2025 With the crowd rallying behind the local players, the Australians were in red-hot form, starting the match on the front foot and duly raced to a 4-1 lead in the first set. Although Bhambri and Olivetti won the next game, the Australians ran away with the first set, winning it 6-2 and took a commanding 1-0 lead in the match. The second set was not as easy as the first, and the Indo-French pair fought back, keeping things on level terms for the …

Sumit Nagal ends 34-year wait: From Rs 80,000 in bank at start of last year to becoming 1st Indian after Ramesh Krishnan to beat seeded player in Grand Slam | Tennis News

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Late last year, India’s top-ranked singles player Sumit Nagal lamented being in the position that many on the brutal, unequal professional tennis tour were backed into after a few tough years. Making ends meet, training at the highest level, playing more matches, travelling with coaches, had all been a financial impossibility. “If I look at my bank balance, I have what I had at the beginning of the year. It is 900 euros (around Rs 80,000),” he told PTI in September. “The funding needed to break into the top 100 is around one crore.” On Tuesday, after becoming the first Indian since Ramesh Krishnan in 1989 to beat a seeded player in the singles main draw of a Grand Slam, Nagal will get closer to that amount. Even if he loses his next match, after beating 27th seed Alexander Bublik 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (5) in the first round of the 2024 Australian Open, the 26-year-old will walk away with Aus$180,000 (around Rs 98 lakh). The first Indian man in 3️⃣5️⃣ years to beat a seed …

Australian Open 2024: Despite wrist niggle and hungry challengers, can anyone stop Novak Djokovic from winning? | Tennis News

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Last month, at the end of yet another record-breaking season, Novak Djokovic appeared on the American television program ‘60 Minutes.’ Even though most of these pre-planned athlete appearances tend to be neatly managed PR exercises, it ended up being a fascinating show, in most part due to the openness with which Djokovic reveals the most intricate details of his thought process. It was not just the revelations – the emotional toil of playing against crowds that have mostly rooted against him, the way he uses eye contact during changeovers and notices minute details about his opponents to wear them down, the work that goes behind building his famed mental resilience, among others – but the comfort with which he offers up these details himself. Even if briefly, the host, veteran tennis writer Jon Wertheim, attempts to peel the layers of a complicated yet glorious legacy, and Djokovic plays ball. With the ease in which he gives a glimpse into his mindset, the Serb showed just how comfortable he feels at the top of this sport’s …