Month: March 2019

Rising German star Alexander Zverev admitted his Australian Open second round clash against Jeremy Chardy was physically and mentally demanding. The fourth-seeded German survived a scare at Melbourne Park on Thursday as he edged out world No. 36 Chardy 7-6 (5) 6-4 5-7 6-7 (6) 6-1 in three hours and 46 minutes. Yeah, I thinkRead moreRead more

would like to crack the top 10 rankings for the first time in his career by the end of the year. The Australian is currently world No. 51 but he targets more success in the next months. Theres a lot of things that have to go right, said Kyrgios on his goals for the 2019Read moreRead more

often trains with . The Dutch player practiced with the Swiss in Rotterdam last year, then last month in Dubai during the pre-season and now on Sunday on the Rod Laver Arena at the Australian Open. The training session was open to the media for around 20 minutes. They shared some funny times in rallies.Read moreRead more

Third round womens action were played out in earnest at Melbourne Park on Friday. The day saw some blistering upsets, including that of defending champion and world no. 3, Caroline Wozniacki at the hands of Maria Sharapova, which also ended the Danes chances of toppling Simona Halep as the world no. 1. Opening the daysRead moreRead more

Jo Konta is upbeat about facing Garbine Muguruza in the Second Round of the Australian Open. I remember our last match was very long, Konta said. I am not sure I handle it better in terms of physically feeling better because I still feel crap out there a lot of the time, but I thinkRead moreRead more

In an interview to Eurosport the former world No. 2 previewed the upcoming fourth round match between at the Australian Open. Corretja believes the Spaniard is the favourite. Rafa faces a very dangerous opponent in the fourth round, the Czech Tomas Berdych: Rafa knows how dangerous Tomas can be. He has been playing very wellRead moreRead more

. The Pole won just six points on the return, including one break she scored, but the winner was never in doubt after four breaks that the Japanese claimed, hitting 30 winners and just 16 unforced errors to overpower the opponent completely. They traded breaks in games three and four before Naomi grabbed another atRead moreRead more

was aware that Denis Istomin is not the best possible player to start a Grand Slam campaign against. In a press conference at the Australian Open, Federer – who faced the world No. 99 on Monday night session – said that the good feelings he has so far this year need to still be confirmedRead moreRead more

is looking forward to face at the Australian Open on Thursday. The Canadian dropped quite low in the WTA rankings but she has been playing well and will be a tough opponent for the 23-time Major winner. It will be a great match, said Serena. She plays really well. She does everything well, and IRead moreRead more

believes that having belief and self-confidence will be the key to defeat on Sunday at the Australian Open. In a press conference, the Greek player said: Its not easy to play these kind of players that youve been watching for so long and you finally get to play them. Mentally you have to be muchRead moreRead more