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Elina Svitolina rallies to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals for the third time

Jan. 19, 2025 21:42 PM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Elina Svitolina rallied from 4-1 down and took 11 of the next 12 games in a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Veronika Kudermetova on Monday to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals for the third time. The 30-year-old Ukrainian is into the last eight at a Grand...

California pals Tien, 19, and Michelsen, 20, are 2 of 4 US men in the Australian Open's 4th round

Jan. 19, 2025 01:42 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Learner Tien and Alex Michelsen were born about 15 months apart and first crossed paths a decade ago when they were playing in Southern California tennis tournaments for kids. Tien, now 19, and Michelsen, 20, are close friends, frequently play the video...

Australian Open: Iga Swiatek is in total control during a 6-1, 6-0 rout of Emma Raducanu

Jan. 18, 2025 09:15 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Everything came so easily for Iga Swiatek during a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Emma Raducanu on Saturday in the only Australian Open women's third-round match between two past Grand Slam champions — if you thought that meant it would be close, you'd have been rather wrong...

Wife-and-husband duo Elina Svitolina and Gael Monfils win on the same court at the Australian Open

Jan. 18, 2025 06:33 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Gael Monfils joined Roger Federer as the only men to reach the Australian Open's fourth round at age 38 or older since the tournament field expanded to 128 players in 1988, coming back to beat No. 4 seed Taylor Fritz 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (1), 6-4 on Saturday. ...

Iga Swiatek moves into a 3rd-round match against Emma Raducanu at the Australian Open

Jan. 16, 2025 11:29 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Iga Swiatek tends not to waste time in the first week of Grand Slams. When the five-time Grand Slam champion dispatched Rebecca Sramkova 6-0, 6-2 in a clean hour at the Australian Open on Thursday, Swiatek was living a habit of advancing quickly through...

Tennis player Taylor Fritz is donating Australian Open prize money to LA wildfire relief funds

Jan. 16, 2025 03:21 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — American tennis player Taylor Fritz said Thursday he is donating the prize money he earned for his first-round victory at the Australian Open — about $82,000 — to relief funds to help people affected by the wildfires in the greater Los Angeles area. ...

Monfils outduels fellow Frenchman in an Australian Open 1st-round match for the ages

Jan. 14, 2025 03:47 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The pragmatic pro in Gael Monfils would like to have finished off his first-round win in straight sets against up-and-coming fellow Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard at the Australian Open. The entertainer's instinct in him got a lot of value out of...

Jenson Brooksby returns to pro tennis at the Australian Open after 2 eventful years away

Jan. 14, 2025 01:41 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Two eventful years after his most recent official tennis match — a stretch that included a pair of wrist operations, a bum shoulder, a coaching change and a suspension related to missed drug tests — Jenson Brooksby returned to action Tuesday at the Australian Open....

Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray chatted mid-match thanks to the new Australian Open coaches' box

Jan. 13, 2025 23:24 PM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic stood with his hands on his hips, listening intently to Andy Murray — his longtime on-court rival and now, stunningly, his coach at the Australian Open — between sets at Rod Laver Arena. Murray pantomimed the swing of a two-handed backhand. Djokovic...

Sinner, Djokovic in opposite halves at the Australian Open, Sabalenka vs Stephens in 1st round

Jan. 09, 2025 01:55 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Defending champion Jannik Sinner and 10-time Australian Open winner Novak Djokovic have landed in opposite sides of the draw for the season’s first major, ruling out a replay of last year’s semifinal match. Sinner upset Djokovic in the semifinals...