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Australian Open: Ben Shelton will face defending champion Jannik Sinner in the semifinals

Jan. 22, 2025 07:54 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Ben Shelton's Australian Open quarterfinal foe, Lorenzo Sonego, produced the shot of the tournament — diving to his left for a volley with so much spin that the ball bounced on one side of the net, then floated back over to the other — but it was the American who...

Australian Open: Iga Swiatek vs. Madison Keys and Jannik Sinner vs. Ben Shelton semifinals are set

Jan. 22, 2025 07:02 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Iga Swiatek is dominating her Australian Open opponents the way no one has at Melbourne Park since Maria Sharapova in 2013. Swiatek's latest lopsided win came via a 6-1, 6-2 scoreline in the quarterfinals against No. 8 seed Emma Navarro on Wednesday. ...

Australian Open: American player Ben Shelton criticizes TV interviewers at tournament

Jan. 22, 2025 06:33 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — American tennis player Ben Shelton criticized on Wednesday some of the questions and comments made by post-match TV interviewers at the Australian Open. After Shelton reached the semifinals at the Grand Slam tournament, he followed his final answer at...

Jannik Sinner gets past Holger Rune at the Australian Open in a match with net and medical delays

Jan. 20, 2025 06:48 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — First came the medical timeouts, one each for Jannik Sinner and Holger Rune with the temperature above 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 Celsius) at the Australian Open. Then came the bizarre sight of a 20-minute delay because the net at Rod Laver Arena...

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...

Hi, Mom! 20-year-old Californian Alex Michelsen beats a second top-20 seed at the Australian Open

Jan. 18, 2025 02:23 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Alex Michelson joked that he was too busy at the Australian Open on Saturday morning to have a lengthy phone conversation with his mother back home in California. His excuse was pretty good, actually: The 20-year-old Michelsen was on court for a 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-2...

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...

Gauff and Fritz put US in United Cup semifinals. Kazakhstan beats Germany to advance

Jan. 01, 2025 15:50 PM EST

PERTH, Australia (AP) — Coco Gauff and Taylor Fritz powered the U.S., tournament winner two years ago, into the semifinals of the United Cup mixed teams tennis event on Wednesday. In the first singles match, Gauff had a 7-6 (4), 6-2 win over China's Zhang Shuai. Fritz then made...

Jannik Sinner and Matteo Berrettini lift Italy past Australia and back to the Davis Cup final

Nov. 23, 2024 13:33 PM EST

MALAGA, Spain (AP) — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner and Matteo Berrettini won matches Saturday in front of a supportive crowd to lift defending champion Italy past Australia 2-0 and back into the Davis Cup final. Sinner extended his tour-level winning streak to 24 singles sets in a row...