Tennis: Chung blazes trail into Australian Open semi-finals
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Chung Hyeon’s trailblazing run through the Australian Open continued on Wednesday as the relentless South Korean tossed American Tennys Sandgren aside 6-4 7-6(5) 6-3 to become his nation’s first grand slam semi-finalist.
Tennis: Volatile times ahead as slams plan return to 16 seeds
MELBOURNE, Jan 24 (Reuters) – – Roger Federer took on Tomas Berdych in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Wednesday, a blockbuster clash at the business end of a grand slam event.
Tennis: Halep roars back to dismantle Pliskova
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Top seed Simona Halep recovered from a slow start before racing away to a 6-3 6-2 victory over Czech sixth seed Karolina Pliskova in their Australian Open quarter-final on Wednesday.
Tennis: Chung becomes South Korea’s first grand slam semi-finalist
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Chung Hyeon’s trailblazing run through the Australian Open continued on Wednesday as the South Korean tossed American Tennys Sandgren aside 6-4 7-6(5) 6-3 to become his nation’s first grand slam semi-finalist.
Tennis: Nishikori beaten in low-key return from injury
(Reuters) – Kei Nishikori feels he needs more time to reach full fitness after going down 6-3 3-6 6-4 to American Dennis Novikov in the opening round of a Newport Beach ATP Challenger Tour event in his first match since undergoing right wrist injury in…
Kerber crushes Keys to reach Melbourne Park semis
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Revitalized 2016 champion Angelique Kerber made a major statement of intent as she stormed into the semi-finals of the Australian Open with a dominant 6-1 6-2 victory over Madison Keys on Wednesday.
Zverev fine to cure plague of first-round pull-outs
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The plague of tennis players retiring hurt or ill in the first round of grand slam tournaments was largely absent at the Australian Open this year for a very good reason — as Mischa Zverev has found out to his cost.
Tennis: Kerber crushes Keys to reach Melbourne Park semis
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Revitalized 2016 champion Angelique Kerber made a major statement of intent as she stormed into the semi-finals of the Australian Open with a dominant 6-1 6-2 victory over Madison Keys on Wednesday.
Japan PM Abe says to attend Pyeongchang Olympics
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday he would attend the Pyeongchang Olympics in South Korea next month, after reports he would not attend due to a dispute over “comfort women” forced to work in Japan’s wartime militar…
Japan PM Abe to attend Pyeongchang Olympics: government source
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is planning to attend the Pyeongchang Olympics in South Korea next month, a government source said on Wednesday, after earlier reports he would skip the Games to protest at Seoul’s position on “comfo…




