Tennis: My brother still makes fun of me, says Zverev
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Alexander Zverev can no longer hope to fly under the grand slam radar following a brilliant 2017 season but the hype has done little to change things on the home front, the 20-year-old wunderkind insists.
Halep survives date with Destanee in opening round
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – World number one Simona Halep flirted with another early exit from the Australian Open and suffered an ankle injury before rallying to reach the second round with a 7-6(5) 6-1 victory over local teenager Destanee Aiava on Tuesday….
Halep survives date with Destanee to reach second round
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – World number one Simona Halep flirted with another early exit from the Australian Open before rallying to reach the second round with a 7-6(5) 6-1 victory over local teenager Destanee Aiava on Tuesday.
Djokovic elbows Young out to reach second round
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic celebrated his long-awaited return to the grand slam stage with a 6-1 6-2 6-4 demolition of American Donald Young to reach the second round of the Australian Open on Tuesday.
Tennis: Kerber consigns 2017 to the history books
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Angelique Kerber has turned the page on a horror 2017 season and is focused firmly on making a fresh start to her career, the German said after sailing into the second round at Melbourne Park on Tuesday.
Sharapova finds her groove on Melbourne return
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Maria Sharapova’s previous match at the Australian Open sent her career spiraling to the darkest of depths but she returned in bright sunshine on Tuesday with a performance that went some way to banishing those demons.
Plan for joint Olympics team with North gets icy reception in South Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) – While Seoul forges ahead with plans to use the upcoming Winter Olympics to showcase inter-Korean unity, some South Korean athletes are “furious” at proposals to form joint teams with North Koreans, highlighting a broader lack of enthusiasm for some of the government’s peace-making plans.
Sharapova enjoys winning return to Melbourne
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Former champion Maria Sharapova enjoyed a winning return to the Australian Open as she wore down Germany’s Tatjana Maria 6-1 6-4 on Tuesday to take her place in the second round.
Tennis: Prize money row rumbling behind scenes at Melbourne Park
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Six-times Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic is leading calls for players to be given a greater share of the sport’s revenues and have their own union independent of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), a report in …
Tennis: Raonic slumps to early exit at Melbourne Park
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Former world number three Milos Raonic said he would go back to the drawing board after Lukas Lacko sent him tumbling out in the first round of the Australian Open on Tuesday, the Canadian’s earliest grand slam exit since the 2011…
