7:07 AM ET Associated Press Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Barbora Krejcikova and Rajeev Ram have combined for their second Australian Open mixed doubles title in three years with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Sam Stosur and Matthew Ebden in the championship match. Krejcikova has won three in a row at Melbourne Park.
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5:17 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — The trouble for Naomi Osaka at Grand Slam tournaments comes in Week 1. Get beyond that at the hard-court majors, though, and start preparing to etch her name on the trophy. Osaka won her fourth title in her past eight appearances at a Slam, emerging from what
7:43 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Jennifer Brady prepared for the Australian Open in a 355-square-foot hotel room. Following a positive test for coronavirus from a passenger on her charter flight upon arriving in Melbourne, Brady was forbidden from leaving the room and was required to self-isolate for 14 days. No access to tennis courts. No
8:52 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — While it’s not easy to fly under the radar as the fourth seed at a Grand Slam, Daniil Medvedev has managed to do exactly that at this year’s Australian Open. In a tournament beset by drama two weeks before a ball was even hit, the rangy Russian somehow avoided
6:09 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Daniil Medvedev simply does not lose right now. Not to Top 10 opponents. Not to anyone, really. Certainly not to a drained Stefanos Tsitsipas in the Australian Open semifinals. Now let’s see what happens against Novak Djokovic. Medvedev made it to his second Grand Slam final as
8:20 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — The Australian Open is expecting to record a loss of more than $78 million (AU$100 million) for running the tennis season’s first Grand Slam amid the COVID-19 pandemic, tournament director Craig Tiley said Friday. The government-imposed restrictions put in place to slow the spread of the virus meant Tennis
12:25 AM ET Excitement generated by the showdown between Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams in the semifinals of the Australian Open could not be overstated. The 23-year-old Osaka grew up idolizing Williams, who was trying to reach her ninth Australian final in a bid to win a record-tying 24th Grand Slam, and Osaka (the third
3:00 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com As she made her way off court Thursday at Rod Laver Arena, Serena Williams stopped for a moment as the recently returned crowd stood and showered her with applause. She raised her left arm to wave before moving her hand over her heart, as if to let them know the
11:07 PM ET ESPN staff Serena Williams is two wins away from capturing the Australian Open to tie Margaret Court for the most Grand Slam championships with 24. The first hurdle for the No. 10-seeded Williams is a semifinal matchup against No. 2 Naomi Osaka. Osaka already has prevented Williams from reaching the record 24th
11:43 AM ET For most of tennis’s existence, winning even a single Grand Slam tournament meant career affirmation. From 1990 to ’98, 16 different players won a major, six for the first and only time. If there was a big-picture narrative involved, it likely had to do with reaching No. 1 in the ATP rankings.