Associated Press Jan 16, 2024, 06:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia — A 37-year-old veteran didn’t mind the music, and a 16-year-old qualifier debuting in the Australian Open main draw picked up on the vibe from the two-story courtside bar and thought it was energizing. Petros Tsitsipas didn’t like it one bit as
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Jan 15, 2024, 06:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The first round of the Australian Open continues for a third day and we’ve got a cracking slate of games coming your way. Women’s world No. 1 Iga Swiatek opens feature court action against former AO champion Sofia Kenin, while fellow title hopes Elena Rybakina, Carlos
Jake Michaels, ESPN Senior WriterJan 15, 2024, 08:59 AM ET Close Jake Michaels is a Melbourne-based sports writer who covers everything from Aussie Rules to Formula One, basketball to boxing. He has been with ESPN for 10 years and works as a Senior Writer, covering sport in Australia and around the world. Open Extended Reactions
Jake Michaels, ESPN Senior WriterJan 15, 2024, 04:07 AM ET Close Jake Michaels is a Melbourne-based sports writer who covers everything from Aussie Rules to Formula One, basketball to boxing. He has been with ESPN for 10 years and works as a Senior Writer, covering sport in Australia and around the world. Open Extended Reactions
Jan 14, 2024, 06:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions First-round Australian Open action continues, with some big names set to hit centre court on Monday, including the most recent women’s US Open Grand Slam champion, Coco Gauff. Two-time winner here Naomi Osaka also makes her long-awaited return to the court after taking time off as
Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJan 14, 2024, 09:31 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions The 2024 Australian Open is upon us. It will not feature Rafael Nadal, as we hoped it might, but there’s more than enough to track over the coming fortnight. It gives us the
Associated Press Jan 14, 2024, 04:58 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia — Matteo Berrettini withdrew from the Australian Open on Sunday on the eve his scheduled first-round match because of foot injury, another setback for the 2021 Wimbledon runner-up. Berrettini, a 2022 semifinalist at Melbourne Park, was due to play 2023 finalist Stefanos
Jan 13, 2024, 06:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024 Australian Open tournament is underway! We’re just two weeks away from crowning a men’s and women’s champion – can anyone dethrone the king of Melbourne Park, Novak Djokovic? What about on the women’s side – will Aryna Sabalenka go back-to-back? Or can Naomi Osaka
Open Extended Reactions A FEW DAYS before Christmas, and a few days before Ben Shelton boarded a plane for the start of the 2024 tennis season and its first major at the Australian Open, he went over to his parents’ house in Gainesville, Florida, to grab something from his old bedroom. While he was rummaging
Associated Press Jan 13, 2024, 05:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ADELAIDE, Australia — Australia in January suits Jiri Lehecka. Last year, he reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. On Saturday, the seventh-seeded Czech beat unseeded Briton Jack Draper 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in Adelaide International final to win his first ATP Tour title. Sixth-seeded
Jan 12, 2024, 09:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions French player Leny Mitjana has been suspended for 10 years over his involvement in match-fixing, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said on Friday. Mitjana, 29, with a career-high world ranking of 458 in 2018, denied all charges related to the fixing of matches in 2017
D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jan 12, 2024, 06:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions IT WAS DEC. 1 when everything seemed to come together — again — for Naomi Osaka. She had been working tirelessly for the previous seven weeks with her team on and off the court at a private residence in Sherman Oaks, California, and
ESPN News Services Jan 12, 2024, 02:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ADELAIDE, Australia — Jiri Lehecka defeated third-seeded Sebastian Korda 6-2, 6-1 on Friday to advance to the Adelaide International final. The Czech player, who has dropped only one set in the tournament, will face either Alexander Bublik or Jack Draper in Saturday’s final
Associated Press Jan 11, 2024, 05:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — The BNP Paribas Open is increasing its total prize money by over $1.4 million to $19 million for the two-week combined men’s and women’s tournament in the Southern California desert. Over $1 million in additional prize money will be added
D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jan 11, 2024, 09:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions It might be cold or even snowing where you live, but it’s summertime in the Southern Hemisphere and that means just one thing: It’s time to get ready for long nights and overcaffeinated mornings because the 2024 Australian Open is upon us. And
Jan 11, 2024, 04:38 AM ET Open Extended Reactions John Millman has choked back tears thanking his loyal fans after the self-confessed tennis “battler” played the final match of his storied 18-year professional career. The one-time US Open quarter-finalist and fan favourite lost 6-4 6-3 to Slovakia’s Alex Molcan in the second round of Australian
Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterJan 13, 2024, 06:40 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Open Extended Reactions Bottom 10 inspirational thought of the week: Time flies, messy as the mud on your truck tiresNow I’m missing your smile, hear
ESPN News Services Jan 10, 2024, 12:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Second-seeded Jessica Pegula secured a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 win over fellow American Bernarda Pera on Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Adelaide International. Pera earned a spot in the main draw as a so-called lucky loser from qualifying and then upset