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Daniil Medvedev ‘Destroyed’ By Australian Open Five-Setter | Tennis News
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Daniil Medvedev ‘Destroyed’ By Australian Open Five-Setter | Tennis News

[ad_1] Two-time runner-up Daniil Medvedev said he was "destroyed" physically after grinding past big-serving Hubert Hurkacz in five tough sets Wednesday, but would be fighting fit for his Australian Open semi-final. The Russian world number three eventually tamed the Polish ninth seed 7-6 (7/4), 2-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 in draining heat on Rod Laver Arena after a contest lasting nearly four hours. Playing his 100th Grand Slam match, he is into an eighth major semi-final, but has only gone to win only one title -- at the 2021 US Open. Medvedev made the final in Melbourne in 2021 and 2022, but s...
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Ukrainian Teen Slammed By Federation For Shaking Russian Player’s Hand At Australian Open. Watch | Tennis News
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Ukrainian Teen Slammed By Federation For Shaking Russian Player’s Hand At Australian Open. Watch | Tennis News

[ad_1] Top Ukrainian junior Yelyzaveta Kotliar said she was "deeply sorry" after her tennis federation criticised the 16-year-old for shaking the hand of a Russian opponent at the Australian Open. Kotliar came under scrutiny at the opening Grand Slam of the year when she congratulated Vlada Mincheva after being beaten in the first round of the girls' tournament. The handshake defied an unwritten rule among her fellow Ukrainians to not congratulate their Russian and Belarusian opponents as war rages in their homeland. The Ukraine Tennis Federation called it an "unpleasant incident", reite...
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“Still Hasn’t Sunk In”: Rohan Bopanna Reacts To Becoming Oldest World No. 1 In Men’s Doubles Tennis | Tennis News
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“Still Hasn’t Sunk In”: Rohan Bopanna Reacts To Becoming Oldest World No. 1 In Men’s Doubles Tennis | Tennis News

[ad_1] India's tennis stalwart Rohan Bopanna became the oldest first-time world no. 1 in the history of the sport as he and partner Matthew Ebden qualified for the Australian Open 2024 men's doubles semi-final. Bopanna entered the tournament with a career-high ranking of world no. 3 and will now be elevated to the top spot when the rankings are revised on Monday after the Australian Open's conclusion. Bopanna and Ebden defeated Argentina's Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni in the quarterfinals. After securing the world no. 1 spot, Bopanna said that "India and Indian tennis needed this". ...
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Rohan Bopanna Secures Historic World No. 1 Spot, Progresses To Australian Open Men’s Doubles Semis | Tennis News
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Rohan Bopanna Secures Historic World No. 1 Spot, Progresses To Australian Open Men’s Doubles Semis | Tennis News

[ad_1] India star Rohan Bopanna made Gran Slam history as he progressed to the semi-finals of the Australian Open 2024 men's doubles event. Bopanna and his partner Matthew Ebden reached the semi-finals with a straight-sets win against the Argentine pair of Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni on Wednesday. Courtesy of the quarter-final win in the Australian Open, Bopanna will become the No. 1 men's doubles player in the world, at the age of 43. When the rankings are updated, he will become the oldest player in the sport's history to clinch the numero uno spot. The feat comes less than a ye...
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Defending Champion Aryna Sabalenka Blasts Into Australian Open Semis | Tennis News
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Defending Champion Aryna Sabalenka Blasts Into Australian Open Semis | Tennis News

[ad_1] Dominant defending champion Aryna Sabalenka on Tuesday stormed past ninth seed Barbora Krejcikova, setting up an intriguing Australian Open semi-final with Coco Gauff. The world number two was untouchable in a commanding 6-2, 6-3 victory on Rod Laver Arena, reaching the last four at a Grand Slam for the sixth consecutive time. She will meet Gauff next in a replay of last year's US Open final, which the American teenager won in three sets. After that defeat when favourite at Flushing Meadows, Sabalenka made clear she wants to ensure she is not a one-hit wonder. And on current form,...
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Novak Djokovic Outlasts Taylor Fritz To Reach 11th Australian Open Semi-Final | Tennis News
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Novak Djokovic Outlasts Taylor Fritz To Reach 11th Australian Open Semi-Final | Tennis News

[ad_1] Novak Djokovic defied fierce heat and a battling performance from Taylor Fritz on Tuesday to reach the Australian Open semi-finals and stay on track for a record-breaking 25th Grand Slam title. The Serbian world number one struggled with the conditions early in the contest but came through 7-6 (7/3), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 and will play Jannik Sinner or Andrey Rublev for a place in Sunday's final. "It was extremely hot when the sun was still out there," Djokovic said after the match at Rod Laver Arena, which stretched to three hours and 45 minutes. "Physically and emotionally very draining....
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Coco Gauff Grinds Past Marta Kostyuk Into Australian Open Semis | Tennis News
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Coco Gauff Grinds Past Marta Kostyuk Into Australian Open Semis | Tennis News

[ad_1] US Open champion Coco Gauff overcame huge resistance from the unseeded Marta Kostyuk on Tuesday to move into her first Australian Open semi-final. The American fourth seed wore down the Ukrainian in hot conditions on Rod Laver Arena to clinch a scrappy encounter 7-6 (8/6), 6-7 (3/7), 6-2 in three hours and eight minutes. She will face either defending champion and second seed Aryna Sabalenka or ninth-seeded Barbora Krejcikova on Thursday for a place in the final. After showing ominous form to race into the last eight, it was a far from convincing display by the 19-year-old, who str...
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