Victoria Azarenka v Jamie Hampton The defending champion has cruised through her opening two matches, albeit without looking overly impressive. However, the key to these early rounds is simply to progress without expending too much energy, and that is something that Azarenka has done. Jamie Hampton has enjoyed an excellent [...]
Novak Djokovic and Janko Tipsarevic moved into the fourth round of Australian Open 2013, whilst Verdasco suffered a defeat against Kevin Anderson. The defending champion Novak Djokovic marches on in Melbourne after dismissing 31st seeded Czech veteran Radek Stepanek. The top seed Serb won the last five of their head-to-head [...]
First to play on Rod Laver Arena on Day 5 of the Australian Open on Friday morning was the German Angelique Kerber, the 5th seed. On her 25th birthday, she came out to do battle with the 17 year old American wildcard Madison Keys, who is ranked at 105. The [...]
After being out of action for seven months now, Rafael Nadal has announced that he will return to tennis at next month’s Vina Del Mar Open in Chile. We think. It’s hard not to be a tad bit skeptical about any possible on-court appearances from the Spanish superstar. This is [...]
Danish 10th seed Caroline Wozniacki, met the tall young talent from Croatia Donna Vecic who, at 16 years old, was the youngest player in the main draw. She is ranked at 111 and was playing in her first Grand Slam. She had a great 6-1 6-2 win over the, Czech [...]
Angelique Kerber v Madison Keys The first match in the Rod Laver Arena is an intriguing match between one of last year’s most consistent players and one of the brightest up-and-coming youngsters in the game. Angelique Kerber has struggled to impress thus far in 2013, losing in the quarterfinals in [...]
Heather Watson v Agnieszka Radwanska While the quality of her tennis has been questionable thus far, her heart and fighting qualities simply cannot be questioned. Twice now Watson has come from a set and a break down, even saving three match points against Pervak. She is struggling on serve and [...]
Given the tennis world’s current focus on the Australian Open as the tours cranks itself into a new year, let’s remind ourselves of what was going on at the Australian Championships 50 years ago (the term ‘Open’ was first used with the arrival of ‘open’ tennis in 1968, i.e. open [...]
4 times Australian Open champion Roger Federer booked his place in the third round of this year’s tournament after beating Nikolay Davydenko in straight sets 6-3 6-4 6-4 after exactly two hours of play. Both players produced some high quality tennis at the start of the match, with 20+ shot [...]
Andy Murray, Bernard Tomic and Marin Cilic eliminated their second round challengers at Australian Open 2013. A routine job for a two-time Australian Open finalist Murray in the second round against Portugal player Joao Sousa who was given absolutely no chances by his eminent opponent. The third seed Scotsman obtained [...]
Seeded players Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Milos Raonic moved into the third round of Australian Open 2013 without losing a set. Although their clash was competitive enough, a Melbourne finalist from 2008 Tsonga has proved to be too high a hurdle for his challenger Go Soeda. While the Japanese squandered his [...]
Five time Australian Open champion and this year’s third seed Serena Williams, took to the Rod Laver Arena in the second match on Thursday, to play the little known Spaniard, six foot tall, 19 year old Garbine Muguruza, a qualifier who is ranked at number 112. Serena blanked Edina Gallovits-Hall [...]
In the first match on Rod Laver Arena on a scorching hot Day 4 of the Australian Open on Thursday morning, top seed Victoria Azarenka took on the Greek veteran Eleni Daniilidou who is 94 in the WTA’s rankings. This match was the second between the two, with Daniilidou winning [...]
