Elise Mertens, Aryna Sabalenka win women's doubles title of Australian Open

February 19, 2021 4:47 PM

Elise Mertens, Aryna Sabalenka win women's doubles title of Australian Open

In Tennis, the Belgian and Belarus pair of Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka has won the WOMEN'S doubles final of the Australian Open 2021. They defeated Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic in straight sets of 6-2, 6-3. Earlier, Defending champions Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury won the Australian Open Semi-finals of the Men's doubles against Australia born Jamie Murray and Brazilain Bruno Soares by 7-6, 6-4. In the finals they will face the Croatian-S...

Australian Open: Serena Williams beats Simona Halep; Sets up women's singles semi-final with Naomi Osaka

February 16, 2021 8:44 PM

Australian Open: Serena Williams beats Simona Halep; Sets up women's singles semi-final with Naomi Osaka

Serena Williams produced a stunning performance to beat second-seed Simona Halep and set up an Australian Open women's singles semi-final with Naomi Osaka. The 39-year-old American, bidding for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title, won 6-3, 6-3 against the Romanian.   Earlier today, Osaka cruised past Hsieh Su-wei in just 66 minutes to reach the last four. The Japanese third seed, who won the second of her three Grand Slam titles at Melbourne Park in 2019, beat the Taiwanese 6-2, 6-...

Alexander Zverev blasts past Adrian Mannarino into Australian Open 4th round

February 12, 2021 2:34 PM

Alexander Zverev blasts past Adrian Mannarino into Australian Open 4th round

Sixth seed Alexander Zverev crushed Adrian Mannarino with little fuss today to coast into the Australian Open fourth round. The German, a semi-nalist last year who is gunning for a maiden Grand Slam title, turned in an accomplished performance en route to a routine 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 win in just 1hr 43mins.  Zverev is looking to become the youngest Grand Slam singles champion since Novak Djokovic won the title at Melbourne Park in 2011. He will next meet either Serbian 23rd seed Dusan Lajovic or Spai...

Australian Open: Novak Djokovic wins his record 8th Men's singles title

February 3, 2020 2:31 PM

Australian Open: Novak Djokovic wins his record 8th Men's singles title

In tennis, Serbia's Novak Djokovic won his record 8th Men's singles title in Australian Open at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne yesterday. He beat first-time Australian Open finalist Dominic Thiem  of Austria. The men's doubles title was clinched by Joe Salisbury of UK and American Rajeev Ram who beat Australia's Luke Saville and Max Purcell.

Simona Halep beats Anett Kontaveit to reach Australia Open semifinals

January 29, 2020 9:24 AM

Simona Halep beats Anett Kontaveit to reach Australia Open semifinals

In Tennis, Simona Halep defeated Estonian Anett Kontaveit in just 53 minutes to race into the Australian Open semi-finals today. Kontaveit won the first game but was never in it after that as Halep raced to a comfortable 6-1, 6-1 win. Wimbledon champion Halep has won 11 games in a row before the 28th seed managed to hold serve in the penultimate game. Halep will face Garbine Muguruza or Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the last four in Melbourne. Earlier in Men's Singles, seven-time champion...