Day 3 of the Australian Open has come and gone and with it, the departure of home favourite and the 14th seed, Nick Kyrgios, who lost to the unseeded Andreas Seppi in an action packed five-setter, 6-1 7-6(1) 4-6 2-6 … Continue reading
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Seppi breaks Aussie hearts
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Italy’s Andreas Seppi set Rod Laver Arena alight when he came back from two sets down to defeat the home favourite and 14th seed, Nick Kyrgios 1-6 6-7(1) 6-4 6-2 10-8. In a match that lasted just over 3 hours, … Continue reading
Australian Open Singles title continues to elude Sam Stosur
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The 2011 US Open Grand Slam champion and homegirl, Samantha Stosur has yet again failed in the Singles draw at the Australian Open Tennis tournament in Melbourne. Stosur, a former Mixed Doubles title winner here in 2005 and Ladies Doubles … Continue reading
No sweat as Pliskova storms into the second round
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Despite it being a scorcher at Melbourne Park today, the Ladies 5th seed, Karolina Pliskova, needed just 60 minutes to storm past the unseeded Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain, 6-2 6-0 on the Rod Laver Arena this morning. The Czech … Continue reading
Murray and Federer off to a good start
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World No. 1, Andy Murray got his campaign off to a good start yesterday with a 7-5 7-6(5) 6-2 win over Illya Marchenko of the Ukraine. Murray, the 5-time finalist in Melbourne will be hoping to take it one step … Continue reading