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By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Tuesday, January 23, 202Slam streaks collide when Coco Gauff faces Aryna Sabalenka within the Australian Open semifinals.US Open champion Gauff rides a 12-match main profitable streak into this rematch of the US Open ultimate.Australian Open champion Sabalenka has rocketed by way of the draw hovering on a 12-match Melbourne Park profitable streak.More: Gauff Conquers Kostyuk for Maiden AO Semifinal Tennis is a numbers recreation, however Sabalenka is powered by a primal power of their rematch: revenge.After sweeping 2021 Roland Garros singles and doubles champion Barbora Krejcikova 6-2, 6-3 to succeed in her sixth straight Slam semifinal, Sabalenka mentioned she's in a vendetta temper vs. Gauff."I love it. I love it," Sabalenka mentioned of her shot ...

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Monday, January 22, 202The Happy Slam has felt like a strain cooker for Alexander Zverev.Zverev has dealt with the warmth with hard-core aggressive hearth.Djokovic: Federer Din't Like My Behavior A centered Zverev received 21 of 25 first-serve factors within the remaining set edging Cameron Norrie 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(3) in a four-hour, five-minute Australian Open fourth-round victory.It was Zverev's second fifth-set tiebreaker triumph in 4 event wins this week coming two rounds after he out-dueled qualifier Lukas Klein 7-5, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(7).The excellent news for Zverev: he has been decisive going the gap. Zverev scored his fifth consecutive five-set win, bettering to 21-10 in profession five-setters.The dangerous information for Zverev: ...

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Sunday, January 21, 2024Elated Aussie followers erupted in a wall of sound as house hero Alex de Minaur squared off in opposition to Andrey Rublev for a dramatic fifth set on Rod Laver ArenaA ruthless Rublev battered boundaries, silenced followers and unleashed a significant celebration of his personal.Djokovic: Federer Din't Like My Behavior World No. 5 Rublev rolled by seven straight video games keeping off Australian No. 1 de Minaur 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-0 in a 4 hour, 14-minute Australian Open fourth-round conflict that left de Minaur feeling "devastated."The explosive Rublev denied de Minaur's bid to turn into simply the third Aussie man within the final 20 years—after Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt in 2005 and Nick Kyrgios in 2015—to ac...

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Saturday, January 20, 2024Armed with an abbreviated service movement, Iga Swiatek suffered disarming defeat in MelbouNorne.Djokovic: Federer Din't Like My Behavior In her maiden main third-round look, 19-year-old Czech Linda Noskova shocked Swiatek 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in an Australian Open stunner.The Czech teen snapped Swiatek's 18-match successful streak and shattered the highest seed's 2024 AO dream.A daring Noskova cracked 35 winners, together with 10 aces, stamping the most important win of her younger profession to enhance to 7-1 on the season.Awash in emotion afterward, Noskova sat in her court-side seat, pressed her face in her towel and shed tears of pleasure. “I’m speechless, I knew it was going to be an amazing match with the world No. 1 and suc...

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Friday, January 19, 2024Novak Djokovic has unleashed the warrior inside successful 24 Grand Slam titles. The Grand Slam king mentioned his emotional exuberance rubbed Roger Federer the improper method at the beginning of his profession.More: Alcaraz Grounds Gasquet in AO OpenerReflecting on his youthful years after sweeping Tomas Martin Etcheverry within the Australian Open third spherical, Djokovic mentioned stating his mission assertion of reaching the world No. 1 rating and successful Grand Slams aggravated Federer and different veterans."I mean, I know certainly Federer didn't like the way I was behaving at the beginning," Djokovic advised the media in Melbourne. "I think it didn't sit with him well. I don't know about the others."I suppose I was...