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By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Friday, January 26, 2024Going the gap has drained Daniil Medvedev bodily forward ​of his Australian Open remaining return.The third-seeded Medvedev is able to push to the restrict when he meets Jannik Sinner in Sunday's Australian Open remaining.More: Richard Evans Q&AMedvedev has gained six of 9 conferences vs. Sinner, however the Italian Davis Cup hero has gained their final three encounters.The 2021 US Open champion Medvedev has gone the five-set distance in three of his six match wins in Melbourne Park. Twice, Medvedev has rallied from two units right down to prevail.Olympic gold-medal champion Zverev got here agonizingly near a maiden Australian Open remaining solely to blow a two-set lead and bow to rival Daniil Medvedev 5-7, 3-6, 7-6(4), ...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday January 25, 2024Coco Gauff’s remaining Grand Slam as an adolescent resulted in disappointment, however the American is attempting to see the positives after falling to Aryna Sabalenka 7-6(2), 6-4 on within the Australian Open semifinals on Thursday night time in Melbourne.“Overall a positive tournament,” Gauff instructed reporters after the loss. “I had chances in both sets, but she played better tonight. I felt like I did my best with the game plan that I had. I think it just came down to a couple of points, and that's tennis.”The American was bidding to grow to be the fourth American teenager to notch 50 wins on the Grand Slams as an adolescent, however fell one victory quick. She expressed combined feelings about her efficiency.The Americans ...

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_NoSinw | Wednesday, January 24, 202Carlos Alcaraz's Australian Open run is over.The world No. 2 believes 10-time AO champion Novak Djokovic's reign may come to an finish, too.More: Richard Evans Q&AIn the aftermath of his 6-1, 6-3, 6-7(2), 6-4 Australian Open quarterfinal loss to Alexander Zverev, Alcaraz was requested if any man can cease the 36-year-old Serbian celebrity from capturing a document twenty fifth Grand Slam crown this weekend.Alcaraz, the one man to defeat Djokovic in a significant match final 12 months, stated there may be one man who can derail the defending champion: Jannik Sinner.Pointing to the very fact the fourth-seeded Sinner has swept all 15 units he is performed in Melbourne Park, and has defeated Djokovic in two of their final...

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...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday January 18, 2024The Happy Slam has been a cheerful place for the American contingent in Melbourne.Coco GauffFresh off her maiden Grand Slam win on the 2023 US Open, Gauff rides a nine-match Grand Slam profitable streak into her third-round conflict with Alycia Parks. More on Parks down the web page.As for Gauff, she is essentially the most reliable title contender of this group, and the highest-ranked participant of this set of ten. The American has already spoken of her need not simply to win extra Slams, however to win double digit Slams. That says one thing about her self-belief and expectations. Here in Melbourne she is bidding to turn into the primary girl to win the US Open and the Australian open back-to-back since Naomi Osaka in 2019.Tay...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday January 17, 2024Alycia Parks sports a golden arm that may generate jaw-dropping energy from the service stripe. She used that world-class serve to assert her maiden title in Lyon in 2023, defeating Caroline Garcia within the closing, and reached a career-high rating of No.40 on the earth at one level final 12 months.Now ranked 82, Parks used that energy sport to earn her largest win by rating at a Slam on Day 4, taking out Leylah Fernandez, 7-5, 6-4.Ahead of her third-round conflict with Coco Gauff on the Australian Open, Parks is considered a uncooked expertise with vital upside. Here are 5 issues to know in regards to the American earlier than her second within the highlight.1. She struck the quickest serve in US Open ladies’s singles histori...