The first round of the 2021 Australian Open is officially in the books. Five seeds fell on Tuesday – Victoria Azarenka, Petra Martic, Johanna Konta, Maria Sakkari and Zhang Shuai. Azarenka and Sakkari are covered in this post. Konta was forced to retire due to an ab injury which was a real shame as she…
Ready. Steady. Go! The 2021 Australian Open is underway and day 1 was all about the loaded bottom half of the women’s draw. It was actually a relatively quiet day for the seeds. I definitely expected more carnage to be honest. Three seeds fell on day 1 – Angelique Kerber, Alison Riske and Wang Qiang.…
We’re nearly there. It’s been a rocky road up to the 2021 Australian Open but the tournament is set to get underway on Monday. After the withdrawals on Friday and Saturday, and the announcement that the Grampians Trophy final will not be played at all, my attention has naturally switched to the first Slam of…
That’s a wrap for the 2020 Australian Open! On Saturday evening in Melbourne, Sofia Kenin beat Garbiñe Muguruza to win her first Slam title. Of the last 10 Slams, seven have produced first time champions. By virtue of the victory, Kenin will crack the world’s top ten in next week’s rankings. This second week has…
The semi-finals of the 2020 Australian Open are all set for Thursday! This post reviews Tuesday and Wednesday’s quarter-finals. It was a shame I didn’t have time to write a post on Monday as I thought the tennis was brilliant. Pavs-Kerber was a sensational match, Kontaveit-Swiatek was gripping and Halep-Mertens was fun too! Read on…
The first duo of quarter-finals is set at the 2020 Australian Open! Sunday’s batch of last 16 matches produced three three setters, two players who achieved their best ever Slam results in Ons Jabeur and Sofia Kenin, and a repeat quarter-final for Tuesday between Ash Barty and Petra Kvitova. Read on for a review of…
Prior to the third round of the 2020 Australian Open, all top ten seeds were still standing. After the third round and two wild days, just four of the top 10 seeds remain and three of the four pre-tournament favourites are out! This post wraps up the storylines from day 6 of the tournament with…
Well… the 2020 Australian Open was reasonably calm through the first four days. On the fifth day, carnage ensued! We had a high-profile retirement with Caroline Wozniacki’s last match and a huge upset on Rod Laver Arena as Wang Qiang knocked out the favourite, Serena Williams. There were other notable results as well which left…
The second round is in the books at the 2020 Australian Open! There were some great matches dotted around the grounds on Thursday as the general serenity amongst the seeds continued with the top ten fully intact heading into the last 32. More on that stat in this post as well thoughts from my favourite…
Day 3 of the 2020 Australian Open is in the books with the tournament now officially caught up after the rainy first day. It’s been a pretty routine start to the tournament with the top ten seeds all still alive and kicking! Read on for the top stories including the match of the day between…
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