Day 6 certainly had its moments, headlined by an eventful first night match on the Rod Laver Arena. The match between Madison Keys and Ana Ivanovic was halted early into the second set after Ivanovic’s coach, Nigel Sears collapsed. It was a dreadful situation but thankfully, it sounds like Nigel is doing OK. Ivanovic played…
I can’t believe we are five days into the Australian Open already… Slams go so quick! The fourth round matches from the top half of the women’s draw are all set and on the whole, there’s plenty to get excited for the second week. Here are ten things that struck a chord with me from day…
Day 4 of the 2016 Australian Open was quite eventful with four more seeds going out. The slate of third round matches contains just two all-seeded match-ups, of which both come in the wide-open fourth quarter. There have been some fantastic storylines already this week and it’s been nice to see some players who produced upsets…
Day 3 at the 2016 Australian Open saw another top eight seed depart the tournament in Petra Kvitova. Her second round match against Daria Gavrilova was largely anticipated to be a tough one and proved to be just that with the Aussie player prevailing, 6-4 6-4. The only other seeded upset saw the in-form, Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated by a…
While there were fewer upsets on day 2 of the 2016 Australian Open, these ones were rather more seismic in their impact. The fourth quarter of the draw has now lost its two highest seeds in Simona Halep (2) and Venus Williams (8). It was easily the toughest quarter to predict and while I was unsure of both…
I was hoping to do a comprehensive summary feature for every day at the Australian Open but i’ve realised this is just going to be too much for me to cover… so instead of Match Points, here’s Set Points! In a snappier feature, this will be ten things that resonated with me, be it, a great match, an interview,…
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