The Australian Open is a Grand Slam tournament held live from Melbourne for two weeks in January, finishing on Australia Day. Founded in 1905, women have been competing in the Aussie Open since 1922.
Losing Australian Open finalist Aryna Sabalenka has explained her racquet-smashing tantrum that happened moments after Madison Keys won her maiden grand slam title. As Keys celebrated her first ...
The one million projected tennis fans at this year’s Australian Open will now use 38,000 reusable cups, instead of the 50,000 single use cups that will now be avoided. This is equal to 400 kilograms ...
A video filmed by resident Stephanie Drake, 44, shows the famous Bourbon Street blanketed in a thick layer of snow ... Aryna Sabalenka throws her racket after losing to Madison Keys in the ...
Not everyone, however, was convinced by Djokovic’s on-court injury during the intense battle that lasted three-and-a-half hours. American tennis legend John McEnroe, commentating for Channel Nine, had ...
MELBOURNE – An emotional Paula Badosa reached her maiden Grand Slam semi-final on Jan 21, then described how she almost quit tennis in 2024 because of a chronic back injury. The Spanish 11th ...
Novak Djokovic battled back from a set down to defeat young rival Carlos Alcaraz 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-4 at 12.57am to reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open. In the latest chapter of a generational ...
It’s probably the highlight match of the whole tournament.” Two of the best players that probably ever touched a tennis racquet. Novak is the greatest of all time right now. Carlos is going to ...
The landmark move by Tennis Australia was made possible by having sensors at the courts in Melbourne Park which then registers the movements of the players as well as their racquets and the ball. The ...
It would be impossible to run a tennis tournament without racquets. And to have racquets, you need a dedicated group of people who can service them. “It’s easy to learn, but it’s basically ...
On busy days early in the tournament, they will churn out more than 500 racquets. While some players may have their own off-site stringing service, but the large majority of entrants use the ...
The Australian Open updated its extreme heat policy (EHP) in 2019, after conducting research into the effects of heat stress on tennis players., external This research led to the development of ...