Professional Tennis
Let the Barty Party begin. Australia’s Ashleigh Barty completed her dominant two-week run in Melbourne and captured the Australian Open title, defeating American Danielle Collins 6-3, 7-6(2) on Saturday. The win gives Barty her third career Slam title, and she becomes the first Australian woman to win the title in her home country since…
On Sunday, Rafael Nadal and Daniil Medvedev will square off for the 2022 Australian Open men’s singles title. It will be the fifth meeting between two, and the second time they will play one another for a major title. The two met in the 2019 U.S. Open final, an epic, five-set thriller that saw…
The women’s singles final is set at the 2022 Australian Open, and it will feature top-seeded Australian Ashleigh Barty facing off against 27th seeded American Danielle Collins. The American was up first and powered her way into the first major final of her career with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over seventh-seed Iga Swiatek of Poland….
Both Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas booked their spot in the semifinals of the 2022 Australian Open on Wednesday, but each did so in a different manner. The fourth-seeded Tsitsipas faced no issues in a 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 rout of Jannik Sinner of Italy, reaching the Melbourne semifinals for the second straight year and…
The final four in both men’s singles and women’s singles at the 2022 Australian Open is now official, with the last remaining quarterfinal matches played on Wednesday. On the women’s side, American Danielle Collins continued her run in Melbourne with a 7-5, 6-1 triumph over France’s Alize Cornet. “It feels incredible. I think especially…
Top-seed Asheigh Barty secured her spot in the Australian Open semifinals as she breezed past 21st seeded American Jessica Pegula 6-2, 6-0 in just one hour and three minutes on Tuesday. In her five matches, Barty has now lost just 17 games, and is into her second career semifinal in her native Australia. “That was…
The first men’s singles semifinal of the 2022 Australian Open was finalized on Tuesday, as Italy’s Matteo Berrettini and Spain’s Rafael Nadal won their respective quarterfinal matches. Nadal knocked out 14th seeded Canadian Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3 in the first men’s quarterfinal on Tuesday. Nadal needed four hours and seven minutes to…
The singles quarterfinals at the 2022 Australian Open are officially set after the last remaining fourth round contests were played on Monday. The favorite on the men’s side, Daniil Medvedev, ended the run of American Max Cressy by way of a 6-2, 7-6(4), 6-7(4), 7-5 victory on Monday. “It was not easy,” said Medvedev….
Below are the results from Day Five at the 2022 Australian Open. Men’s Singles (3) A. Zverev d. R. Albot 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 (6) R. Nadal d. (28) K. Khachanov 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 (7) M. Berrettini d. (31) C. Alcaraz 6-2, 7-6(3), 4-6, 2-6, 7-6(5) (14) D. Shapovalov d. (23) R. Opelka…
While eyes are currently on the Australian Open, the tennis world will soon be shifting focus to the U.S. and Delray Beach Open by VITACOST.com where four former champions – Reilly Opelka (2020), Frances Tiafoe (2018), Kevin Anderson (2012) and Kei Nishikori (2008) – are among the players who have entered the 30th anniversary tournament set for Feb. 11-20. “We are thrilled…