Roger Federer is no longer there. The great maestro announced his retirement in 2022. Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are now in a duel to see who has the most Grand Slam titles at the end of their career. After the Australian Open, both are now at 22.With the women stands Iga Swiatek undisputed number 1 in the world rankings. It has a very large lead and will remain there for several months. For the Germans, after the resignation of...
You could almost think it would have this endgame in the French Open 2021 between Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas never given. "Stefanos has never played a Grand Slam final," the Serb announced a few days ago in Melbourne - to the great astonishment of the press, who immediately pointed out his mistake to the 35-year-old. He also "can't remember" this match, Tsitsipas said.At that time, the Athenian gave up a 2-0 set lead, on Sunday (9:30 a.m. live in...
Friday, semi-final against Karen Khachanov. Stefanos Tsitsipas leads two zero sets and serves for the match. The Greek, dominating, is only one game away from the final. It will be his worst of the final. A few moments later, in the tie-break, he has two match points. The Russian saves them magnificently before snatching this third round, but Tsitsipas knows that he has stuck: "It was tennis a little too defensive, a little too shy of me. " Finally, there...
With two hours and 25 minutes played, Aryna Sabalenka walked to the baseline, looking confident and she could be. She had gained a huge advantage. She led with a break in this third and final set, it was 5:4. If she just got through that one service game, she would be the new Australian Open champion. But what is easy at a moment like this?In fact, she fought for the first match point, it was 10:07 p.m. on this summery...
This time it was his time. Aryna Sabalenka became a Grand Slam champion in Melbourne on Saturday. And the least we can say is that she didn't steal it. By dint of will and determination, the Belarusian went to seek her destiny with style, overthrowing Elena Rybakina (4-6, 6-3, 6-4) in the final of the Australian Open, after 2h28 of a hell of a fight on the Rod Laver Arena. This first Major in the purse, she will become next...
The Belarusian takes the title in Melbourne under a neutral flag. In the final, she beat Kazakh Elena Rybakina 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Aryna Sabalenka has won the Australian Open for the first time. The 24-year-old beat Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in a hard-fought final in Melbourne. Sabalenka, who hails from Belarus, is the first neutral athlete to win a major tournament. She has not lost any of her eleven matches this year."I'm still shaking," said Sabalenka, thanking...
Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas have at least one thing in common before they meet in the final in Melbourne on Sunday. One and the other seem to suffer from memory lapses about the same memory that they nevertheless share even if it does not have the same taste for the two men. It was ___ ago a little less than two years, at Roland Garros. A major final, already. The very first from the Greek, who had led two...
At the end of the third set it got really loud and some of the spectators who supported Stefanos Tsitsipas this Friday afternoon were suffering now, you could see that. The 24-year-old Greek was close to winning this semi-final, falling just a few points on several occasions. With a 7: 6 (2), 6: 4, 5: 4 lead, he served to win and didn't take the opportunity. It was a tie-break, whoever gets seven points first gets the set. 6: 4...
The Australian Open is his tournament!Tennis superstar Novak Djokovic (35) is in the final of the Grand Slam tournament Down Under for the tenth time in his career. The Serb defeated the American Tommy Paul (25) in the semifinals 7: 5, 6: 1 and 6: 2.also read Paul can only keep up in the first set, fights back to 5: 5 after being 1: 5 behind and can twice take the service game away from Djokovic. In the end, the...
After his victory against Jannik Sinner in the round of 16, Stefanos Tsitsipas said he felt like playing at home in Melbourne, so he can try to win his first Grand Slam title "at home" on Sunday. The Greek clinched his ticket to the final at the Rod Laver Arena by overcoming a catchy Karen Khachanov in four sets (7-6 [2]6-4, 6-7 [8]6-3). Between the two players, it was Tsitsipas who made the best return to this semi-final by playing...
