Valentin Vacherot is through to the 3rd Rd. of a Major for the first time, defeating Australian Rinky Hijikata 6-1 6-3 4-6 6-2. Vacherot was essentially a complete unknown for all but the hardiest of tennis fans, just a few short months ago. At the end of September, Vacherot wasContinue Reading
Zeynep Sonmez has done it again. Just months after etching her name into Turkish tennis history at Wimbledon, the 23-year-old qualifier powered into the third round of the Australian Open, with a confident 6-2, 6-4 win over Hungary’s Anna Bondar. It marks the first time a Turkish player has reachedContinue Reading
Joao Fonseca stepped onto the courts of Melbourne Park, 12 months after he set them alight with a stunning qualifying run, and a Rd.1 smashing of Andrey Rublev. This year though, things were different. Fonseca found himself seeded at the Australian Open. He found himself with expectation. Not just hisContinue Reading
Not a lot happening on the ATP Challenger Tour last week, with Australian Open qualifying taking centre stage. Still, three events were run and won. Pol Martin Tiffon won his first ever Challenger title in Nonthaburi, Franco Agamenone (the octopus) took home his sixth Challenger trophy, and Clement Chidekh isContinue Reading
The Australian Open is clearly where the eyes of the tennis world are this week, but there were plenty of ITF events taking place around the world. For the previous week’s results, click here. On the women’s tour, Lisa Pigato took out her biggest title, the W75 in Nonthaburi. ThisContinue Reading
Iga Swiatek fought through her first match of the Australian Open tested, but relatively unscathed, in a 7-6 6-3 win over China’s Yuan Yue on Rod Laver Arena last night. Swiatek has now won 25 straight first round matches in majors, going back six years. In fact, she’s played 28Continue Reading
The organisers of the Australian Open – or any Major tournament really – always have a tough job creating the schedule in the early rounds. But perhaps the biggest blunder of the week so far – in what has been a highly successful start to the event – was theContinue Reading
Aryna Sabalenka found another gear when she needed to, in order to move through to the second round of the 2026 Australian Open, on day 1 of the tournament.With a record number of fans attending the day session, Sabalenka kicked off the night sessions with a 6-4 6-1 win overContinue Reading
Stefanos Tsitsipas is back in Melbourne for his 9th main draw appearance. Australia has been a happy hunting ground for the Greek superstar, having reached the final in 2023, and the semi-finals 3 times.This time around, there’s not as much pressure or hype on him, having dropped in the rankingsContinue Reading
The draw for the Australian Open is now out, and we’re running our eye over it to see what might play out. We could go right in depth, but we all know by the end of day 1, half our predictions are out the window anyway. So here is aContinue Reading
