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Naomi Osaka wins Australian Open for second Grand Slam

Osaka holds on after late push from Petra Kvitova

DATE: Jan 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

53rd matchup for Djokovic, Nadal in Australian Open final

Djokovic seeks record 7th Australian Open title

DATE: Jan 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Osaka vs. Kvitova for Australian Open title

MELBOURNE, Australia – Naomi Osaka never made it past the fourth round at any of the first 10 Grand Slam tournaments of her career. Now, still just 21, she’s suddenly on the verge of a secon...

DATE: Jan 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

50 years past last men’s Slam, Rod Laver says it’ll happen again

MELBOURNE, Australia – Fifty years after Rod Laver won the last true Grand Slam in men’s tennis, he is fairly confident the feat will be replicated one day, unlikely as it may seem. ...

DATE: Jan 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Serena Williams blows four match points, upset at Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Australia – Four times, Serena Williams was only one point — a single point — from closing out a victory in the Australian Open quarterfinals. On the first such chance,...

DATE: Jan 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Pouille’s drought-breaking Australian Open run reaches semifinals

MELBOURNE, Australia – Lucas Pouille had lost every Australian Open match he played until he hired Amelie Mauresmo as coach. A couple of months later, he’s into a Grand Slam semif...

DATE: Jan 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Stefanos Tsitsipas into Australian Open semifinal

Young player makes Greek history

DATE: Jan 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Alexander Zverev has meltdown at Australian Open

Zverev smashes rackets in frustrating loss

DATE: Jan 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Anisimova of U.S. scores upset at Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Australia – All of 17, never the winner of a Grand Slam match until this week, Amanda Anisimova is making quite a first impression at the Australian Open. Anisimova sho...

DATE: Jan 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Halep edges American in Australia

Venus Williams next; Serena Williams wins

DATE: Jan 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Davis Cup feud between Hewitt, Tomic deepens Down Under

MELBOURNE, Australia – The feud between Australia’s Davis Cup captain and an exiled player escalated at the season-opening major when Lleyton Hewitt said Bernard Tomic threatened him and his...

DATE: Jan 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Williams sisters advance at Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Australia – This was quite a return for Serena Williams. Almost as if she never left. In her first match at the Australian Open since winning the 2017 title while pregn...

DATE: Jan 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports