KYLE EDMUND shook off the anti-climax of defeat and declared: I’ve got a taste for this and I want more. Whether Edmund can shake off the hip problem which hampered him in his first Grand Slam semi-final in time for next week’s Davis Cup tie in Spain is another matter. But it is clear the […]
KYLE EDMUND’S historic run ended in semi-final heartache as he fell 6-2 7-6 6-2 to big Marin Cilic. The British No 2 let no-one down, including himself, but did not play as well as he had in previous rounds or as well as he needed to against the 2014 US Open champion. Marin Cilic roars in […]
SIMONA HALEP overcame Angelique Kerber in a brilliant, nerve-racking contest to set up a final showdown with Caroline Wozniacki. Halep won 6-3 4-6 9-7 to put out 2016 champion Kerber and guarantee that either she or Wozniacki will break her Grand Slam duck on Saturday. The final against Wozniacki will also be a play-off for […]
AIDAN MCHUGH followed in Kyle Edmund’s footsteps to reach his first Grand Slam semi-final. Glaswegian McHugh, 17, is the first Brit to reach the last four of a Slam boys’ singles since Edmund at Wimbledon in 2013. Like senior semi-finalist Edmund, McHugh has been mentored by Andy Murray and recently signed with Murray’s 77 Sports […]
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI apologised to her fiancé and her dad after nerves threatened to stop her reaching her first Aussie Open final Piotr Wozniacki, her father and coach, and husband-to-be David Lee, the former NBA star could only watch as the No 2 seed faltered when serving for the match and almost allowed Elise Mertens to […]