Watch highlights of Juan Martin del Potro's tough battle against 2017 Next Gen ATP Finals qualifier Karen Khachanov. Video courtesy Tennis Australia. Watch more video and live matches at www.ausopen.com. Photo: Peter Staples/ATP World Tour.
Watch highlights of Tennys Sandgren's upset victory against Stan Wawrinka at the 2018 Australian Open. Video courtesy Tennis Australia. Watch more video and live matches at www.ausopen.com. Highlights not available in Aus., NZ or Canada and only available in Europe and USA 24 hours after completion of the match. Photo: Peter Staples/ATP World Tour.
Stan Wawrinka arrived in Australia unsure that he would be able to play in the Australian Open. So while the 2014 champion fell in the second round to Tennys Sandgren in the first Grand Slam championship of the season, the trip was not all a loss. “I think the past 12 days was more than what I could have dreamt coming here. I really came without thinking I will be able to play the first match,” Wawrinka said. “That's a big step for me.” Just more than five months ago, Wawrinka had two surgeries to repair a knee cartilage injury, the first by arthroscopy to look at the issue, and the next to reconstruct the cartilage. The former World No....
Roger Federer barely put a foot wrong on Thursday night as he continued his quest for a sixth Australian Open trophy, which would represent his 20th Grand Slam championship crown. The defending champion knocked out Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany 6-4, 6-4, 7-6(4) in one hour and 56 minutes on Rod Laver Arena, in the final match of the day, completed in 30°C temperatures. "I've practised with him [Struff], and played against him in doubles and singles," said Federer, in an on-court interview with former World No. 1 Jim Courier. "You know he can serve 215 or 220 [kilometres per hour] for five hours, so that's what you have to be ready for. I had to protect my own serve and...
American Tennys Sandgren recorded the biggest win of his career on Thursday for a place in the Australian Open third round. The World No. 97 knocked out ninth seed and 2014 champion Stan Wawrinka 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 in 88 minutes on Margaret Court Arena. “I was really happy just to get my first Grand Slam win, so now I’ve got a second,” said Sandgren in an on-court interview. “Let’s hope I can make it a third. I also wish Stan all the best on his road to recovery.” Sandgren lost in the first round of qualifying at the 2016 US Open, and was outside the Top 250 of the ATP Rankings. He would later watch Wawrinka win the title on...
