Your cart

Tennis - ATP World Tour — Australian Open RSS

Munar Leads Way In Final Round Of Qualifying

There was a lot on the line Sunday at Melbourne Park, with 16 matches deciding the 16 qualifiers who would move through to the main draw of the 2018 Australian Open. So it was only fitting that nine of the 16 matches were three-setters, hotly contested battles with a position in the first Grand Slam of the season going to the winner. But one player who did not have to go the distance was #NextGenATP Spaniard Jaume Munar, who was supported during his qualifying efforts earlier in the event by the Australian Open’s top seed Rafael Nadal. The 20-year-old pushed through to the main draw of a major for the first time in his career with a 7-5, 6-2 victory...

Continue reading

Stan Claims ‘Big Victory’ Before First Ball is Hit

Matters at one point had gotten so bleak for Stan Wawrinka, the three-time Grand Slam champion feared he might never play a professional match again, let alone compete in this year's Australian Open. A tough knee injury that kept the 32-year-old out of competition after Wimbledon in 2017 forced him to undergo surgery in August, and since then it has been a battle toward recovery for the Swiss.  And while his journey is nowhere near over, Wawrinka will pass a major hurdle this fortnight. "I think the fact that I'm here and I'm going to play the first one [Grand Slam], it's a big victory," Wawrinka said. "It's the best that I could have dreamed when I had the surgery,...

Continue reading

Majors Part Of Zverev's Major Plans

For most players, five singles titles, two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 trophies and a career-high ATP Ranking of No.3 — all by the age of 20 — would be tough to top. As Alexander Zverev proved over the course of 2017, he isn't most players — and he also isn't easily satisfied. "I think improving on the Grand Slam performances is one thing [to work on]," Zverev said. "The furthest I got was to the fourth round of Wimbledon. A lot of times it wasn't because I played badly, but because I played very good opponents; I lost to [Rafael] Nadal. I lost to Milos Raonic at Wimbledon. Both times in five sets. That's nothing to worry about too...

Continue reading