By Jaclyn Stacey (January 14, 2013) MELBOURNE PARK, Australia - Eighth seed Janko Tipsarevic ground out victory in just over three hours against former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt in a thrilling three set encounter on Rod Laver Arena in Monday's … [Read more...]
Venus Williams, Sharapova, Tipsarevic and Others in Notes and Quotes From Down Under – Day One
(January 14, 2013) A look at some the questions and answers from day one of the 2013 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne. Maria Sharapova Q. You have now gotten a double bagel win at every slam. It completes your double bagel slam or … [Read more...]
Djokovic Starts Australian Open Defense with Strong Win
By Jaclyn Stacey (January 14, 2013) MELBOURNE PARK, Australia - World No. 1 and defending champion Novak Djokovic on Monday got his Australian Open 2013 campaign off to a confident start, defeating former top 20 player Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-2, 6-2, … [Read more...]
Venus Williams Powers into Australian Open Second Round, Seeds Advance
By Jaclyn Stacey (January 14, 2013) MELBOURNE PARK, Australia - Venus Williams kicked off her Australian Open 2013 campaign in emphatic fashion, disposing of Kazakh Galina Voskoboeva 6-1, 6-0 in one hour on Hisense Arena at Melbourne Park on … [Read more...]
2013 Australian Open Women’s Contender Profiles
Profiles of the top Women’s Singles contenders for the 2013 Australian Open. Note: Grand Slam records for main draw matches only. - by Jack Cunniff http://twitter.com/jrcunniff 1. Victoria Azarenka 2012 Record: 69-12 Grand Slam Record: … [Read more...]
2013 Australian Open Men’s Contender Profiles
Profiles of the top Men’s Singles contenders for the 2013 Australian Open. Note: Grand Slam records for main draw matches only. - by Jack Cunniff http://twitter.com/jrcunniff 1. Novak Djokovic 2012 Record: 75-12 Grand Slam Record: … [Read more...]
Serena, Djokovic, Federer, Sharapova, Murray, Azarenka in Notes and Quotes From Saturday’s Pre-Australian Open News Conferences
(January 12, 2013) A look at some of the questions and answers from the Saturday news conferences before the Australian Open begins. They include Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka, Roger Federer, Sam Stosur, Maria Sharapova and … [Read more...]
Qualifying Tournament Completed at Australian Open
By Jaclyn Stacey (January 12, 2013) MELBOURNE PARK, Australia - The qualifying tournament at Australian Open 2013 came to a close on Saturday with the 12 women's and 16 men's qualifiers completing the main draw of the tournament. Brisbane … [Read more...]
Djokovic Faster Than an Audi R8
By Jaclyn Stacey (January 11, 2013) MELBOURNE, Australia - World No. 1 Novak Djokovic faced a tough opponent on Friday in an Audi R8 LMS GT3 race car at the world premiere of his new HEAD Graphene™ Speed racquet at Melbourne’s Sandown … [Read more...]
Australian Open Trivia
By Jack Cunniff Australian Open Trivia - In advance of the 2013 Australian Open, test your knowledge of the event and its contestants. For more tennis trivia throughout the event – and all year long – follow Jack Cunniff on Twitter at … [Read more...]
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