By Jaclyn Stacey (January 17, 2013) MELBOURNE PARK, Australia - Caroline Wozniacki needed just 72 minutes to overcome Donna Vekic on Hisense arena Thursday afternoon at the Australian open. She defeated her Croatian opponent in straight sets … [Read more...]
Tomic Survives Brands to Gain Third Round of Australian Open
By Jaclyn Stacey (January 17, 2013) MELBOURNE PARK, Australia - Bernard Tomic triumphed in a difficult second round match against German qualifier Daniel Brands 6-7(4) 7-5 7-6(3) 7-6(8) to set up a likely third round encounter against Roger … [Read more...]
Kuznetsova Quietly Breezes Through Australian Open Draw
By Jaclyn Stacey (January 17, 2013) Svetlana Kuznetsova needed only 52 minutes to dispose of twenty-sixth seed Hsieh Su-Wei and progress through to a third round meeting with Spaniard Carla Suarez-Navarro on Saturday. The two time … [Read more...]
Tsonga Unhappy But Eases Through to Australian Open Third Round
By Jaclyn Stacey (January 17, 2013) MELBOURNE PARK, Australia - Seventh seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga fought through Melbourne heat to defeat Japan’s Go Soeda in straight sets 6-3 7-6(1) 6-3 in the first match of Australian Open day four on Margaret … [Read more...]
Harrison Given Lesson By Djokovic at Australian Open
By Jaclyn Stacey (January 16, 2013) MELBOURNE PARK, Australia - Novak Djokovic barely raised a sweat in defeating young American Ryan Harrison 6-1 6-2 6-3 in one hour and 31 minutes on Rod Laver Arena in the day three night session at the … [Read more...]
Venus Williams through to face Sharapova in Australian Open Third Round
By Jaclyn Stacey (January 16, 2013) MELBOURNE PARK, Australia - Venus Williams comfortably defeated France’s Alize Cornet in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 to advance to a third round meeting with Maria Sharapova in the Australian Open third round … [Read more...]
Janowicz Battles Emotions to Win in Five
By Jaclyn Stacey (January 16, 2013) MELBOURNE PARK, Australia - Twenty-fourth seed Jerzy Janowicz won the battle against his mind and his opponent on Wednesday, coming back from two sets down to progress through to the third round in a five … [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...]
Tennis Players and Chefs Serve Up a Feast for Charity at Taste of Tennis
By Jaclyn Stacey (January 10, 2013) MELBOURNE, Australia - A service game of a different kind was on the menu for the tennis stars who attended the 4th Annual Melbourne Swisse Taste of Tennis event held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel on Thursday … [Read more...]