MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — It was a meaningless hit-and-giggle session, a mixed doubles exhibition at Rod Laver Arena just for fun and charity in front of fans a few days ahead of the Australian Open, so Coco Gauff was calling out how fast she would try to hit some serves. Coco Gauff of the...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Defending champion Jannik Sinner and 10-time Australian Open winner Novak Djokovic have landed in opposite sides of the draw for the season’s first major, ruling out a replay of last year’s semifinal match. Serbia's Novak Djokovic is watched by his coach Andy...
If it seems as though the 2025 professional tennis year started pretty much immediately right after 2024 ended, that’s because that’s exactly what happens in a sport where the offseason really does not leave players much time to be “off.” Coco Gauff of the U.S., left, shakes hands with...
CARMONA, Cavite -- The revival of the Philippine Open at Manila Southwoods here later this month will have at least one legitimate Japan Golf Tour hotshot coming as he plays on the very course that helped hone his skills while still a budding amateur almost a decade back. Aguri Iwasaki won the...
LIV Golf will play its final three events in the United States the same week as the FedEx Cup playoffs on the PGA Tour. The Saudi-funded league released the rest of its 2025 schedule on Tuesday, Jan. 7, adding stops in Florida, Virginia and Michigan, along with taking its event in Mexico to the...
Novak Djokovic said he still feels “a bit of trauma” when he travels to Australia, stemming from his deportation in 2022 because he was not vaccinated against COVID-19. Serbia's Novak Djokovic (AP) “The last couple of times that I landed in Australia, to go through passport control and...
Alex Eala exited early in the 2025 Australian Open after bowing in her first qualifying round assignment on Tuesday, Jan. 7, in Melbourne. The world No. 138 Eala fought back against the hard-serving Jana Fett of Croatia but still fell short to absorb a 7-5, 6-2 defeat in a match that lasted one...
Alex Eala opens her Grand Slam season campaign at the 2025 Australian Open when she competes in the qualifying round on Tuesday, Jan. 7, in Melbourne. Eala, who is currently ranked No. 138 in the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), is scheduled to clash with Jana Fett of Croatia in the opening...
A lean but talented field made up of seasoned professionals and the upcoming guns will be teeing it up on Friday to chase as many as five slots to the Philippine Open, Asia's oldest national golf championship which will have its revival later this month. Former PH Masters champion Jessie Balasabas...
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Former U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from the Auckland tennis classic, saying a back injury she has been nursing in recent weeks had not improved as much as she hoped. British tennis star Emma Raducanu (AP) The 22-year-old British player was seeded...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep, working her way back from a drug suspension, and Hall of Famer Lleyton Hewitt’s 16-year-old son Cruz were among the players awarded wild-card entries Wednesday, Dec. 18, for Australian Open qualifying next month. Simona...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Three-time major champion Stan Wawrinka was among nine wild-card entries awarded Friday, Dec. 13, for the Australian Open in January. Three-time major champion Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland. (AP) Tennis Australia said Wawrinka would be joined at Melbourne Park — where...
