Wozniacki and Sharapova brought glamour and grit to the opening day of the Australian Open with first round victories on the Rod Laver Arena.
Wozniacki and Sharapova brought glamour and grit to the opening day of the Australian Open with first round victories on the Rod Laver Arena.
There are only a certain number of ways to avoid addressing your chances of winning the Australian Open but Kim Clijsters found yet another on Sunday at Melbourne Park.
Once resembling a rabbit in the headlights of a nation’s expectations, a more assured Sam Stosur says she is happy to be the standard-bearer for Australia’s hopes for a first home grand slam champion in more than three decades.
SYDNEY - Gilles Simon claimed his eighth career ATP title with a solid straight sets victory over Serbia’s Viktor Troicki in the final of the Sydney International on Saturday.
Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt defeated an ailing Gael Monfils 7-5 6-3 to win the invitational Kooyong Classic in Melbourne on Saturday and take a timely shot of confidence into next week’s Australian Open.
Change is as good as a rest, the saying goes, but former world number one Maria Sharapova has had enough of resting and is not about to change for anyone.
Rafa Nadal believes his quest for a fourth consecutive grand slam is mission “almost impossible” and the world number one belted back Roger Federer’s suggestion that he is the Australian Open favourite.
Justine Henin is predicting none of the fireworks that propelled her to the final of the Australian Open last year but simply feels happy that her elbow has calmed down enough to let her compete at Melbourne Park.
Andy Murray believes he is mentally better prepared than ever to win his first grand-slam title after falling at the final hurdle twice before.
Novak Djokovic believes he is a better player than when he won the Australian Open in 2008, but admits his improvement might not be enough to take the title for a second time.