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Serena Williams passed another stage on the path to a possible comeback to professional tennis, being listed Monday by the sport’s drug-testing organization as eligible to return.
The top-ranked Alcaraz dropped the first set Sunday as Djokovic went out hard in pursuit of a record 25th major title, but he dug deep to win 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5.
Novak Djokovic finally beat one of the two men who’ve been blocking his path to his 25th Grand Slam singles title when he edged Jannik Sinner in five sets.
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Carlos Alcaraz had to acknowledge that while he won the third-round match, he lost the battle of the drop shots against Corentin Moutet.
Whatever Novak Djokovic told her, it worked for the 18-year-old American in her upset win.
Wawrinka had to dig deep in a 4-hour, 33-minute epic to become the first man 40 or older to reach the third round of a Grand Slam since the 1978 Australian Open.
Fashion and friction have been the defining features for Naomi Osaka in two rounds at the Australian Open that couldn’t have been more different.
Novak Djokovic and Stan Wawrinka made it a day for the ages at the Australian Open.
Defending champion Madison Keys survived a tough second-set challenge but overcame fellow American Ashlyn Krueger 6-1, 7-5.
The combined numbers for day and night sessions, 103,720 fans, set a full-day record for the third time in four days of the main draw at the season-opening major, which has become a festival of tennis.
Carlos Alcaraz says he got together with Roger Federer for a round of golf before the Australian Open, and it went just as the 22-year-old Spaniard expected.
The men’s edition of the 2027 Tour begins in the Scottish city of Edinburgh on July 2.
Two sets and just over an hour of tennis wasn’t what Jannik Sinner wanted at Rod Laver Arena for the start of his bid for an Australian Open three-peat.
