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The Australian Open fourth round matches have provided some thrilling entertainment with Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz now on a collision course in the last eight after their respective victories.
Jannik Sinner will defend his Australian Open title on Sunday as the first Grand Slam of a year comes to an end. Two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka was stunned by Madison Keys in the ...
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Keys was the first player to win a major after defeating both the world No. 1 and world No. 2 at the Australian Open since Serena Williams in 2005 and at any major since Svetlana Kuznetsova at the 2009 French Open. Her two further wins over top-10 seeds made her the fourth woman to defeat four top-10 seeded opponents en route to a major title.
The Australian Open [a] [b] is an annual tennis tournament created in 1905 and played on outdoor hard courts [c] [d] at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. [6]The women's singles was first contested in 1922 along with the women's and mixed doubles competition as the last three events to be added.
For the first time since 1997, neither Venus nor Serena Williams participated in the Australian Open. [7] This was the last singles major for former world No. 4 and 2011 US Open champion Samantha Stosur, who announced her retirement from the discipline. [8] She lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the second round.
Serena Williams equaled Chris Evert's all-time record of 54 major quarterfinals at this tournament; [8] [9] she then lost to Osaka in the semifinals. This was the seven-time champion's final appearance at the event, as Williams announced her retirement from professional tennis the following year.
The two singles champions each will receive 3.5 million Australian dollars (about $2.15 million), up from 3.15 million Australian dollars (about $1.95 million) a year ago, but still below the pre ...