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Last orders for bar service
- By Peter Rowe
- . January 21, 2024
WARM weather and cold beer is a good recipe for a day at the beach or a BBQ, but it’s a disaster for an international
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AO Women’s singles: Day 5 round-up
- By Bill Scott
- . January 18, 2024
Iga Swiatek waited out the storm from the racquet of Danielle Collins, finally putting away a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 win over Danielle Collins to squeeze into
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AO Men’s singles: Day 5 round-up
- By Bill Scott
- . January 18, 2024
Seeds Alexander Zverev and Casper Ruud finished up four hour-plus marathons at almost exactly the same time to advance. Tournament No. 6 Zverev fought off
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Djokovic back to his ‘roots’ with mystical Melbourne tree
- By Bill Scott
- . January 18, 2024
Novak Djokovic’s supernatural tendencies are rising to the surface once again at the Australian Open, with the Serb revealing he and a “special tree” have had a
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AO Men’s Singles: Day 4
- By Bill Scott
- . January 17, 2024
Fourth seed Jannik Sinner continued his stroll through the draw, posting a second straight-sets victory to reach the third round on a rainy Wednesday at
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AO Women: Day 3 round-up
- By Bill Scott
- . January 16, 2024
Iga Swiatek extended her 16-match win streak by one more as she took victory on Tuesday in a match-up of Grand Slam winners, defeating Sofia
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AO Men: Day 3 round-up
- By Bill Scott
- . January 16, 2024
Eighth seed Holger Rune beat the heat on a sweltering summer day at the Australian Open, posting a very physical 6-2,4-6, 7-6 (4) 6-4 win
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Bring it on … Melbourne’s ready for another Slam
- By Peter Rowe
- . January 14, 2024
IT’S the first Grand Slam of a new year and despite no Rafa Nadal, there are plenty of challengers to world No.1 Novak Djokovic or
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Sunday start in Melbourne: Day 1 draw
- By Peter Rowe
- . January 13, 2024
HISTORY will the made today as the Australian Open first round matches get under way on Sunday for the first time in the tournament’s history.