Australian Open day 1 takeaways: Melbourne weather and history for Lebanese tennis
Welcome to the Australian Open briefing, where will explain the stories behind the stories on each day of the tournament. On day one of the tournament, thunder and lightning ruled, five-set epics played out under the roofs and a star of the 2024 event got rolling. There is still tennis to come, but here’s what happened while you were sleeping. Won’t somebody think of the practice courts? For the first couple of hours of the first day, the practice courts were the place to be. With an underwhelmi
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Andy Murray front and centre as tennis enters ‘year of the coach’
Aggressive Sabalenka, Zverev storm on as rain mars Australian Open
Aryna Sabalenka powered past Sloane Stephens to begin her quest for a third consecutive Australian Open crown Sunday with Alexander Zverev and Zheng Qinwen also winning as storms caused havoc on day one of the Grand Slam.Sabalenka is aiming to become the first woman since Martina Hingis (1997-99) to win three consecutive titles at Melbourne Park.
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How Coco Gauff came to the Australian Open with a new serve and forehand
MELBOURNE, Australia — There’s a young woman who looks a lot like Coco Gauff at Melbourne Park for the Australian Open. She has the same fiery, competitive eyes, the same tendency to break out in a giggle in the middle of a sentence and the same number of titles. Her tennis, though, is different. This Gauff has become the sporting version of an iPhone, with a new model coming out just about every year or so. The prototype was all athleticism and attack. Then the forehand turned wobbly and Gauff
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Kartal 'far below expectations' in Melbourne defeat
Hady Habib becomes the first man representing Lebanon to win a Grand Slam singles match
Hady Habib's history-making run at the Australian Open will continue after the first man to represent Lebanon in a Grand Slam singles tournament in the Open era became the first to win a match, defeating Bu Yunchaokete of China 7-6 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (6) on Sunday in front of a loud group of supporters. Habib was born in Houston, Texas, and played college tennis while a student at Texas A&M University.
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