Carlos Alcaraz will have to wait for another year to chase a Career Grand Slam in Melbourne. The 21-year-old suffered the Australian Open quarter-final loss to Novak Djokovic at Rod Laver Arena. Thus, the Spaniard ended his campaign Down Under in the last eight for the second straight year.
Jannik Sinner’s second Australian Open win has lifted him into the top 10 earners of prize money in men’s tennis of all time – aged just 23. Italian Sinner banked $2.15m (£1.7m) for beating Alexander Zverev in the men’s singles final at Melbourne Park on Sunday. His third Grand Slam triumph, it boosted his career [...]
Teenage qualifier Learner Tien said it was "pretty crazy" after becoming the youngest man to reach the Australian Open fourth round since Rafael Nadal in 2005 when he overcame Frenchman Corentin Moutet on Saturday.
Learner Tien, 19, beats Corentin Moutet while Gael Monfils, 38, defeats fourth seed Taylor Fritz to reach the Australian Open fourth round.
Jim Courier, consultant for Eurosport and also in charge of post-match interviews in Melbourne, answered a few questions for the Ouest France media.
Learner Tien has become the youngest American man to reach the Australian Open’s third round since Pete Sampras in 1990.
Going through Qs (qualifying)," he said. No other American man his age has gone so far in Melbourne since Pete Sampras in 1990, with Tien's reward a clash against Italian Lorenzo Sonego ...
Sinner is the youngest man to reach back-to-back singles finals at the Australian Open since Pete Sampras (1994-1995). His meeting with Zverev will be the first final between the ATP's top two at the Australian Open since 2019, when Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal in straight sets.
Learner Tien is the youngest American man to reach the third round of the Australian Open since an 18-year-old Pete Sampras in 1990.
American qualifier Learner Tien became the youngest man to reach the Australian Open fourth round in 20 years as he beat an ailing Corentin Moutet 7-6(10) 6-3 6-3 on Saturday, continuing the teenager’s fairytale run at Melbourne Park.
Teenage qualifier Learner Tien said it was "pretty crazy" after becoming the youngest man to reach the Australian Open fourth round since Rafael Nadal in 2005 when he overcame Frenchman Corentin Moutet on Saturday.
In his 1996 essay, “The String Theory,” David Foster Wallace — amid other musings on the burgeoning tennis career of an early-20s Michael Joyce — briefly considers the psyche of the typical sports consumer.