MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic extended his record by winning his eighth Australian Open singles title on Sunday, defeating Dominic Thiem 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. The victory allowed Djokovic to reclaim the No. 1 ranking from Rafael Nadal and to reassert his dominance in Melbourne. Based on the evidence, the hardest task in men’s […] More
MELBOURNE, Australia — Sofia Kenin became the youngest Australian Open champion in 12 years on Saturday, beating Garbiñe Muguruza 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 to claim her first Grand Slam title. Kenin’s victory, in her first major final, represents a growing youth takeover in women’s tennis. At 21 years and 80 days of age, Kenin is 22 […] More
MELBOURNE — Margaret Court? Martina Navratilova had seen and heard enough. The outspoken tennis great had long opposed the fact that Court, a fellow legend who has become known more for her homophobic comments than her sterling game, had been honored at the Australian Open with a show court stadium bearing her name. Then, as […] More
MELBOURNE — Dominic Thiem will get another chance to win his first major championship after defeating Alexander Zverev, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4), in a taut men’s semifinal at the Australian Open on Friday night. Thiem, a 26-year-old Austrian, will play Novak Djokovic in Sunday’s men’s final. It will be first time the two […] More
MELBOURNE, Australia — At age 21, Sofia Kenin has not arrived at her numerical goal in tennis. “I want to be No. 1,” she said recently in Melbourne, as she has been saying since she was 6 years old. But for now Kenin, a fiery and driven Floridian, is one match away from her first […] More
How to watch: ESPN, 2:30 a.m. Eastern; streaming on ESPN+, 7:15 p.m. and ESPN3, 2:30 a.m. Friday’s schedule: Men | Women Sofia Kenin vs. Garbiñe Muguruza Sofia Kenin, the 14th seed, reached her first Grand Slam final by beating Ashleigh Barty, the world No. 1 and homegrown favorite at the Australian Open. Kenin and Barty […] More
MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic continued his run of Grand Slam success against Roger Federer, and this time there was little suspense. In the Wimbledon final last year, Djokovic had to save two match points and fend off attack after attack in the fifth set before prevailing in one of the best matches of the […] More
How to watch: Tennis Channel, 7 p.m. Eastern time, then on ESPN, 9 p.m.; streaming on ESPN+, 7 p.m. and ESPN3, 9 p.m. Thursday’s schedule: Men | Women Men’s Semifinals Alexander Zverev vs. Dominic Thiem In the first set of Alexander Zverev’s quarterfinal match against Stan Wawrinka, Zverev looked lost. Wawrinka’s powerful serve and backhand […] More
