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    No Australian Has Won an Australian Open Singles Title Since the ’70s. Can Barty?

    MELBOURNE, Australia — In downtown Melbourne, Ashleigh Barty is nearly impossible to avoid. Her image adorns posters not just for tennis apparel but also for things like sunblock, watches and even Vegemite, the savory spread that is an Australian classic. The displays embody a hope — unfulfilled for more than 40 years — for someone […] More

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    After a Great Escape, Roger Federer Will Face Djokovic

    MELBOURNE, Australia — Andre Agassi, one of tennis’s better players and deeper thinkers, used to say that one of the things he found most maddening and fascinating about the game was that it had no predetermined finish line. “You can’t run out the clock in tennis,” he said. But a clock certainly seemed to be […] More

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    Roger Federer Wins Tough Quarterfinal, Beating Tennys Sandgren

    MELBOURNE, Australia — Roger Federer’s record of 20 Grand Slam titles could be equaled by Rafael Nadal at this Australian Open. But Federer’s own run here nearly ended before that could happen, at the hands of a player considerably further down the pantheon of greats. Tennys Sandgren, a Tennessean ranked 100th, had seven match points […] More

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    Australian Open 2020: Matches to Watch on Monday Night (Into Tuesday)

    How to watch: ESPN, 9 p.m. Eastern; streaming on ESPN+ and ESPN3, 9 p.m. Monday’s schedule: Men | Women Roger Federer vs. Tennys Sandgren On his way to Monday night’s quarterfinal match at this Australian Open, third-seeded Roger Federer, a 20-time Grand Slam tournament winner, did not play a seeded player. Although he struggled in […] More

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    Rafael Nadal Holds Off Nick Kyrgios to Advance in Australian Open

    MELBOURNE, Australia — Rafael Nadal defused the most unpredictable threat in men’s tennis on Monday, defeating Nick Kyrgios 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4) in the fourth round of the Australian Open. As at Wimbledon last year, it was a duel full of emotion, all-court athleticism and entrancing shots. As at Wimbledon, the key swing […] More

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    Steps From the Australian Open, Anger and Activism Have Their Day

    MELBOURNE, Australia — It was a tale of two worlds. One was angry, insistent on forcing social change. The other was walled off from the concerns of the first, insulated by race, privilege and wealth, inside the comforting cocoon of tennis. In the warm late morning on Sunday, the first balls were struck in what […] More

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    Sofia Kenin Emerges as a Fierce Counterpuncher Against Coco Gauff

    MELBOURNE, Australia — What were you doing when you were 15? Sofia Kenin thought for a moment, just a moment, before answering. Kenin thinks as she talks: quickly. “Oh, my God, I was playing ITF juniors,” she said. “I wasn’t out there.” “Out there” on Sunday was the Melbourne Arena, packed to the rafters for […] More