Jessica Pegula, the 2024 U.S. Open runner-up, will lead a new 13-person panel to suggest changes to the women’s tennis calendar, rankings points rules and the requirements about competing in certain events.
Shelton improved to 4-0 in ATP finals and beat Fritz, ranked seventh in the world, after the pair had split their first two meetings.
The top-ranked Alcaraz dropped the first set Sunday as Djokovic went out hard in pursuit of a record 25th major title, but he dug deep to win 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5.
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An even 400 in Grand Slams and 102 in Australia. Novak Djokovic just keeps setting tennis records.
Naomi Osaka withdrew from the Australian Open before her scheduled third-round match against Australian qualifier Maddison Inglis on Saturday, ending a campaign noted strikingly for fashion and friction.
Carlos Alcaraz had to acknowledge that while he won the third-round match, he lost the battle of the drop shots against Corentin Moutet.
Whatever Novak Djokovic told her, it worked for the 18-year-old American in her upset win.
Wawrinka had to dig deep in a 4-hour, 33-minute epic to become the first man 40 or older to reach the third round of a Grand Slam since the 1978 Australian Open.
Fashion and friction have been the defining features for Naomi Osaka in two rounds at the Australian Open that couldn’t have been more different.
Novak Djokovic and Stan Wawrinka made it a day for the ages at the Australian Open.
Defending champion Madison Keys survived a tough second-set challenge but overcame fellow American Ashlyn Krueger 6-1, 7-5.
The combined numbers for day and night sessions, 103,720 fans, set a full-day record for the third time in four days of the main draw at the season-opening major, which has become a festival of tennis.
Carlos Alcaraz says he got together with Roger Federer for a round of golf before the Australian Open, and it went just as the 22-year-old Spaniard expected.
