Danielle Collins ' spat with the Australian Open crowd continued as she stepped onto Rod Laver Arena for her third-round match on Saturday night. The world No. 11 was booed immeditely while walking onto the court and the crowd continued to give her grief, cheering her errors as she faced Madison Keys.
Katie Boulter made a heart-warming request to the Australian Open staff during her fiance Alex de Minaur’s second-round match. Boulter and De Minaur have been labelled tennis’ power couple, with the pair having announced their engagement late last year.
Iga Swiatek, Emma Raducanu and Australian Open
Iga Swiatek took a great risk after breezing past Rebecca Sramkova in the second round of the Australian Open on Thursday (January 16). She declared that Sydney’s coffee shops are better than those in Melbourne and the response annoyed the crowd inside the Rod Laver Arena who started to boo her.
Alex de Minaur has endeared himself to Australian Open fans with a classy answer to a question that landed Iga Swiatek in hot water on Thursday. Swiatek admitted to Jelena Dokic that she prefers Sydney's coffee scene to that of Melbourne,
Jannik Sinner, Iga Swiatek, Taylor Fritz and Alex de Minaur are some of the prominent players who will be in action on the seventh day in Melbourne.
Alex de Minaur, the world No. 8, and Nick Kyrgios, who is back after a two-year battle with knee and wrist injuries, are the headliners for their country at Melbourne Park. Kyrgios emceed the night session on John Cain Arena Monday, before De Minaur headlines Rod Laver Arena, the pantheon of Australian tennis Tuesday night.
MELBOURNE — Everything came so easily for Iga Swiatek during a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Emma Raducanu Saturday in the only Australian Open women’s third-round match between two past Grand Slam champions — if you thought that meant it would be close, you’d have been rather wrong — that this was how she described it:
Iga Swiatek rushed through her first set in 26 minutes and completed her 6-0, 6-2 second-round win over Rebecca Sramkova in an hour at the Australian Open.
Emma Raducanu, Jodie Burrage, Harriet Dart and Jacob Fearnley in round two. The 22nd seed was on the ropes early in the third set against her 98th-ranked opponent but, with fiancee Alex De Minaur ...
Emma Raducanu said she had tried to reach out ... Oh, and guess who is here watching on? Yes, her fiance Alex de Minaur, who booked his place in the third round earlier today with a straight ...
The only women’s match featuring Grand Slam singles champions in the third round at the Australian Open turned out to be an overpowering win by Iga Swiatek over Emma Raducanu