Tennis
Ash Barty has become Australia’s first women’s singles finalist at Wimbledon since 1980 after defeating former champion Angelique Kerber in straight sets in their semi-final on Thursday.
Tennis
Top seed Ash Barty has made it into her first Wimbledon quarter-final, defeating French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova 7-5 6-3 on No.1 Court to set up an all-Aussie quarter final with Ajla Tomljanovic.
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Tennis star Novak Djokovic has revealed he requested to quarantine “with his team” in a Melbourne hotel “instead of Adelaide” ahead of his appearance at a Memorial Drive curtain-raiser to the Australian Open.
World number one tennis star Novak Djokovic, currently isolating in Adelaide, has been given short shrift by state leaders for a list of quarantine demands he reportedly sent Australian Open organisers on behalf of fellow competitors.
The Adelaide International Tennis Tournament scheduled for Memorial Drive in January has been moved to Melbourne, as Tennis Australia shifts main summer events to one state in the lead up to the Australian Open as a coronavirus planning measure similar to the AFL’s Queensland hub.
Novak Djokovic has been kicked out of the US Open for accidentally hitting a line judge in the throat with a tennis ball in a stunning end to his 29-match winning streak and bid for an 18th grand slam title.
