The likes of Elena Rybakina, Jack Draper, Holger Rune, Learner Tien and Gael Monfils will each earn a prize money of A$420,000 from the Australian Open.
MELBOURNE - Jannik Sinner battled through illness to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Monday as his Italian compatriot Lorenzo Sonego ended teenager Learner Tien's fairytale run. Read more at straitstimes.
Monfils won a title in Auckland before this ... Keys won their first two matches, and Rybakina came back to win the next two, including their only meeting of 2024, on hard courts in Miami.
Record-breaking Gael Monfils retired from his Australian ... who upset sixth seed Elena Rybakina 6-3 1-6 6-3.
The pragmatic pro in Gael Monfils would like to have finished off his first-round win in straight sets against up-and-coming fellow Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard at the Australian Open. In a duel between the 38-year-old Monfils and 21-year-old Mpetshi Perricard,
Italian top seed again dropped a set before beating dangerous Dane Holger Rune; Australian TV reporter apologises to Novak Djokovic.
Last year's runner-up Daniil Medvedev smashed his racquet and avoided a huge shock at the Australian Open on Tuesday before joining a rampant Taylor Fritz and veteran Gael Monfils in the second round.
The third day of the Australian Open saw a series of dramatic matches with several upsets and comebacks. French player Gael Monfils triumphed in a tense five-setter, while Daniil Medvedev overcame both his emotions and opponent.
World No.1 and defending champion Jannik Sinner, Iga Swiatek, Elena Rybakina and other big players will be in action on Day 9 of the hard court major at the Melbourne Park.
Record-breaking Gael Monfils retired from his Australian Open fourth round match against young American Ben Shelton, as the 38-year-old’s epic run in Melbourne came to an unfortunate end. An ailing Monfils received a standing ovation as he left the court after trailing 7-6 6-7 7-6 1-0 early in the fourth set.
but Elena Rybakina could not shake off a back problem and fell 6-3 1-6 6-3 to Madison Keys. Monfils, 38, was forced to retire with his own back issue while trailing American young gun Ben Shelton ...
Jannik Sinner advanced to the Australian Open quarter-finals, overcoming illness, while Lorenzo Sonego ended Learner Tien's dream run. Madison Keys surprised Elena Rybakina, and Elina Svitolina uplifted Ukraine by defeating Veronika Kudermetova.