Perhaps they remember her from Junior Orange Bowl tournaments at Salvadore Park and Biltmore Tennis Center in Coral Gables, or from the Crandon Park Tennis Center in Key Biscayne, where 5-foot-10 Keys dazzled spectators with her 114 mph serve as a 14-year-old in the Orange Bowl Under-18s division.
However, no tennis fan can deny that Osaka looks much stronger on the court this year. She is 6-2 and quietly racking up rankings points. On Monday, the WTA Rankings were updated after the Australian Open, and Osaka made huge strides.
World No. 2 Alexander Zverev was forced to address previous domestic abuse allegations made against him after he was heckled by a member of the crowd after the Australian Open final on Sunday.
What California is to America, Australia has often been for tennis — the lab where new stuff goes for a test drive
Taylor Townsend of the United States has returned to the court on which her career first took flight, teaming with Katerina Siniakova to beat Hsieh Su-Wei and Jelena Ostapenko 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-3 in the women’s doubles final at the Australian Open.
Jannik Sinner defeated Alexander Zverev 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-3, in the Australian Open final, becoming the first repeat men's champion since Novak
Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley said he is confident Novak Djokovic will return to the season-opening Grand Slam next year after injury ended the 37-year-old's latest challenge in the semi-finals at Melbourne Park.
The RBA has maintained the Official Cash Rate (OCR) steady at 4.35% since November 2023, claiming inflation needs to “sustainably” return to its target band of 2% - 3% before considering a rate cut. The latest Board meeting took place in December, and officials claimed they were “gaining confidence” that inflation was moving in the right direction.
The men's edition of the 2025 Australian Open was won by Jannik Sinner almost without any difficulty. The world number 1 has shown all his superiority on hard courts and the only hard moment of his tournament was the small discomfort he suffered against Rune in the round of sixteen.
In the Round of 16 at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz on Thursday, Sara Sorribes Tormo (ranked No. 99) takes on Karolina Muchova (No. 19).Muchova’s last action was on January 14, 2025 at the