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  Australian Open's hard quarantine 'took a toll' on players

  February 10, 2021 13:48 IST

  Several players admitted that being in quarantine for two weeks, with no windows in some room, really took a mental toll on them ahead of the Grand Slam.

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  Australian Open 2021: Venus Williams rolls ankle, falls to Sara Errani

  February 10, 2021 12:30 IST

  Venus made a heartbreaking exit after rolling her ankle in her second-round match against Sara Errani, losing 6-1, 6-0 in just over an hour.

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  Australian Open 2021: Dominic Thiem eases into 3rd round; Stan Wawrinka ousted

  February 10, 2021 12:05 IST

  Thiem has eased through the second round of the Australian Open with a 6-4, 6-0, 6-2 win over Donimik Koepfer; 

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  Australian Open 2021: Serena Williams strolls into 3rd round, Petra Kvitova falls

  February 10, 2021 10:34 IST

  Two-time Wimbledon champion Kvitova has become the second top 10 women’s player to fall in the second round of the Australian Open.  

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  Australian Open 2021: Rohan Bopanna knocked out in opening round of men's doubles

  February 10, 2021 10:49 IST

  Rohan Bopanna and Ben McLachlan lose opening round 4-6, 6-7 (0), to Ji Sung Nam and Min-Kyu Song.

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  Australian Open 2021: Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic in 2nd round

  February 09, 2021 19:57 IST

  Serena Williams continues her quest for a record 24th Grand Slam singles title when she plays her second-round match against Nina Stojanovic of Serbia.

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  Australian Open 2021: Stefanos Tsitsipas routs Gilles Simon to reach 2nd round

  February 09, 2021 18:02 IST

  Tsitsipas has a lot of support within Melbourne's large Greek community and felt at home in an extended on-court interview.

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  Australian Open 2021: Ashleigh Barty makes Grand Slam return with 6-0, 6-0 win

  February 09, 2021 15:25 IST

  Barty lost in the semifinals of last year’s Australian Open to eventual champion Sofia Kenin, then skipped the French Open and U.S. Open because she stayed in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  Australian Open: Rafael Nadal up and running with easy win over Laslo Djere in 1st round

  February 09, 2021 12:52 IST

  Nadal seemed in firm control of his game despite injury worries as he ousted Laslo Djere with ease 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 in an hour and 52 minutes.

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  Looking forward: Denis Shapovalov tops teenage Jannik Sinner in Australian Open 2021

  February 08, 2021 22:06 IST

  But winning a title the day before his Australian Open first-round match against 21-year-old, No. 11-seeded Denis Shapovalov was a stretch too far.

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  'Makes my heart full' to see Australian Open crowd: Novak Djokovic

  February 08, 2021 20:39 IST

  Top-ranked Djokovic began his Australian Open title defense with a clinical, 6-3, 6-1, 6-2 victory over Jeremy Chardy in the closing act of the day 1 program on Rod Laver Arena.

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  Australian Open 2021: Novak Djokovic dominates Jeremy Chardy again to reach 2nd round

  February 08, 2021 18:33 IST

  The top-ranked Djokovic was never close to losing against the 33-year-old Chardy, maintaining a winning streak that dates back to 2009.

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  Australian Open 2021: No. 2 Rafael Nadal to face Laslo Djere in 1st Round

  February 08, 2021 15:17 IST

  Rafael Nadal starts his bid for a men’s record 21st major singles title with a first-round match against Laslo Djere on Rod Laver Arena. 

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  Fans are in, but crowd numbers are thin at Australian Open

  February 08, 2021 15:44 IST

  Attendance for this year's first Grand Slam tournament is capped at 30,000 per day. On Day 1 last year, 64,387 fans crammed onto the grounds at Melbourne Park.

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  Serena, Venus, Osaka cruise into Australia Open second round

  February 08, 2021 9:50 IST

  Serena Williams opened her campaign in an emphatic manner as she zipped past Laura Siegemund of Germany, 6-1, 6-1.

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  Australian Open on alert as 2nd hotel worker tests positive for Covid-19

  February 08, 2021 9:41 IST

  A quarantine worker at one of the hotels directly linked to the Australian Open had also tested positive, forcing the cancellation of a day's play at lead-in events.

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  Australian Open: Ankita Raina becomes third Indian woman to feature in Grand Slam main draw

  February 07, 2021 13:28 IST

  Raina achieved the feat after she made the cut for the women's doubles event of the Australian Open.

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  Legendary Davis Cup coach Akhtar Ali dies at 83

  February 07, 2021 12:45 IST

  Akhtar, father of India's current Davis Cup coach Zeeshan Ali, was 83 and breathed his last in Kolkata.

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  Ash Barty back with a tournament win; Russia wins ATP Cup final

  February 07, 2021 11:56 IST

  Top-ranked Barty cashed in on her first championship point against Garbine Muguruza in the Yarra Valley Classic, while Daniil Medvedev clinched the ATP Cup title for Russia.

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  Injuries everywhere; Russia, Italy to meet in ATP Cup final

  February 06, 2021 13:50 IST

  Russia will meet Italy in the final after Fabio Fognini beat Pablo Carreno 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 and Matteo Berrettini swept Roberto Bautista 6-3, 7-5 to account for 2020 runner-up Spain.

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  Watch: 2019 French Open champion Ash Barty plays cricket on tennis court; bowls with tennis racquet

  February 06, 2021 10:10 IST

  Australian tennis player Ashleigh Barty, who has been a former cricketer, took to Twitter to share a video of her bowling with a tennis racquet.

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  Naomi Osaka, Victoria Azarenka withdraw from Australian Open tuneup tournaments

  February 06, 2021 7:12 IST

  No. 3-ranked Osaka pulled out of her Gippsland Trophy semifinal against Elise Mertens, citing a “niggling injury."

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  Sumit Nagal draws Ricardas Berankis in Australian Open first round clash

  February 05, 2021 16:34 IST

  Ankita Raina, who was waiting to know if she gets 'lucky loser' spot in the women's singles, could not make the cut.

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  Injury scare for Serena Williams ahead of Australian Open; withdraws before semis match vs Barty

  February 05, 2021 14:46 IST

  Serena Williams withdrew from an Australian Open tuneup tournament citing a right shoulder injury.

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  Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka drawn in same half at Australian Open

  February 05, 2021 13:22 IST

  First up for the seven-time Australian Open champion will be Laura Siegemund of Germany.

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  Serena Williams into semis against Ashleigh Barty in Australian Open tuneup

  February 05, 2021 13:06 IST

  The 23-time Grand Slam champion needed a match tiebreaker to beat fellow American Danielle Collins 6-2, 4-6, 10-6.

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  Ash Barty gets play back under way in Australian Open tuneup events

  February 05, 2021 8:54 IST

  To speed things up a little, 17 courts were being used and women's matches were reduced to two regular sets with a 10-point match tiebreaker if required.

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  Australian Open 2021: Organisers confident of tournament starting on time

  February 04, 2021 15:01 IST

  Anyone who quarantined at the Grand Hyatt hotel was deemed to be casual contacts of the 26-year-old infected quarantine worker, which suspended play in all tune-up tournaments for Australian Open on Thursday.