CNN — Two-time champion Naomi Osaka has pulled out of the Australian Open, tournament organizers announced on Sunday, without elaborating on the reason. “Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the Australian Open. We will miss her at #AO2023,” the Australian Open tweeted. Former world No. 1 Osaka was not listed to play in warm-up tournaments in […]
CNN — Venus Williams has withdrawn from the Australian Open due to an injury she sustained at the ASB Classic in New Zealand, tournament organizers announced via Twitter on Saturday. The American was awarded a main-draw wild card for what would have been her 22nd appearance at the Australian Open, 25 years after her tournament […]
CNN — Men’s world No. 1 tennis player Carlos Alcaraz will miss this month’s Australian Open due to a leg injury, the 19-year-old Spaniard said on Friday. In a tweet, Alcaraz said he injured a muscle in his right leg “through a chance, unnatural movement in training.” “It’s tough, but I have to be optimistic, […]
CNN — Australia’s Ashleigh Barty, who retired from professional tennis last year after winning the Australian Open, has announced on Instagram she is pregnant. “2023 set to be the best year yet. We are so excited for our new adventure,” she wrote on Friday, posting a picture of her dog Origi and a pair of […]
CNN — Jessica Pegula, the daughter of Buffalo Bills owner Terry Pegula, secured her first career victory over a world No. 1 on Friday, beating Poland’s Iga Świątek 6-2 6-2 in the opening match of the United Cup semifinal in Sydney. The 28-year-old American lost all four of her matches against Świątek last season, but […]
Britain’s Emma Raducanu retired at 6-0 5-7 in her second-round match against Slovakian Viktoria Kuzmova at the WTA 250 Auckland Classic on Thursday after rolling her ankle, casting doubt on her participation at this month’s Australian Open. Former US Open champion Raducanu swept the first set in 22 minutes but faltered in the second and […]
Reuters — Retired Australian Open champion Ash Barty is returning to Melbourne Park for this year’s event to mentor local hope Olivia Gadecki, who received a wildcard for the season’s first Grand Slam. Former world number one Barty called time on her career last March, shortly after ending her country’s 44-year wait for a home […]
CNN — Tennis great Martina Navratilova says she has been diagnosed with both stage one throat and breast cancer, according to a statement on the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) website. “This double whammy is serious but still fixable,” the 66-year-old said in the statement Monday. “I’m hoping for a favorable outcome. It’s going to stink […]
CNN — It’s believed to be a sport that started with a siesta. The intense heat in Acapulco, Mexico meant businessman Enrique Corcuera would take a nap at his family home each afternoon. His daughter Viviana, meanwhile, would irritate him by hitting tennis balls against the walls of the house. That prompted Corcuera to build […]
CNN — Boris Becker says a prison “inmate tried to kill” him during the tennis great’s incarceration in a British jail during an interview that was aired Tuesday by German broadcaster Sat 1. The inmate at Huntercombe prison, who Becker calls John, had been in prison for over 16 years, for killing two people when […]
