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Tennis Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and doubles partner Erin Routliffe are moving on to the quarterfinals at the Australian Open. Djokovic reaches men’s quarterfinals, tying Federer’s Grand Slam recordThe Associated Press · Posted: Jan 20, 2024 9:59 PM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours ago Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski, right, and partnerContinue Reading

Tennis·ROUNDUP Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime was ousted from the Australian Open on Saturday, taking a straight-sets loss to Russia’s Daniil Medvedev in Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena. Top women’s seed Iga Swiatek also exits in 3rd roundThe Canadian Press · Posted: Jan 20, 2024 8:43 AM EST | Last Updated: 44 minutes agoContinue Reading

Tennis·ROUNDUP Novak Djokovic is starting to feel better about his health and his game, winning in straight sets in Melbourne on Friday for the first time this tournament with a 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (2) victory over Tomas Martin Etcheverry in his 100th Australian Open match. Defending womens champ Aryna Sabalenka,Continue Reading

Tennis·Updated Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the third round of the Australian Open with a four-set victory on Thursday in Melbourne. The Montreal native topped Hugo Grenier of France 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2. Top-ranked women’s player Iga Swiatek escapes with a narrow winThe Associated Press · Posted: Jan 18, 2024 7:20Continue Reading

Tennis·Updated Canada’s Leylah Fernandez won’t be moving on to the third round of the Australian Open after losing her match on Wednesday in Melbourne. American Alycia Parks reached the third round of a Grand Slam singles tournament for the first time with a 7-5, 6-4 win over the 32nd-ranked tennis playerContinue Reading

Tennis·ROUNDUP Top-ranked Iga Swiatek survived an early test of her Australian Open title hopes when she beat former champion Sofia Kenin 7-6 (2), 6-2 in the first round on Tuesday. Former U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens ends 5-year victory drought Simon Cambers · The Associated Press · Posted: Jan 15,Continue Reading

Tennis·ROUNDUP Coco Gauff began her quest for back-to-back Grand Slam singles titles with a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Anna Karolina Schmiedlova at the Australian Open on Monday in Melbourne. 7th-seeded Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova bouncedThe Associated Press · Posted: Jan 14, 2024 9:58 PM EST | Last Updated: 10 hoursContinue Reading

Tennis·ROUNDUP It wasn’t vintage Leylah Fernandez, but the 21-year-old from Laval, Que., found a way to grind out a victory on Saturday in her opening singles match at the 15-day Australian Open. Laval, Que., native tops 17-year-old Czech qualifier Sara Bejlek in MelbourneThe Canadian Press · Posted: Jan 13, 2024Continue Reading

Tennis Rebecca Marino has advanced past fellow Canadian Katherine Sebov in qualifying to make the first round of the Australian Open in Melbourne. Montreal’s Diallo eliminated on men’s side of qualifiers in MelbourneThe Canadian Press · Posted: Jan 11, 2024 10:55 PM EST | Last Updated: 7 hours ago Vancouver’sContinue Reading