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MELBOURNE :Alize Cornet survived stifling heat to outlast former world number one Simona Halep 6-4 3-6 6-4 in a battle of attrition at the Australian Open on Monday, advancing to her first Grand Slam quarter-final where she will meet Danielle Collins.
Two-time Grand Slam winner Simona Halep is out of the Australian Open, losing in three sets to France's Alize Cornet in hot conditions in Melbourne.
Sydney Thunder batter Usman Khawaja was left feeling hard done by after his controversial dismissal paved the way for their elimination from the Big Bash League finals at the hands of the Adelaide Strikers on Sunday.
Mats Wilander has admitted he got «goosebumps» watching Rafael Nadal’s performance in his latest win at the Australian Open. The 20-time Grand Slam winner beat Adrian Mannarino in straight sets to advance to the quarter-finals but had to come through a epic first set tie-break which lasted 28 minutes — one Wilander described as ‘unbelievable’. Ad/> Speaking in Eurosport’s Cube afterwards, Wilander was in awe of the sheer will to win shown by Nadal not allowing himself to lose the set, even though he would still have been expected to win the match in the end.
Tournament favourite Daniil Medvedev continues his Australian Open quest against Maxime Cressy. With no Novak Djokovic, the Russian is strongly fancied to get his hands on a second Grand Slam title in Melbourne. Ad/> Standing between the No.
Thanasi Kokkinakis has shed more light on an apparent locker room confrontation involving himself, doubles partner Nick Kyrgios and rivals Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic. The Aussie pair stunned the Croatian duo 7-6 6-3 in an entertaining encounter on Friday but appeared to get under the skin of their opponents in the process. Ad/> Following the match, Kyrgios tweeted that Pavic’s coach threatened to fight them behind the scenes.
MELBOURNE: Flashy Frenchman Gael Monfils warned that "I'm not quite finished yet" after winning a drawn-out battle with unfancied Miomir Kecmanovic to reach his second quarter-final at the Australian Open on Sunday (Jan 23).
Ian Cockbain continued his fine run by smashing 65 off 38 balls as Adelaide Strikers beat Sydney Thunder by six runs in the Big Bash League knockout.