Australian Open: Iga Swiatek on meeting Rafael Nadal & being a role model
Poland's Iga Swiatek, who shot to fame by winning the 2020 French Open title as a 19-year-old, is the latest WTA Tour star to feature in a BBC Sport column.
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Another major, another fourth round for sizzling Swiatek
MELBOURNE :Former French Open champion Iga Swiatek continued her consistent streak at Grand Slams, dominating from the baseline to roll over Daria Kasatkina of Russia 6-2 6-3 on Saturday to storm into the Australian Open fourth round.
'I panicked': Evans rues straight sets loss to Auger-Aliassime
Britain's Dan Evans said he "panicked on court" in Saturday's Australian Open third round loss to ninth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime despite having a walkover in the previous round.
Daniil Medvedev on the change to his game that helped him become a defensive ‘genius’ at Australian Open
Daniil Medvedev cruised into the fourth round of the Australian Open after overcoming Botic van de Zandschulp 6-4 6-4 6-2 on Margaret Court Arena. The Russian secured a convincing victory over the Dutchman who achieved his career-best record by progressing through to the third round. Ad/> Medvedev, who reached the 2021 final, will be looking to go one step further this year, and told Mats Wilander, Johanna Konta and Alize Lim that a renewed dedication to fitness has contributed to his emergence as one of the dominant forces in men’s tennis.
Andrey Rublev says he would ‘never put other people’s lives in danger' as he seeks to clarify Covid test comments
Andrey Rublev has insisted he didn’t break any rules when he travelled to Australia and never put anyone at risk of being infected with the coronavirus. Rublev previously caused a stir by telling a Russian sports website that he was still positive for Covid-19 when he flew in ahead of the Australian Open. By then, he had already spent 10 days in quarantine in Spain.
Iga Swiatek outplays Daria Kasatkina in key moments to reach fourth round of Australian Open with straight-sets win
Iga Swiatek is into the second week at the Australian Open for the third straight year after dismantling Daria Kasatkina in straight sets. In a match featuring a number of long rallies between big hitters, Swiatek outplayed her opponent in the key moments — saving eight of the nine break points she faced — to win 6-2, 6-3. Ad/> It made the former French Open winner the only woman to have reached the fourth round of the last six Grand Slam tournaments.
Swiatek sails through to fourth round of Australian Open
MELBOURNE : Poland's former French Open champion Iga Swiatek dominated from the baseline to roll over Daria Kasatkina of Russia 6-2 6-3 on Saturday to storm into the Australian Open fourth round.
Medvedev gets crowd onside to reach last 16 for fourth year
Russian title favourite Daniil Medvedev cruised into the fourth round at the Australian Open with an unruffled straight-sets victory over Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp on Saturday.