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Australian Open: Craig Tiley 'absolutely confident' Grand Slam will go ahead
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Wednesday, 03 February 2021 23:36
Australian Open boss Craig Tiley says he is "absolutely confident" the Grand Slam will start as planned on Monday, despite 160 players waiting for the outcome of coronavirus tests.Play at six warm-up events and the Slam draws were postponed on Thursday."We fully expect to keep the original schedule after today," said Tiley.The warm-up events, which are all taking place at…
Australian Open: Ashleigh Barty returns to Grand Slam tennis with 'no regrets'
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Wednesday, 03 February 2021 22:23
Until this week in Melbourne, world number one Ashleigh Barty had not played a competitive match since 28 February last year.A three-set defeat by Petra Kvitova in the semi-finals in Doha may have stung at the time, but high-profile events in Indian Wells and Miami were just around the corner.Or so she thought.All professional tennis was suspended on 11 March…
Australian Open: Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska has doping ban appeal rejected by Cas
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Wednesday, 03 February 2021 07:26
Dayana Yastremska will miss the Australian Open after an appeal against a doping ban was rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).The 20-year-old took the case to Cas after the International Tennis Federation refused to lift the ban.Her appeal was fast-tracked as she hoped to play in next week's Australian Open, but it was dismissed by Cas."Ms Yastremska…
ATP Cup: Germany beat Canada after Alexander Zverev wins; Italy, Russia reach semi-finals
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Wednesday, 03 February 2021 04:11
Alexander Zverev won his first match of the year as Germany beat Canada 2-1 in their ATP Cup group tie.The 23-year-old, runner-up to Dominic Thiem in September's US Open final, settled the tie with a 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 7-6 (7-4) win over Denis Shapovalov after Jan-Lennard Struff beat Milos Raonic.Zverev said having his older brother, Mischa, as team captain had…
Murray River Open: Nick Kyrgios wins after stopping match to speak to supervisor
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Wednesday, 03 February 2021 03:22
Nick Kyrgios stopped play for almost five minutes and called the umpires "peanuts" in the latest chapter of the combustible Australian's on-court antics just two matches into his tour return.The 25-year-old, who missed most of 2020 because of the pandemic, was unhappy about being given a time violation while serving in his Murray River Open match against Harry Bourchier on…
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