Nottingham, UK, 17 June 2017 | tennis.com.au
Ashleigh Barty’s Nottingham campaign is over, beaten by top seed Johanna Konta in the quarterfinals.
The No.8-ranked Brit proved too strong for the Australian, recording a 6-3 7-5 victory in 90 minutes.
Konta, who had never gone past the quarterfinal stage in Nottingham, dictated the match early and didn’t face a break point on her serve in the opening set.
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Sam Stosur withdraws from Wimbledon with stress fracture in her right hand.
Melbourne VIC 3001, Australia, 16 June 2017 | Leigh Rogers
Sam Stosur will miss Wimbledon and could be sidelined for up to two months.
The 33-year-old received the bad news after consulting doctors in Melbourne today, where she was diagnosed with a stress fracture in her right hand.
“It happened during the French (Open) and since then I’ve literally done nothing. It is still pretty sore and swollen, so until that goes down I can’t do too much with it,” she said.
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Melbourne VIC, Australia, 16 June 2017 | tennis.com.au
Sam Stosur looks likely to miss Wimbledon as the full extent of her hand injury sustained at Roland Garros has been revealed.
As reported in The Herald Sun, Stosur returned home after her injury-affected fourth-round loss to Jelena Ostapenko in Paris and was found to have a stress fracture in her right hand.
She has withdrawn from Eastbourne and will most likely miss Wimbledon.
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Thanasi Kokkinakis is out of the ATP tour event in Den Bosch in the Netherlands.
The 21-year-old Australian, on the comeback trail after missing more than a year through abdominal and shoulder injuries, lost 6-3 7-6(3) to Daniil Medvedev of Russia on Thursday.
Kokkinakis claimed his first Tour win since August 2015 on Tuesday when he beat Medvedev’s countryman Mikhail Youzhny in the first round.
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Nottingham, UK, 15 June 2017 | AAP
Ash Barty on Wednesday stormed into the quarterfinals of the Nottingham Open in England.
The 21-year-old Australian booked her spot in the final eight with an impressive 6-2 6-1 rout of Croatian world No.167 Jana Fett.
Barty was rarely troubled throughout the 55-minute match and has set herself up for a likely quarterfinal showdown with top-seeded Brit Johanna Konta.
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Pat Harrison was a heck of a player at Ok St, and a darn good coach, and he couldn’t be more proud of his three kids, Ryan, Christian, and Madison….the oldest of which just did some serious damage as AN AMERICAN IN PARIS!!
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Melbourne VIC, Australia, 14 June 2017 | tennis.com.au
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| Ricoh Open – s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (Grass) | ||||
| R32 | Adrian Mannarino (FRA) | d | Jordan Thompson (NSW) | 6-4 6-1 |
| R32 | [PR] Thanasi Kokkinakis (SA) | d | Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) | 6-4 7-5 |
| Mercedes Cup – Stuttgart, Germany (Grass) | ||||
| R32 | Bernard Tomic (Qld) | d | Stephane Robert (FRA) | 6-1 5-7 6-2 |
Challenger
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Stuttgart, Germany, 14 June 2017 | AAP
Bernard Tomic has ended a three-tournament run of first round exits with an opening-round victory in Stuttgart, the German city where he was born.
The win over French journeyman Stephane Robert, was not simple for the struggling Australian however.
Tomic eventually prevailed over the world No.139 6-1 5-7 6-2 but not before blowing a seemingly unassailable lead in spectacular fashion.
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Nottingham, UK, 14 June 2017 | AAP
The Ash Barty resurgence is continuing on one week after her and doubles partner Casey Dellacqua lost the French Open final.
Barty started her Nottingham tournament slowly, dropping the opening set to German world No.92 Tatjana Maria before rallying to break Maria twice in the second set and rout her in the third for a 4-6 6-3 6-0 victory.
The win has booked Barty a second round battle with 20-year-old Croatian qualifier Jana Fett.
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Thanasi Kokkinakis has scored his first tour-level singles win in almost two years with a straight-sets victory over Mikhail Youzhny in 's-Hertogenbosch.
's Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, 14 June 2017 | AAP
It’s been a long road back from injury but Thanasi Kokkinakis has claimed his first ATP tour win since August 2015.
The 21-year-old, who missed the back end of 2015 and all of 2016 – bar a cameo at the Rio Olympics – with shoulder and abdominal injuries was playing just his third match of 2017 when he beat Russian veteran Mikhail Youzhny 6-4 7-5 in the first round at ‘s-Hertogenbosch.
While it was a day to celebrate for Kokkinakis it wasn’t so for his Australian compatriot Jordan Thompson, who was beaten 6-4 6-1 by Frenchman Adrian Mannarino.
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Australian tennis stars Casey Dellacqua and Ashleigh Barty have fallen one win shy of an elusive grand slam women’s crown on Sunday night, beaten 6-2 6-1 by top seeds Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova in the French Open final at Roland Garros.
The first all-Australian women’s pairing to make the title match in Paris in 46 years, Dellacqua and Barty were downed in 66 minutes.
Despite coming up short, it’s been a successful campaign for the two Australians after both looked lost to tennis not so long ago.
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Sydney teen Alexei Popyrin snaps 49-year title drought for an Australian boys' singles champion at Roland Garros.
Paris, France, 10 June 2017 | Leigh Rogers
Alexei Popyrin is the French Open 2017 boys’ singles champion.
The 17-year-old Sydney talent ended a 49-year title drought for Australians in Paris, recording a 7-6(5) 6-3 win over Spain’s Nicola Kuhn in the final.
After a tight first set, Popyrin took charge early in the second to secure a double break and race to a 4-1 advantage.
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Melbourne & Olympic Parks, Olympic Blvd, Melbourne VIC • 3001, Australia, 10 June 2017 | Tennis Australia
Australian junior Alexei Popyrin is through to the Boys’ singles final at Roland Garros. The 17 year-old from Sydney needed exactly one hour to beat regular doubles partner Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-4 6-2 in the semifinals.
In a tight first set the pair traded breaks before Popyrin was able to take the decisive advantage. Carrying the momentum into the second set, Popyrin was able to break Fokina on three occasions to serve out his place in Saturday’s title match.
Popyrin is aiming to become the first Aussie junior to lift the Roland Garros title since Phil Dent in 1968. Greg Jones, a runner-up in 2007, was our last junior finalist.
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Casey Dellacqua and Ash Barty are on the cusp of making history at Roland Garros as the pair secure a berth in the Final.
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Casey Dellacqua and Ashleigh Barty are one win away from an historic French Open triumph after marching into the women’s doubles final in Paris.
Dellacqua and Barty extended their claycourt winning streak to nine matches with a 7-5 4-6 6-3 semi-final victory over Czech sixth seeds Lucie Hradecka and Katerina Siniakova to become the first all-Australian women’s pairing to make the title match at Roland Garros in 46 years.
Now the Fed Cup teammates have the chance on Sunday to atone for several grand slam near misses and become the first all-Aussie team to land the women’s title in the French capital in the near half-century era of professional tennis.
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Alexei Popyrin becomes first Australian to reach French Open boys' semifinals in seven years.
Paris, France, 9 June 2017 | Leigh Rogers
Alexei Popyrin has become the first Australian to reach the French Open boys’ singles semifinals in seven years.
The 17-year-old Sydney talent powered into the final four with a hard-fought 4-6 6-1 7-5 victory over American Gianni Ross in the quarterfinals last night.
Popyrin, the tournament’s third seed, hit five aces and won 77 per cent of first serve points in the one hour, 47 minute battle.
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Paris, France, 8 June 2017 | tennis.com.au
Australians Blake Ellis and Alexei Popyrin are rewriting history in the French Open junior boys’ singles draw.
The two promising talents have advanced to the quarterfinals, the first time two Australian boys have reached that stage in Paris in more than a decade.
Ellis eliminated Hungarian fourth seed Zsombor Piros, the Australian Open 2017 champion, 3-6 6-1 6-2 in the third round. The 18-year-old from Brisbane now faces Spanish No.11 seed Nicola Kuhn in the quarterfinals, played tonight (from 7pm AEST).
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Duo aiming to become first all-Australian women's doubles pair in half a century to reach all four Grand Slam finals.
Paris, France, 8 June 2017 | Darren Walton, AAP
Comeback queens Casey Dellacqua and Ashleigh Barty are on the verge of accomplishing one of the greatest feats in Australian tennis history after surging into the French Open doubles semifinals in Paris.
Less than a year after returning to tennis from turbulent time-outs, Dellacqua and Barty are one tantalising win away from becoming the first all-Australian pairing to reach the women’s doubles final at all four Grand Slam events in half a century.
A 6-3 6-4 triumph over China’s Saisai Zheng and Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu has thrust the Fed Cup teammates into a showdown on Friday with Czech duo Lucie Hradecka and Katerina Siniakova for a place in Sunday’s title match.
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