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Novak Djokovic has advanced to the second round of the Australian Open Grand Slam tournament. The Serbian tennis player, who was unable to compete in Melbourne last year due to not being vaccinated for COVID-19, defeated Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena 6-3, 6-4, 6-0.more

It was a turbulent year for Daria Kasatkina. The Russian tennis player, like her countrymen, was not allowed to play at Wimbledon, spoke out against the war in Ukraine, and six months ago announced her coming out.more

Due to the heat, the competition on some courts during the Australian Open tennis tournament was suspended for several hours today. For this reason, there will be a considerable delay in Magda Linette's match with the Egyptian Mayar Sherif.more

Iga Świątek defeated German tennis player Jule Niemeier 6:4, 7:5 and advanced to the second round of the Grand Slam Australian Open tournament in Melbourne. Another rival of the Pole will be Colombian Camila Osorio.more

Hubert Hurkacz defeated Spanish tennis player Pedro Martinez 7:6 (7-1), 6:2, 6:2 and advanced to the second round of the Grand Slam Australian Open in Melbourne. The Pole's next opponent will be Italian Lorenzo Sonego.more

Eight months ago, Jule Niemeier was out of the top 100 and waiting to make her Grand Slam debut. Now the German is 68th on the WTA list and has reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon and the 1/8 finals of the US Open. "This is a new wave in tennis" - the organizers of the Australian Open write about the 23-year-old rival Iga Świątek.more

The prize pool of the Australian Open tennis tournament, which starts after the weekend, amounts to a record 76.5 million Australian dollars. The rewards for singles winners have been slightly increased, now earning 2.975 million each.more

World number one Iga Swiatek will start her participation in the Australian Open with a match against German tennis player Jule Niemeier. No. 10 seed Hubert Hurkacz faces Spaniard Pedro Martinez, while Magda Linette faces Egyptian Mayar Sherif.more

Inappropriate behavior towards Novak Djokovic will be punishable by removal from the stands, Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley has warned. A Serbian tennis player was deported from Australia a year ago for not being vaccinated against COVID-19.more

Magdalena Fręch lost to the lower ranked American Sachia Vickery 4:6, 5:7 in the second qualifying round for the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne.more

Iga Świątek still leads the world ranking of tennis players with a large advantage. The 21-year-old Polish woman scored 11,025 points, more than twice as much as the runner-up - Tunisian Ons Jabeur (5,180 points). Meanwhile, Hubert Hurkacz again fell out of the top ten of the world tennis ranking.more

Magdalena Fręch defeated Austrian Sinja Kraus 6:2, 6:0 in the first qualifying round for the Australian Open Grand Slam. The next rival of the Polish tennis player will be American Sachia Vickery.more

The leader of the world ranking of tennis players Iga Świątek withdrew from the WTA tournament in Adelaide starting on Monday. The reason given by the Polish woman was an injury to her right shoulder.more

Poland lost 5-0 to the USA in the semi-final match of the United Cup mixed teams tennis tournament in Australia. Hubert Hurkacz, Magda Linette and Alicja Rosolska and Łukasz Kubot suffered defeats yesterday.more

The leader of the world ranking of tennis players Iga Świątek was awarded by the French sports daily "L'Equipe" with the title of "Champion of Champions", honoring the best sportswoman of 2022. She overtook Dutch cyclist Annemiek Van Vleuten and Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser.more

Poland loses to the USA 0:2 after two singles semi-final matches of the United Cup mixed teams tennis tournament in Australia. Iga Swiatek lost to Jessica Pegula 2:6, 2:6 and Kacper Żuk lost to Frances Tiafoe 3:6, 3:6.more

Poland defeated Italy 3:2 and advanced to the semi-finals of the United Cup tennis tournament of mixed teams in Australia. The decisive point was scored in the mixed doubles by Iga Świątek and Hubert Hukarcz, who defeated Camilla Rosatello and Lorenzo Musetti 6:1, 6:2.more

Magda Linette defeated Jil Teichmann 5:7, 6:4, 6:1 in the fourth match between Poland and Switzerland in the United Cup tennis tournament of mixed teams in Australia. The white-and-reds are leading 3:1 and before the duel of mixed doubles they are sure of victory, and thus promotion to the knockout phase.more

Hubert Hurkacz beat Stan Wawrinka 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 in the third match between Poland and Switzerland in the United Cup tennis tournament in Australia. The White and Reds took the lead 2:1.more

Iga Swiatek and Hubert Hurkacz won against Zybek Kulyabayeva and Grigory Lomakin 6:3, 6:4 in the final match of Poland's rivalry with Kazakhstan at the United Cup mixed teams tennis tournament in Australia. The red and white team won 4:1.more

The leader of the WTA ranking Iga Świątek won with Kazakhstan Julia Putintseva 6:1, 6:3 in the first match between Poland and Kazakhstan in the United Cup mixed teams tournament in Australia.more

Famous tennis player Novak Djokovic has admitted that he is unlikely to ever forget his expulsion from Australia a year ago for not being vaccinated against COVID-19. However, the Serbian has expressed a desire to "move forward" by starting the 2023 season in the country.more

Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal expressed his satisfaction with the information that his Serbian rival Novak Djokovic has already appeared in Australia and will play in the Grand Slam Australian Open, which he missed in 2022. Nadal considered the return "good for tennis".more

Iga Swiatek started the 39th week as the leader of the women's tennis world ranking. To reach the top ten of the ranking, the Pole will still have to overtake Belarusian Victoria Azarenka (51st week), Romanian Simona Halep (57th) and Danish player of Polish origin Caroline Wozniacki (71st).more

Iga Swiatek got smashed by Elena Rybakina easily in Dubai proving that she's only human as the Hawks are set to take a commanding lead over the Eagles.more