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Can Kyle Edmund win the Australian Open?
Kyle Edmund looks more and more like the real deal after every match at this year’s Australian Open. Not only did he pick up perhaps the best victory of his career against South Africa’s Kevin Anderson in the first round, but he backed it up with a confident five-set win against Andreas Seppi. Now, with Edmund…
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Kyle Edmund beats Kevin Anderson at the Australian Open
Wow. After being less than optimistic about Kyle Edmund’s draw in the first round of the Australian Open, we take it all back. The 23-year-old British No.2 has pulled off one of the best performances of his career to knock out 11th seed Kevin Anderson – a result that even overshadowed his luminous pink outfit. Edmund,…
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Tricky first round draw for Brits Down Under
The first round draw for next week’s Australian Open has been confirmed – and it’s quite a difficult one for the British players. This year sees Johanna Konta, Heather Watson, Kyle Edmund and hopefully Naomi Broady (if she gets through the last two rounds of qualifying) take to the courts in Melbourne. While, on paper, British…
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Highlights: Serena Williams eases past Johanna Konta in the Australian Open
Serena Williams is now one step closer to picking up a record-breaking 23rd major title after easily beating British No.1 Johanna Konta in the quarter-final of the Australian Open last night. The match, which finished 6-2 6-3, saw the American take control early on and never let it go, breaking Konta’s serve (her most important weapon)…
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How can Johanna Konta beat Serena Williams?
The British No.1 Johanna Konta is currently on an astonishing run of form, winning eight sets in a row at the Australian Open – along with the ten she picked up in her Apia International victory. However, tonight (at midnight, if you’re in the UK) she will face one of the biggest challenges in her…
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Impressive Johanna Konta sets up Australian Open quarter-final against Serena Williams
With every win, Johanna Konta looks more and more like the real deal – a Grand Slam champion in the making. Her latest victory – against Russian Ekaterina Makarova, who she beat 6-1, 6-4 –in the fourth round of the Australian Open proved that the British No.1 is able to handle both the rising pressure and…
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Dan Evans does it again in the Australian Open to join Andy Murray in the fourth round
Blimey, this tournament keeps getting better and better. Following his career-best victory over Marin Čilić, “Dangerous Dan” Evans has romped into the fourth round of the Australian Open with a brilliant, turbulent 7-5, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3) victory over Australia’s last men’s hope Bernard Tomic. The match was a classic, twisting and simmering with plenty of intrigue.…
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Johanna Konta strolls through to the third round of the Australian Open
It was a topsy-turvy fourth day of the Australian Open: the tennis world collectively rubbed its eyes in disbelief as World No.2 Novak Djokovic fell foul of Uzbeki World No.117 Denis Istomin in five sets, while third seed Agnieszka Radwanska was beaten easily by veteran Mirjana Lucic-Baroni in straight sets. It was also a day…
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Who has won the most Grand Slam matches?
Now that the Australian Open is in full swing under the sweltering Melbourne sun, what better time to take a step back and look at the bigger picture of Grand Slam victories past and present? So don your stat hat and join Tennis Talent for a rundown of the ten players who have won the…
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Murray cruises through to the third round of the Australian Open
In the end, it wasn’t much of a contest. It took Sir Andy Murray a mere 63 minutes to open up a two-set gap against 19-year-old Andrey Rublev (who has a well-documented penchant for awkwardly covering One Direction songs), before romping home with the match 6-3 6-0 6-2. The tie wasn’t without incident, however. Early on…
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