And now, after all these years, tennis fans are set for a treat on Sunday. Over the last 13 years, the duo has taken the sport to new heights. The rivalry between the two has lifted each other’s game to levels never seen before in the sport. Federer, of course, has more Grand Slams than any male player in the history of the sport with 17. Nadal, on the other hand, is joint-second with 14....
The 20-year-old won 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 inside Melbourne Arena but had to overcome her fair share of scares in the process. MORE: Serena debuts one-legged ‘catsuit’ Andreescu came into the tournament as the No. 8 seed, in her first match back after more than an injury layoff of more than a year. It looked like business as usual for Andreescu in the first set, but the underdog from Romania made inroads in the second to take it to a decider....
Date: January 20, 2023. Tournament: Australian Open 2023. Round: Third round (Round of 32). Venue: Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia. Category: Grand Slam. Surface: Outdoor Hardcourt. Prize money: A$76,500,000. Live telecast: USA - ESPN | UK - Eurosport | India - Sony Six, Sony Ten & Sony Liv. Iga Swiatek vs Cristina Bucsa preview World No. 1 Iga Swiatek will aim for a last-16 berth when she takes on Moldovan-born Spanish qualifier Cristina Bucsa in the third round of the 2023 Australian Open on Friday....
Matches will be played at the tournament’s showpiece stadium - Rod Laver Arena - while there is also three showcourts including Margaret Court Arena and the new Kia Arena. The second largest stadium is John Cain Arena - which is the multi-purpose venue that was previously named Melbourne Arena. MORE: Australian Open 2023 tennis tickets: How to buy, price, seating options at Melbourne Park Sporting News investigates the man behind the stadium and looks at the history behind the venue....
Can Novak Djokovic defeat Stefanos Tsitsipas to win a 10th title at Melbourne Park? And can Aryna Sabalenka claim a maiden Grand Slam title against reigning Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina? The Sporting News has your one-stop shop to follow all the happenings at Melbourne Park. Australian Open 2023: Live scores from today’s matches Follow live scores from every men’s and women’s singles match during Australian Open 2023 tennis tournament with The Sporting News’ scoreboard....
“Black Boy” by Richard Wright. It indelibly imprinted on me the horrors my grandparents and parents faced as blacks in the pre-civil-rights Deep South. “Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877” by Eric Foner. A magnificent scholarly edifice. “Our Undemocratic Constitution” by Sanford Levinson. A fearless examination of the Constitution by one of the most adventurous (and overlooked) U.S. intellectuals. “Four Quartets” by T. S. Eliot. Because it contains the poem “East Coker,” in which one finds the lines: “For us, there is only the trying....
Autimatic is a well-known Counter-Strike player. He has been active since 2012 and played for multiple famed Esports teams. Most notably, he was with Cloud 9 and Gen.G Esports till recently. Autimatic has won several notable CS: GO tournaments throughout his career, most recently DreamHack Open Anaheim 2020 for Gen.G Esports. In a recent announcement, the gamer officially retired from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and joined T1 as a Valorant player....
Drivers, including Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney, all vowed to no longer work with helmet painter Jason Beam and his company, Beam Designs, after a series of social media posts took aim NASCAR’s recent moves against racial injustice. Bubba Wallace, NASCAR’s only current black driver, also described Beam as “garbage” while remarking that he had lost “all respect” for the painter. “Nah homie, as person I’ve done business with in the past and ALWAYS respected the work you’ve done for ones in the industry,” Wallace tweeted to Beam on Thursday....
Should you choose 3DS Max or Autodesk Maya? While we can’t answer this question definitively, we can certainly provide some guidance. What Do Autodesk Maya and 3DS Max Have in Common? 3D artists across the board use both of these animation programs to carry out their work. In broad strokes, there’s plenty that these two Autodesk products have in common: Both Maya and 3DS Max are applications used to create 3D models, animations, and images....
Christian Dennie, an attorney with Barlow Garsek & Simon, LLP in Fort Worth, Texas, writes on the firm's website that the state of Texas passed legislation in 1987 to make "a person who violates a rule of a national collegiate athletic association ... liable for damages in an action brought by an institution." To be liable, the person must have known or reasonably should have known a rule was violated and the violation must lead to disciplinary action against the student or institution....
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A contingent of Native Americans were on hand at Progressive Field to protest the Indians' Chief Wahoo logo at the team's home opener on Friday. Tension. So much tension. There's an element of confusion, I would guess, as well. Don't do this. Just don't.
During an appearance on MSBNC’s American Voices on Sunday, the Democratic congresswoman told host Alicia Menendez that the Department of Justice’s recently imposed moratorium on federal executions was “a step in the right direction.” Attorney General Merrick Garland announced at the start of July that federal executions would be paused while the department conducts a review of its policies and procedures after a historic spree of executions in the final months of Donald Trump’s presidency, despite the worsening coronavirus pandemic....
McLeod claimed victory at the New South Wales Open on the PGA Tour of Australasia two weeks ago - his first professional win - and continued his recent rise by matching Jager’s six-under 66 on the Gold Coast. A low-scoring round had Jaewoong Eom and Dimitrios Papadatos one back, while Adrian Otaegui and Marc Leishman were among five players in a tie for fifth. As towards the end of last season, players sported yellow caps and shirts to pay respect to the hugely popular Lyle, the Australian golfer who overcame cancer on two occasions but then suffered a third bout of acute myeloid leukaemia and passed away in August at 36....
Australian Chloe McCardel on Wednesday became the latest swimmer to attempt to cross from Cuba to the US state of Florida, during which she will have to brave strong currents, jellyfish and sharks. The 29-year-old, who will be attempting the feat without a shark cage, flippers or wetsuit, plunged into the sea at Havana’s Marina Hemingway at 10:00 am (1400 GMT) at the start of a 170-kilometer (100-mile) swim....
Federer was the second match on Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday, and the temperature topped 41 Celsius (106 Fahrenheit) during his 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 win over Australian wild-card entry James Duckworth. Two-time defending women's champion Victoria Azarenka played the previous match on the center court, and said it felt "like you're dancing in a frying pan." Yet after her 7-6 (2), 6-2 win over No. 91-ranked Johanna Larsson of Sweden, Azarenka went back out to practice....
Gunneswaran, who lost his final qualifier round against Ernests Gulbis on Friday, had Lady Luck favoring him as he got the tag of ’lucky loser’ after one of the qualified players dropped out due to injury. India’s top-ranked men’s singles player was on the verge of sharing the same fate as countrymen Sumit Nagal and Ramkumar Ramanathan, who were sent packing from the tournament. But Gunneswaran put himself in better position by reaching the final round of qualifying, where he suffered a straight-sets 6-7(2), 2-6 defeat at the hands of Gulbis....
The overall purse amount for this year’s tournament has increased by a small percentage in Australian dollars but with currency fluctuations is about the same as the 2022 edition in US dollars. Regardless, the winners still take home a huge portion of money. Even players who just won their first-round match have earned some serious cash. Here’s a breakdown of the Australian Open 2023 purse, including how much the winners of the singles and doubles draws will take home....
Hazardous conditions put back the first qualifying matches on Tuesday, with Dalila Jakupovic falling to her knees and experiencing breathing difficulties that forced the Slovenian to retire from her meeting with Stefanie Voegele. Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Victoria said the “very poor” conditions were forecast to improve with the chance of a storm. Play was consequently set to begin at 13:00 local time (02:00 GMT). “Practice has been suspended until 11am this morning due to air quality concerns, and play won’t start before 1pm,” read a statement from Tennis Australia....
Kashyap next takes on the fifth seeded Raul Must of Estonia for a place in the final of this International Challenge event. Kashyap had to fight back from a huge deficit in the first game. After trailing 8-14, he reeled off 10 points in a row in a remarkable turnaround that saw him go up to 18-14 and he soon grabbed the game afterwards. There was not much to choose between the two in the second game as they remained at par with each other till 19-19....
