The starvation for tennis was actually nice, on the eve of the Australian Open 2025. So many matters and meals for thought supplied by the best tennis gamers on the planet, all gathered at Melbourne Park to supply a fortnight of leisure.
And already the primary spherical gave the hungry mouths of us media and followers many matters to face.
However let’s begin with the outcomes. The defending champions Aryna Sabalenka and Jannik Sinner began with a victory. And successes adopted for Novak Djokovic (with Andy Murray in his field), Carlos Alcaraz, Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff.
A shocking defeat for Stefanos Tsitsipas, who stated after his shock elimination towards Alex Michelsen: “It was a difficult match for a first round. I knew I was facing a very serious opponent, because I had already played against him and lost. I had a very slow start, I felt I didn’t have enough power in my shots today, so I ended up playing a bit longer and having to work two or three times harder on each point to try to win it.”
There was additionally the anticipated comeback of Nick Kyrgios, who might have performed his final match on the Australian Open.As in Brisbane, in his first event of the 12 months, Nick was eradicated within the first spherical. 7-6 6-3 7-6 for the British Jacob Fearnley and instant finish of the road for the Australian tennis participant within the males’s singles.
And at the press convention, Kyrgios made an announcement. In fact, future modifications of coronary heart are to not be dominated out, however for now he has made it clear that this may very well be his final match on the Australian Open, at the least in singles.
“I really don’t see myself playing singles here again. Realistically, I don’t see myself being in the men’s singles draw again,” he stated.
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No match towards his now hated rival Sinner. Talking of the Italian. The ATP No.1 gained his first spherical towards Nicolas Jarry, however the Chilean, on the eve of the match, had attacked the Italian, highlighting a disparity in therapy between his doping case and that of Sinner.
If one of many fundamental matters was the start of the collaboration between Djokovic and Murray, there have been thick clouds on the brand new partnership between Elena Rybakina and her former coach Stefano Vukov.
It began final week, when the Kazakh introduced the return of her historic coach to her crew. A transfer that nearly compelled the WTA to make public the process opened towards Vukov for a possible violation of the Tour’s Code of Conduct. Potential violation that led to a short lived suspension.
“I can definitely say that I do not agree with many of the things that the WTA is doing regarding my relationship with Stefano. As I said before, I have never filed a complaint against anyone and I have always reiterated that he has never mistreated me,” stated Elena.
It is a subject that’s clearly being mentioned within the locker room. Donna Vekic confirmed it, who stated that within the locker room they’re positively speaking about Rybakina/Vukov. In brief, if that is the beginning of the event, the premises are for 2 heated weeks…
