Australian Open

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Australian Open 2024: Djokovic Survives Scare, Wozniacki Returns Strong, and Murray's Early Exit

Andy Murray - Australian Open - Caroline Wozniacki - Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic battles through a tough first round, Caroline Wozniacki marks a successful comeback, while Andy Murray faces an unexpected exit at the Australian Open 2024.

The Australian Open 2024 kicked off with Djokovic facing a challenging first-round match against 18-year-old Dino Prizmic, ultimately securing a hard-fought victory. Meanwhile, former champion Caroline Wozniacki made a triumphant return, advancing to the second round after a four-year hiatus. In a surprising turn of events, Andy Murray suffered an early exit in straight sets, marking only his second opening-round defeat in 16 years at the tournament.

As the competition heated up in Melbourne, intriguing matches unfolded on the court. Novak Djokovic battled through illness to come out victorious against Prizmic, showing his resilience in pursuit of an 11th Australian Open title. On the women's side, Wozniacki's dream of clinching the title again gained momentum with her impressive performance, highlighting her determination and skill.

In other notable developments, rising stars and established players showcased their talents, setting the stage for an exciting tournament. The tournament's unpredictable nature added suspense and excitement to the matches, keeping fans on the edge of their seats as the action unfolded on the courts of Melbourne Park.

In conclusion, the Australian Open 2024 has already delivered thrilling moments and unexpected outcomes, setting the stage for a riveting competition ahead. With top players facing stiff competition and surprises at every turn, tennis enthusiasts can look forward to more excitement and drama as the tournament progresses.

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Australian Open 2024: Jannik Sinner beats Botic van de Zandschulp ... (BBC News)

Italian fourth seed Jannik Sinner makes a promising start to his Australian Open title bid with victory over Botic van de Zandschulp.

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Djokovic v Prizmic, Seidel v Sabalenka and more: Australian Open ... (The Guardian)

Join Tanya Aldred for all the action from the first evening in Melbourne.

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Australian Open 2024 toilet break rules: How many breaks are ... (Eurosport.com)

What are the toilet break rules at the 2024 Australian Open? How long can players spend off court? How many breaks do players get?

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Rublev edges into Australian Open second round after five-set thriller (FRANCE 24)

Andrey Rublev overcame a major wobble to beat Brazil's Thiago Seyboth Wild 7-5, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (10/6) and reach the second round of the Australian Open ...

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Australian Open 2024 heat rules: What is the Extreme Heat Policy ... (Eurosport.com)

A statement from the Australian Open said: "The AO Heat Stress Scale has reached 5 and play will be suspended on the outside courts. "This means play continues ...

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Australian Open live updates: Novak Djokovic and four local hopes ... (ABC News)

The Australian Open has arrived with four Aussies in action and Novak Djokovic kicking off the night session on day one at Melbourne Park. Follow live.

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Djokovic bids for Grand Slam history as Rublev survives scare at ... (Yahoo Sports)

Novak Djokovic launched his bid for Grand Slam history at the Australian Open on Sunday against an 18-year-old qualifier after fifth seed Andrey Rublev ...

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Australian Open: Djokovic breaks Prizmic in first game of match ... (BBC News)

World number one Novak Djokovic begins his bid for a record-extending 11th Australian Open title, with Aryna Sabalenka also in action later.

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Australian Open 2024 Day 1 Live: Prizmic stages fightback against ... (Hindustan Times)

Australian Open 2024 Live Updates, Day 1: Novak Djokovic has opened his title bid at Rod Laver Arena. Djokovic won the first set 6-2 against Dino Prizmic.

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Australian Open 2024 LIVE RESULTS: Latest updates from Day 1 in ... (The Sun)

THE Australian Open is BACK - and both defending champions are in action on the opening day.Last year's men's singles winner Novak Djokovic takes on 1.

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LIVE: Aussie fumes at umpire's costly 'mistake' (Wide World of Sports)

Welcome to Wide World of Sports' LIVE blog of day one of the Australian Open. Following along for the late...

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Australian Open 2024 live: Dino Prizmic wins second set tiebreak ... (Telegraph.co.uk)

Djokovic backhand into the net, 2-5. Really bad miss by the world No 1. Kyrgios is stunned on commentary. Djokovic forehand just wide, 2-6.

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Australian Open day one LIVE updates: Djokovic begins chase for ... (The Age)

Follow all the action from Melbourne Park as day one of the 2024 Australian Open gets under way, with reigning singles champions Novak Djokovic and Aryna ...

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Wozniacki into Australian Open second round after injury withdrawal (FRANCE 24)

Former Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki said she hoped her young children were in bed after progressing to the second round when Magda Linette ...

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Wozniacki through to Australian Open second round as Linette retires (Reuters)

Former champion Caroline Wozniacki advanced to the second round of the Australian Open after four years away as last year's semi-finalist Magda Linette ...

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Australian Open 2024: Caroline Wozniacki 'dreams' of title after first ... (Eurosport.com)

Wozniacki won in 55 minutes as Linette retired due to injury. Wozniacki said afterwards her "dream" is to win the title again and added: "I really feel like I'm ...

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Wozniacki advances to Australian Open second round after Linette ... (WTA Tennis)

2018 champion Caroline Wozniacki advanced to the second round at the Australian Open after Poland's Magda Linette was forced to retire due to injury on ...

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Wozniacki into the 2nd round in her first Australian Open since ... (The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Caroline Wozniacki advanced to the second round in her first Australian Open since becoming a mom when 20th-seeded Magda Linette retired in the second set ...

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Caroline Wozniacki marks Australian Open comeback with first ... (ABC News)

Playing at Melbourne Park for the first time in four years, Caroline Wozniacki says she has "nothing to lose" after advancing to the second round.

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Jodie Burrage frustrated by opponent and herself in Australian Open ... (Kildare Nationalist)

By Eleanor Crooks, PA Tennis Correspondent, Melbourne. Jodie Burrage was left frustrated by a lengthy toilet break taken by opponent Tamara Korpatsch and ...

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Australian Open: Jodie Burrage takes opening set but goes on to ... (Sky Sports)

British No 2 Jodie Burrage played with confidence and purpose to take the opening set but lost in three to German Tamara Korpatsch at the Australian Open on ...

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Australian Open: Novak Djokovic wins longest Grand Slam first ... (NBC Sports)

Novak Djokovic passed his toughest Australian Open first round test since the first of his record 10 men's singles titles at the event.

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Australian Open: Novak Djokovic battles past teenage qualifier Dino ... (Sky Sports)

Novak Djokovic remains on target for an 11th Australian Open title and record-breaking 25th Grand Slam after surviving huge first-round scare; we will bring ...

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Australian Open LIVE: Novak Djokovic survives scare against Dino ... (The Independent)

The Australian Open gets underway on a Sunday for the first time as defending champions Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka begin their campaigns.

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Novak Djokovic starts 2024 Australian Open title defence with ... (Eurosport.com)

Novak Djokovic was given a firm test as he started his bid for an 11th Australian Open title with a battling four-set win over 18-year-old Dino Prizmic.

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Australian Open day one (Reuters)

1255 FERNANDEZ LOOKS TO SWAP RACQUET FOR YARN ... Canada's Leylah Fernandez said she was hoping to relax and unwind with some crocheting after seeing off Czech ...

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Injured Berrettini pulls out of Australian Open (FRANCE 24)

The Italian, a 2022 semi-finalist, withdrew with a foot problem, tournament organisers said. "Wishing @MattBerrettini a speedy recovery after being forced ...

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'Incredible' teen qualifier takes set off Djokovic at Australian Open ... (FRANCE 24)

An error-strewn Novak Djokovic kickstarted his bid for an 11th Australian Open and unprecedented 25th Grand Slam crown in unconvincing fashion on Sunday, ...

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Australian Open: Defending women's champion Aryna Sabalenka ... (Sky Sports)

Aryna Sabelenka thrashes Ella Seidel 6-0 6-1 as she starts Australian Open title defence in style; No 2 seed will next face Czech 16-year-old Brenda ...

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Djokovic starts Australian Open defence with tougher than expected ... (Radio Kerry)

Novak Djokovic has started his Australian Open title defence with a tougher than expected win.He needed four sets to beat 18-year-old Croatian Dino Prizmic, ...

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Djokovic triumphs in four-hour battle against Dino Prizmic at ... (The Guardian)

Directly behind him stood Novak Djokovic. Behind both of them sat a series of boards that list each of the former Australian Open champions and the years that ...

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Australian Open: Novak Djokovic 'under the weather' against ... (Sky Sports)

Novak Djokovic impressed by Dino Prizmic as he is pushed to longest first-round match of Grand Slam career, world No 1 wins in four hours and one minute, ...

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Djokovic comes through Prizmic test at Australian Open (RTE.ie)

Novak Djokovic was given a brief scare at the Australian Open by Croatian teenager Dino Prizmic in the longest first-round match of his grand slam career, ...

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Novak Djokovic Survives 1st-Round Battle As Bid For 11th ... (Forbes)

The 36-year-old Serb survived a tougher than expected challenge from 18-year-0ld Croatian qualifier Dino Prižmić, 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-4, in an even 4 hours.

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Sabalenka swats aside Seidel at Australian Open (RTE.ie)

Aryna Sabalenka began the defence of her Australian Open title with a 53-minute 6-0 6-1 drubbing of German teenager Ella Seidel.

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Australian Open: Djokovic tames Croatian teenager Prizmic in first ... (Hindustan Times)

The 18-year-old managed to take a set off the Serb world No.1 before the 24-time Grand Slam champion won his 29th successive match at Melbourne Park ...

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Djokovic praises 'amazing' Dino Prizmic after first-round Australian ... (The Guardian)

Novak Djokovic hailed Dino Prizmic as a future star after the Croatian teenager took a set off the world No 1 in their first-round clash at the Australian ...

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Injured Berrettini withdraws from Australian Open (Reuters)

Former world number six Matteo Berrettini has withdrawn from the Australian Open due to a foot injury, organisers said on Sunday.

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Australian Open 2024: Nick Kyrgios reacts to Novak Djokovic's ... (Eurosport.com ASIA)

Nick Kygrios said Novak Djokovic's four-set win over Dino Prizmic in the first round of the 2024 Australian Open was "four hours of pure entertainment."

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Osaka Grand Slam comeback headlines day two at Australian Open (FRANCE 24)

Naomi Osaka makes her comeback to Grand Slam tennis on day two of the Australian Open Monday, while Daniil Medvedev has vowed to turn over a new leaf and be ...

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Novak Djokovic survives scare against 18-year-old opponent to win ... (CNN)

It looked on paper to be an easy start to Novak Djokovic's Australian Open campaign, but the 24-time grand slam champion was given a scare by Croatian ...

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Gauff powers through at Australian Open ahead of Osaka comeback (FRANCE 24)

US Open champion Coco Gauff swept into the Australian Open second round on Monday but Wimbledon winner Marketa Vondrousova was sent packing as Naomi Osaka ...

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Australian Open 2024: Andy Murray plays Tomas Martin Etcheverry ... (BBC News)

Andy Murray is aiming for a quicker victory when he starts his Australian Open campaign against Argentina's Tomas Martin Etcheverry.

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Cramps and tears as Medvedev beats brutal heat at Australian Open (FRANCE 24)

Frenchman Terence Atmane smashed his racquet, served underarm and retired in tears as he dealt with serious cramp in pushing third seed Daniil Medvedev hard ...

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Australian Open: Murray breaks back against Etcheverry - radio & text (BBC Sport)

Listen to Tennis Breakfast and follow live radio commentary (UK only) · NOW: Andy Murray v Tomas Martin Etcheverry in first round · Coco Gauff and Daniil Medvedev ...

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Australian Open debutant Jakub Mensik hungry for more | ATP Tour ... (ATP Tour)

Jakub Mensik reached the third round at the US Open last year aged 17. Now he is hungry to repeat that success at the Australian Open, where he plays Denis ...

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Australian Open: Marketa Vondrousova out in first round, Coco Gauff ... (Westmeath Independent)

Marketa Vondrousova won only three games against Dayana Yastremska, while Gauff beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova.

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Australian Open LIVE: Andy Murray vs Tomas Martin Etcheverry ... (The Independent)

The Australian Open started on a Sunday for the first time as defending champions Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka opened their campaigns with contrasting ...

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Australian Open: 'Not cold beer' - Daniil Medvedev makes mid ... (Eurosport.com)

Daniil Medvedev made a number of requests for "cold water" during his opening-round match against Terence Atmane at the Australian Open on Monday.

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Australian Open 2024 Day 2 Live: Vondrousova knocked out ... (Hindustan Times)

Australian Open 2024 Live updates, Day 2: Follow Live score and updates of Round 1 action at Melbourne Park in Australia.

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Australian Open 2024 results: Daniil Medvedev through in ... (BBC Sport)

Russian third seed Daniil Medvedev fights back from a first-set deficit before French opponent Terence Atmane quits in tears because of cramp.

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Round 1 humbling for Murray at Australian Open (RTE.ie)

Andy Murray suffered only his second opening-round defeat at the Australian Open in 16 years on a sobering evening for the Scot at Melbourne Park, ...

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Andy Murray crashes out of Australian Open first round in straight sets (The Guardian)

Andy Murray suffered only his second opening-round defeat at the Australian Open in 16 years on a sobering evening for the Scot at Melbourne Park.

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Murray crashes out in Australian Open first round (FRANCE 24)

Five-time finalist Andy Murray slumped out of the Australian Open at the first hurdle Monday, with the British veteran outplayed by Argentine Tomas Martin ...

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Australian Open: Andy Murray suffers painful straight-sets defeat to ... (Sky Sports)

Five-time Australian Open finalist Andy Murray suffers painful opening-round exit to 30th seed Tomas Etcheverry; we will bring you live scores, reports, ...

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Australian Open 2024 results: Andy Murray loses to Tomas Martin ... (BBC Sport)

Andy Murray makes a rare exit in the Australian Open first round after a subdued display against Argentine 30th seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry.

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Australian Open: 'No way!' - Stefanos Tsitsipas stuns fans and ... (Eurosport.com)

Stefanos Tsitsipas pulled off a quite incredible shot on Monday at the 2024 Australian Open with his opponent watching the shot on his own side of the net.

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Tsitsipas finds top gear at Australian Open after wobble (FRANCE 24)

Stefanos Tsitsipas was given a brief scare by lucky loser Zizou Bergs on Monday before roaring back to win his first-round match at the Australian Open 5-7, ...

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Stefanos Tsitsipas Defeats Zizou Bergs at Australian Open | ATP ... (ATP Tour)

Stefanos Tsitsipas was slow out of the blocks on Monday at the Australian Open, but he quickly adjusted to accelerate to victory against Belgian lucky loser ...

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Andy Murray out of Australian Open after straight-sets loss in first ... (The42)

ANDY MURRAY SUFFERED only his second opening-round defeat at the Australian Open in 16 years on a sobering evening for the Scot at Melbourne Park.

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Garcia v Osaka, Raonic retires against De Minaur, Murray knocked ... (The Guardian)

Join our writers for live updates of day two also featuring a return from Naomi Osaka and the home hopeful Alex de Minaur.

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De Minaur moves on at Australian Open 2024 (Tennis Australia)

Alex de Minaur advanced to the second round of Australian Open 2024, after Milos Raonic retired with injury.

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Andy Murray contemplates future after first-round exit at Australian ... (Aljazeera.com)

Murray and Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova are the biggest names to crash out in the first round so far.

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Australian Open: Gauff cruises as Shelton refuses comment on ... (The Guardian)

Coco Gauff took just an hour to beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, while there were also wins for Chris Eubanks, Ben Shelton and Sebastian Korda.

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Australian Open 2024 Day 3 Order of play: Schedule and how to ... (Eurosport.com)

Iga Swiatek and Carlos Alcaraz begin what they hope will be a deep run at the 2024 Australian Open on day three, with Emma Raducanu also in action.

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