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Updates from the second day of action at Melbourne ParkAny thoughts? Share them with Joey via emailAnother multi-deuce service game for Coco Gauff, but this time it goes Sofia Kenin’s way. We’re back on serve on RLA in a match already averaging seven minutes per game. Gauff has served five aces and four double faults in an erratic opening. Kenin is just keeping the ball in play and showing that resilience from the baseline that became her trademark five years ago.20-year-old American Alex Michelsen has taken the first set off 12th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, breaking the Greek’s serve in the 12th game. It would be no surprise if the 2023 finalist became the first major casualty of the tournament. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Australian Open 2025: Sinner and Swiatek in action as Tsitsipas stunned on day two – live

Updates from the second day of action at Melbourne ParkAny thoughts? Share them with Joey via emailAnother multi-deuce service game for Coco Gauff, but this time it goes Sofia Kenin’s way. We’re back on serve on RLA in a match already averaging seven minutes per game. Gauff has served five aces and four double faults in an erratic opening. Kenin is just keeping the ball in play and showing that resilience from the baseline that became her trademark five years ago.20-year-old American Alex Michelsen has taken the first set off 12th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, breaking the Greek’s serve in the 12th game. It would be no surprise if the 2023 finalist became the first major casualty of the tournament. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Australian Open 2025: Sinner and Swiatek in action, Gauff through on day two – live

Updates from the second day of action at Melbourne ParkAny thoughts? Share them with Jonathan via emailAnother multi-deuce service game for Coco Gauff, but this time it goes Sofia Kenin’s way. We’re back on serve on RLA in a match already averaging seven minutes per game. Gauff has served five aces and four double faults in an erratic opening. Kenin is just keeping the ball in play and showing that resilience from the baseline that became her trademark five years ago.20-year-old American Alex Michelsen has taken the first set off 12th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, breaking the Greek’s serve in the 12th game. It would be no surprise if the 2023 finalist became the first major casualty of the tournament. Continue reading...

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The Los Angeles fires death toll has skyrocketed to 24 amid warnings hellish weather conditions will spur on the raging infernos for at least three more days.

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16 hours ago 'We're with you': Supermarket giant Morrisons backs farmers' protests against Labour's inheritance tax raid in fresh blow for Rachel Reeves

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5 hours ago Australian Open 2025: Gauff, Swiatek and Sinner in action on day two – live

Updates from the second day of action at Melbourne ParkAny thoughts? Share them with Jonathan via emailStefanos Tsitsipas reached the final here in 2023, and made three semi-finals in the four years before that. His form has nosedived since, plummeting from third in the world to 12th, with only two tournament victories in that time.He has the full throated support of Melbourne’s massive Greek community out on John Cain Arena this morning, but he has his work cut out against 20-year-old rising star Alex Michelsen who has vaulted from 601 in the world to 41st in just two years.Since her much-discussed break with coach Brad Gilbert after her disappointing US Open performance (losing to fellow American Emma Navarro, who is the eighth seed in Australia), Gauff’s record is an extraordinary 18-2 since the US Open. With new coach Matt Daly, Gauff has ironed out much of the issues with her forehand and serve and is playing a brand of highly confident tennis. Further, the fact that Gauff is o...

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23 hours ago Australian Open prize money as men and women winners huge payday revealed

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5 hours ago Minister seeks to ease road safety concerns over brighter LED headlights

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24 hours ago ‘A welfare state with a budget on the right side of zero’: Iceland’s youngest

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4 hours ago Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv ready to swap North Korean soldiers for Ukrainian PoWs, Zelenskyy says

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8 hours ago No pants? No problem. London subway riders bare legs to brighten winter day

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4 hours ago LA officials warn of price gouging as those displaced by fire seek housing

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6 hours ago Rescue teams searching for Brit missing since New Year's Day make shock discovery

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9 hours ago Ruben Amorim claims Arsenal stars KNEW they would lose Man Utd tie after missed penalty

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6 hours ago Kai Havertz's wife reveals sickening Instagram messages as Arsenal launch investigation

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10 hours ago No pants? No problem. London subway riders bare their legs to brighten a gray winter day

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7 hours ago Arsenal star was banned from taking penalty in Man Utd shootout due to little

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10 hours ago No Pants? No Problem. London Subway Riders Bare Their Legs to Brighten a Gray Winter Day

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