Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Tom Cochrane

Australian Open 2016 Day 10 Preview: It’s Raonic’s time

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by: Tom Cochrane Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer set up a blockbuster semi-final showdown by claiming decisive wins on Day 9. Day 9 Recap Top seed Djokovic bounced back from a sluggish performance against Gilles Simon in...

Australian Open 2016 Day 9 Preview: Nishikori looks to oust Djokovic

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by: Tom Cochrane Canadian Milos Raonic was the toast of the town in Melbourne on Day 8, outlasting former champion Stan Wawrinka in 5 sets to book a spot in the quarter-finals. Day 8 Recap Raonic was...

Australian Open 2016 Day 8 Preview: Top five matches to watch

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by: Tom Cochrane World number one Novak Djokovic scraped through his fourth round clash with Gilles Simon on Day 7, the Serb shrugging off an astonishing 100 unforced errors to book his place in the...

Australian Open 2016 Day 7 Preview: Will Bencic derail Sharapova?

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by: Tom Cochrane Third seed Garbine Muguruza was the biggest casualty on Day 6 at Melbourne Park, the Spaniard succumbing to Czech player Barbora Strycova in straight sets in an unusually subdued performance. Day 6 Recap There...

Australian Open 2016 Day 6 Preview: Wawrinka and Raonic look to set up

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by: Tom Cochrane Russian born, recently naturalised Aussie Daria Gavrilova was the toast of Melbourne on Day 5, the youngster outlasting French seed Kristina Mladenovic 11-9 in the deciding set to claim one of the...

Australian Open 2016 Day 5 Preview: Federer vs. Dimitrov leads the way

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by: Tom Cochrane After just two rounds, an incredible 18 seeds have departed the women’s tournament, with Jankovic, Svitolina, Lisicki and Bacsinszky amongst those to  bow out on Day 4. Day 4 Recap There was better news...

Australian Open 2016 Day 4 Preview: Hewitt’s last dance in Melbourne

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by: Tom Cochrane Petra Kvitova was the biggest casualty on Day 3, the two-time Wimbledon champion going down to naturalised Aussie Daria Gavrilova in straight sets. Day 3 Recap Two-time major winner Svetlana Kuznetsova joined Kvitova on...

Australian Open Day 3 Preview: Will Federer join Nadal on the sidelines?

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by: Tom Cochrane Day 2 of the 2016 Australian Open saw the fireworks begin, with Nadal, Halep and Venus Williams all first round casualties on the tournament’s second day of play. Day 2 Recap In the women’s...

Australian Open 2016 Day 2 Preview: Will Zverev oust Murray?

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by: Tom Cochrane The 2016 Australian Open got underway on Monday morning, with tennis officials eager to focus on the sporting action following startling recent allegations of match-fixing in the sport. Day 1 Recap The leading men...

Australian Open 2016: Men’s and Women’s draw preview and analysis

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by: Tom Cochrane Greetings and welcome to the 2016 Australian Open Championships and the beginning of 2 weeks of coverage of the year’s first Grand Slam, courtesy of The Satellite Serve. Coming to you daily during...

Contact Point

Jarry Wins Geneva Open; Fils Claims Lyon Open

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Gonet Geneva Open—Geneva, Switzerland Chilean Nicolas Jarry captured second title of the season on Saturday in Geneva, Switzerland, dispatching No. 4 seed Grigor Dimitrov 7-6(1),...