The Australian Open for 2014 is starting up on ESPN and streaming online from Melbourne for the first grand slam of the year and the schedule for TV coverage is on ESPN2 and the Tennis Channel and heading into the first round this week Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic will be in action.
Read full storyThe Australian Open schedule kicks off on January 13 and that starts the first grand slam of the season for the ATP and WTA and Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka come in as reigning champions, while US Open winners Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams are 2014 tournament winners already coming in from Brisbane and Qatar and things get started up next week down under from Melbourne.
Read full storyRoger Federer is looking to win his first title of the season early in the year and he is playing against Lleyton Hewitt in the finals of the Brisbane International tournament and this comes after Serena Williams won on the women's side and Rafael Nadal won in Qatar to get things started early as well and now the two will play after Federer has won 16 of the last 17 matches and it should be an exciting one on Sunday.
Read full storyThe Brisbane International tournament is finishing up and now the Australian Open schedule is coming up in just over a week and after Serena Williams defended her title here, the Australian Open will have Williams and Rafael Nadal in as tournament winners after he won in Qatar and now Roger Federer and Lleyton Hewitt will play for the Brisbane men's title.
Read full storySerena Williams and Maria Sharapova will be going at it on Friday morning/night in the Brisbane International tennis tournament, as the two stars meet in the semifinals down under in Australia after getting through their quarter matches and this rivalry will get another chance to take center stage as the two prepare for their match starting up at 5:30 am ET and that will be for the United States time at Pat Rafter Arena.
Read full storyThe Brisbane International tournament is one of the top warmups for the Australian Open and on Friday Victoria Azarenka will be taking on Jelena Jankovic in the semifinals before Serena Williams plays against Maria Sharapova and the matches could be previews of the first grand slam of the season coming up and they both will be from Pat Rafter Arena.
Read full storySerena Williams started off her 2014 season the same way she finished 2013, with strong tennis being played at the Brisbane International tennis tournament and now the AP Female Athlete of the Year will play against rival Maria Sharapova down under in the tune-up for the Australian Open semifinals on Thursday/Friday and the match will be starting up at 5:30 am Friday ET for the much-anticipated show down of the two top female tennis players.
Read full storySerena Williams is back in action after winning AP Athlete of the Year and now she is into the quarterfinals in the Brisbane International tennis tournament and Maria Sharapova has played through as well and Williams ended up with a straight sets win that was a bit sloppy but enough to move through to the next round and now she will play against Dominika Cibulkova at 9:45 pm ET and she comes in ninth on the bracket.
Read full storyThe Brisbane International tournament is back and this is the first big tournament of the year and it is one of the best warm ups for players heading into the Australian Open and Maria Sharapova made her return from injury and Serena Williams heads into the year after an amazing run last season that saw her win a number of slams and awards and she was named AP women's Athlete of the Year and she is coming off of a US Open victory, as is Rafael Nadal and he will be one player to watch in Australia after he missed the tournament last year with his injury.
Read full storyThe Brisbane International tennis tournament is one of the big events that kicks off the year before the Australian Open and the first grand slam of the year and things started off with some excitement, as names like Serena Williams, Roger Federer, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova are in action and this will be a nice warm up for the stars as they get ready for the Aussie Open.
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