Belinda Bencic carried her good form from her recent Hopman Cup win for Switzerland with teammate Roger Federer by winning her first match at the 2018 Priceline Pharmacy Kooyong Classic on Wednesday. The 20-year-old hit the ball cleanly for much of the match against Chinese youngster Wang Xinyu taking out the contest 7-6(5) 6-4 adding […]
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Eugenie Bouchard has been confirmed to play the second match at the 2018 Priceline Pharmacy Kooyong Classic on Thursday against Australian teenager Destanee Aiava. The 23-year-old from Canada and former world No. 5 who made the final at Wimbledon in 2014 and the semi-finals at both the Australian and French Opens in that same years […]
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Novak Djokovic is confident that he can play well at the Australian Open next week following his first competitive match in 181 days at the 2018 Priceline Pharmacy Kooyong Classic on Wednesday. The 12-time Grand Slam winner defeated world No. 5 Dominic Thiem convincingly 6-1 6-4 in his first time playing on court since retiring […]
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Matt Ebden insisted his best tennis is still yet to come after recently turning 30 following a strong performance at the 2018 Priceline Pharmacy Kooyong Classic to defeat world Bo. 6 Marin Cilic. The number two ranked Australian played some commanding shots in the second set and then held it together in the third to […]
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Bernard Tomic was philosophical after his 6-3 6-3 defeat to Yoshihito Nishioka at the 2018 Priceline Pharmacy Kooyong Classic that was predominately used as match practice before he makes a last-minute bid to qualify for the Australian Open. In windy conditions the Australian who is ranked 140 in the world used the time on court […]
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Rafael Nadal made his debut at the 2018 Priceline Pharmacy Kooyong Classic on Tuesday and left the court in good spirits without appearing to aggravate a recent knee injury during his defeat to Richard Gasquet. Despite having never lost to the Frenchman on the ATP Tour the world No. 1 from Spain was satisfied with […]
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Pablo Carreno Busta kept his composure against two-time defending Kooyong champion David Goffin after a supreme opening set from the Belgian appeared to have the Spaniard on the ropes. In very windy conditions Goffin started strongly dominating the first set before the world No. 10 started to find his own form in the second and […]
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Rafael Nadal is confident that the knee injury that ended his 2017 season prematurely will be okay for him to play at the Australian Open after being defeated by Richard Gasquet at the 2018 Priceline Pharmacy Kooyong Classic. The world No. 1 from Spain lost to the Frenchman for the first time in his career, […]
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Andrea Petkovic was full of praise for Destanee Aiava following her victory over the Australian teenager in the opening match of the 2018 Priceline Pharmacy Kooyong Classic on Tuesday morning. In typical Melbourne conditions with sunshine, some cloud and gusty winds the German found her form after a sluggish first set and played some powerful […]
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The 2018 Priceline Pharmacy Kooyong Classic is celebrating its 30th anniversary in style hosting five of the top 10 male players in the world, the first player born this century to play in a Grand Slam, the youngest player in the Australian Open and two of the all-time tennis greats who together have collected 28 […]
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