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Simply once you thought you had seen all of it on the planet of sports activities, 2023 occurred. Within the final 12 months, we have witnessed the signing of a mammoth document contract in Main League Baseball, an unbreakable document fall within the NBA, individuals raging at — and due to — soccer in the USA,…

Getty Photos In his return to tennis on the Brisbane Worldwide, Rafael Nadal prevailed within the first spherical of his singles matchup, successful 7-5 6-1 over former world No. 3 Dominic Thiem. Nadal’s victory was a convincing return to competitors after a hip damage sidelined him for nearly all of final yr, in addition to…

Getty Photos Rafael Nadal’s return is off to a shaky begin. The 22-time Grand Slam champion has withdrawn from the Australian Open due to an damage, however fortuitously it won’t be too huge of a set again.  Nadal was out nearly all the 2023 season after he suffered a hip damage throughout the second spherical…

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The 2024 Australian Open begins on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET and, for the primary time ever, the occasion will probably be held over a 15-day interval. Melbourne Park is the location of the primary grand slam occasion of the yr, and the lads’s singles draw is extremely intriguing. No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic is…

No. 1 seed Iga Swiatek is the highest focus of a jam-packed girls’s singles draw on the 2024 Australian Open. Play will get underway on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET at Melbourne Park, and it’s the first grand slam event of the yr. Swiatek is a four-time grand slam winner, however she is in quest…

Getty Photographs Tennis star Nick Kyrgios has revealed he is considering retirement, writing his “time within the sport could also be over” in a column for The Sydney Morning Herald. Kyrgios added that he lately spoke along with his agent about the potential of his taking part in profession coming to an finish. “The fact…

A pair of underdogs sq. off when Fifteenth-ranked Quinwen Zheng of China will face 93rd-ranked Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine within the semifinals on Thursday at 3:30 a.m. ET at Rod Laver Area in Melbourne, Australia. Yastremska, who’s making her first look in a Grand Slam semifinal, is 10-2 all-time on the Australian Open. Zheng, who…

No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka makes an attempt to maintain alive her possibilities of repeating when she faces fourth-seeded Coco Gauff on Thursday within the girls’s semifinals of the 2024 Australian Open. Sabalenka, who posted a three-set victory in opposition to Elena Rybakina in final yr’s event for her first profession Grand Slam title, is…

Getty Photos Andrey Rublev let his mood get the most effective of him on the Dubai Responsibility Free Tennis Championships on Friday. Rublev exploded on a line choose and was defaulted from his semifinal match towards No. 7 seed Alexander Bublik. Rublev, the No. 2 seed within the event, and Bublik have been locked in…