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'Hearing my name will live with me forever' - Lapthorne after final loss
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Saturday, 01 February 2020 00:42
Briton Andy Lapthorne said hearing cries of his name during his Australian Open quad wheelchair singles final defeat would live with him forever.Australian Dylan Alcott made it six successive titles with a 6-0 6-4 win.US Open champion Lapthorne, 29, said: "If there's one disabled person at home that's watching this and wondering whether to go for their dreams, we are…
Kenin's 'butterflies' v Muguruza's experience - Australian Open final preview
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Friday, 31 January 2020 07:11
American 14th seed Sofia Kenin says she has "butterflies" at the prospect of playing in her first Grand Slam final against Spain's Garbine Muguruza at the Australian Open.The pair meet in Melbourne at 08:30 GMT on Saturday."I've pictured so many times being in the final. I've always dreamed about it," Kenin, 21, said. Unseeded Muguruza, who won the 2016 French…
Wheelchair doubles champion Hewett told he cannot compete next year
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Friday, 31 January 2020 06:26
Australian Open wheelchair doubles champion Alfie Hewett has been told he cannot compete beyond this year because his disability is not severe enough.Hewett, who has Perthes disease which affects his hip and femur, and partner Gordon Reid beat Stephane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer in Friday's final.Hewett does not meet new classification rules introduced last August. "There's a new system that's…
Thiem to face Djokovic in Australian Open final
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Friday, 31 January 2020 06:21
Dominic Thiem will meet defending champion Novak Djokovic in Sunday's Australian Open final after digging deep to beat Alexander Zverev.Thiem, 26, won 3-6 6-4 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-4) in a match briefly interrupted by rain and a lighting failure.The Austrian fifth seed said "it was an unreal match" and he will now look to win his first Grand Slam, after…
Australian Open: Jamie Murray and Bethanie Mattek-Sands reach mixed doubles final
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Thursday, 30 January 2020 22:49
Britain's Jamie Murray moved a step closer to an eighth Grand Slam doubles title as he and Bethanie Mattek-Sands reached the Australian Open final.Murray and American Mattek-Sands saw off Australian wild cards Astra Sharma and John-Patrick Smith 6-3 7-6 (7-4).They will face fifth seeds Barbora Krejcikova from the Czech Republic and Croatia's Nikola Mektic on Saturday. "There was a lot…
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