Matt Ebden’s final grass court tournament before Wimbledon has started with victory over Adrian Mannarino at the ATP event in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. Ebden needed three sets to dispatch the Frenchman 6-3 4-6 6-3 in 1 hour and 37 minutes to set up a second round meeting with the tournament’s No. 3 seed Roberto Bautista Agut. The world No.86 overcame six double faults to win 66 per…
Rhys Mainstone joins an elite Australian open water swimming contingent in Italy this week as preparation continues for the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships on the Gold Coast in August.
Kevin Moore has continued an impressive season by improving his own national Maltese record across 200m.
Olivia Rogowska has won her opening round match against Ekaterina Bychkova 3-6 6-3 6-3 in the first round of the Aegon Nottingham Challenge. Rogowska will play Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko in the second round on Wednesday after she defeated local British wildcard Samantha Murray 2-6 6-4 6-4. Tsurenko is ranked at No. 147 in the world…
Matt Ebden has lost out to Slovakian Lukas Lacko in a tight three set tussle in the first round of the Aegon Championships. The West Australian went down 7-6(10) 5-7 6-4 in a match that lasted 1 hour and 52 minutes at The Queens Club in London. Trailing 5-7 and 2-4, the 26 year-old showed great…
Alex Beck will form part of the biggest ever Australian athletics team to leave home soil for the Commonwealth Games when next month’s Glasgow Commonwealth Games gets underway.
Matt Ebden has today withdraw from the Aegon Trophy in Nottingham due to a minor leg injury. The Australian was set to defend the title which he won last year against German Benjamin Becker but will take caution ahead of a busy upcoming grass court season. “Unfortunately I have had to withdraw from Nottingham this week.…
Lisa Weightman has today withdrawn from competing at next month’s Glasgow Commonwealth Games with the exciting news that she is expecting her first child with husband Lachlan McArthur.
Ryan Bailie’s rise up the ITU World Triathlon Series rankings has continued with a 7th place finish in yesterday’s London sprint race. Bailie came to the front at the start of the 5km run in a lead group of eight men which included ‘big-hitters’ Javier Gomez, Richard Murray, Mario Mola and both Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee.…
Matt Ebden’s clay court season has ended at the hands of Pablo Cuevas in the first round of Roland Garros. The 26-year-old Australian struggled to match the Uruguayan’s clay court expertise, bowing out 6-1 6-2 6-3. Ebden had opportunities in the third set to work his way back into the contest but couldn’t find a way past…
