Australian pair Olivia Rogowska and Monique Adamczak have advanced to the third round of the Australian Open women’s doubles. The duo were in impressive form, beating fourteenth seeds Julia Goerges and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova in convincing fashion, 6-2 6-3. In the first round, Rogowska and Adamczak overpowered Darija Jurak and Andreja Klepac 6-3 7-6(2). They…
Victorian Olivia Rogowska was unable to reach her maiden Grand Slam third round after falling frustratingly short against world No. 47 Elina Svitolina 6-4 7-5. ”There was probably one rally which changed the whole match,” said the Australian after the match. At 4-3 and deuce in the first set, Rogowska admitted she had a ‘sitter’…
Matt Ebden’s Australian Open campaign has ended in disappointment, bowing out to an injury-plagued Vasek Pospisil in the second round. Ebden came out firing to claim the first set but couldn’t sustain the consistency against the 28th seeded Canadian, falling in four sets on Rod Laver Arena, 3-6 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (11-9) 6-1. The match…
Release of the Day 4 Australian Open schedule has given Olivia Rogowska the chance to display her talent on a stadium court in tomorrow’s second round of matches. She will face world No. 47 Elina Svitolina as the first match on Hisense Arena tomorrow morning, starting 11am local time. Rogowska won through to the second…
After his first round win over Nicolas Mahut, Australian Matt Ebden has been rewarded with a prime time night match on Rod Laver Arena. Ebden will face Canadian 28th seed Vasek Pospisil on Wednesday night, broadcast live across Australia on Channel 7. Ebden’s match will follow the Ladies singles match between Australia’s Sam Stosur and Tsvetana Pironkova, starting at 7pm…
Olivia Rogowska has moved in to the second round of the Australian Open with victory over Columbian Mariana Duque Marino 6-3 6-3. Rogowska has reached the second round of her home Slam just once before, in 2012, when she beat Sofia Arvidsson in straight sets. “I am pretty stoked. The plan was just to stay…
Australian Matt Ebden has advanced to the second round of the Australian Open after victory over Frenchman Nicolas Mahut. The 26-year-old, now ranked 65th in the world, got the crucial break in the final set to win 6-3 7-5 4-6 0-6 6-3 in a match that lasted over three hours. It was a case of third…
At the Australian Open draw this morning, Matt Ebden has been drawn to face Frenchman Nicolas Mahut in the first round. Mahut, who famously featured in the longest match in history against John Isner at Wimbledon a couple of years ago, has a current world ranking of 46. The pair have met only once before,…
Olivia Rogowska has been awarded a wildcard into next week’s Australian Open. It will be the sixth consecutive home Grand Slam for the Australian after her first appearance in 2009. Rogowska will be hoping to improve on her Australian Open record with a second round appearance in 2012 being her best result to date. “I was…
Victorian Olivia Rogowska has gone out to Bojana Jovanovski in the second round of the Hobart International. After winning her opening round match on Monday, it looked as if Rogowska would claim consecutive victories after taking the first set. However the eighth seeded Serbian manged to level matters at one set a-piece and then never…