Fifth-seed Olivia Rogowska will play unseeded Madison Brengle of the United States in the Koser Jewelers $25,000 Tennis Challenge Final at Hempfield Rec Center. Rogowska upended Jennifer Elie of Brooklyn, 2-6, 7-6(3), 6-2, in two and a half hours, while Brengle ousted 2011 Koser champion and UCLA all-American Robin Anderson, 6-1, 6-2, in Saturday’s second semifinal. Rogowska,…
Following his switch to represent Malta on the international stage, Kevin Moore will represent his father’s country of birth at the upcoming World Athletics Championships held in Moscow between August 10 and 18.
Moore will compete in the fifth 400m heat on Sunday, 11:05 local time.
Indian batsmen failed to hold their nerves during slog overs as they lost to Australia A by seven runs in an exciting opening encounter of the tri-Series tournament between ‘A’ teams in Pretoria, South Africa. Nathan Coulter-Nile (3 for 37) bowled brilliantly at the death as he got two wickets in the 49th over which…
Nathan Coulter-Nile has helped Australia A to a three-wicket victory over South Africa A in Pretoria.
Coulter-Nile scored a valuable 62 as the Aussies recovered from a mid-innings collapse and claim the first points in the tri-angular series against South Africa A and India A.
Matt Ebden has advanced in Atlanta where his big-serving Croatian opponent Ivo Karlovic retired injured after losing the first set of their opening-round match 6-2.
Ebden will meet the tournament’s second seed Kevin Anderson in the Round of 16.
Australian Matt Ebden progressed to the second round of the Colombian Open hard court tournament in Bogota. The 113rd-ranked Ebden, who lost to countryman Lleyton Hewitt on grass in Newport last week, took three sets to defeat Taiwan’s Jimmy Wang 6-1, 2-6, 6-1. Ebden will face either eighth-seeded Belgian Xavier Malisse or local hope Alejandro…
Matthew Ebden has gone down to former world number one Lleyton Hewitt in the first round of the ATP Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport.
The fourth-seeded Hewitt, a finalist in Newport last year, accounted for his Davis Cup team-mate 6-4, 6-1.
Australian wild card Matt Ebden was knocked out in the first round at Wimbledon with a straight-sets defeat to Japanese 12th seed Kei Nishikori on Tuesday. The 23-year-old lost 6-2 6-4 6-3. Ebden, ranked 110th, earned a wild card entry into the main draw after winning a Challenger event on grass in Nottingham earlier this…
Playing in his second Wimbledon main draw, 25-year-old Matt Ebden was philosophical when he learned of his first-round opponent. “He’s obviously a really good player but I don’t think it’s the worst draw I could get and it’s not the best draw I could get. “But if I’m looking to try get through a few…
Don’t ask respected coach Mel Tantrum to separate her three world championship-bound open water swimmers. Tantrum has had the top Australian, New Zealand and Japanese open water swimmers under her tutelage for the past few months. Perth’s Australian title holder Rhys Mainstone has been with Tantrum for two years, while Kiwi Kane Radford and Japan’s…