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All Stories for Rod Laver Arena
Australian Open 2021: Confident Naomi Osaka 'at ease' after storming into semis
• 5 years agoOsaka overcame tHsieh Su-wei's unorthodox style 6-2, 6-2 in an all-Asian quarter-final at a crowd-less Rod Laver Arena.
Australian Open 2021: Fast courts take away little bit of time for me, says Dominic Thiem
• 5 years agoThiem, a narrow loser to Novak Djokovic in last year's Melbourne final, finally got over the line 7-6 (7/2), 6-2, 6-3 against Kazakh veteran Mikhail Kukushkin.
Australian Open 2021: Thiem overcomes Kukushkin hurdle; Zverev grinds down Giron
• 5 years agoThiem, a narrow loser to Novak Djokovic in last year's Melbourne final, came through his match on Rod Laver Arena 7-6 (7/2), 6-2, 6-3, but was made to work for it.
Australian Open 2021: Novak Djokovic cherishes 'love affair' with event while setting sights on 18th Grand Slam
• 5 years agoDjokovic said he was hoping being back on Rod Laver Arena would inspire him to another title.
Australian Open 2021: Lleyton Hewitt tips Nick Kyrgios to 'go deep' despite not playing for one year
• 5 years agoDespite his immense talent, Kyrgios has yet to go beyond the quarter-finals at Grand Slams and has slipped to 47 in the world.
Australian Open 2021: Novak Djokovic at 'home' in Melbourne as 18th Slam title beckons
• 5 years agoDjokovic won the first of his 17 Grand Slam crowns in Australia in 2008 and Rod Laver Arena has since become his most successful court.
Australian Open 2021: Grand Slam matches to have daily crowd capacity of up to 30,000
• 5 years agoVictoria state's Sports Minister Martin Pakula said it equated to some 390,000 spectators across the two-week spectacle – around half the attendance of last year.
Australian Open 2020: Fifth-seeded duo Barbora Krejcikova, Nikola Mektic clinch mixed doubles title with comeback victory
Fpsports • 6 years agoKrejcikova and Mektic proved too strong for the reigning US Open champions in the tiebreak, winning eight straight points on their way to a 5-7 6-4 (10-1) victory on Rod Laver Arena
Australian Open 2020: Rafael Nadal heaps praise on Dominic Thiem after loss to Austrian in quarter-finals
• 6 years agoThiem ended Nadal’s bid to match Roger Federer’s record of 20 Grand Slam titles, at least for now, having ridden his luck at times in claiming the three tiebreaks.
Australian Open 2020: Ash Barty says she is proud of her indigenous heritage after sealing quarter-finals berth on Australia Day
• 6 years agoBarty is seen as the country’s best hope to end its long wait for a first home-grown women’s champion since Chris O’Neil won the tournament in 1978.