Coco Gauff battles past Jodie Burrage to reach Australian Open third round

Coco Gauff battles past Jodie Burrage to reach Australian Open third round

Coco Gauff is through to the third round after beating Jodie Burrage – Edgar Su/Reuters Jodie Burrage was knocked out in the second round of the Australian Open in straight sets by third seed Coco Gauff. Against a player ranked 170 places above her and having considered quitting tennis a couple of months previously because … Read more

Emma Raducanu battles through to Australian Open second round after beating Ekaterina Alexandrova

Emma Raducanu battles through to Australian Open second round after beating Ekaterina Alexandrova

Emma Raducanu is into the second round after beating Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova – Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters Emma Raducanu battled a misfiring second serve and visible nerves to come through her first-round match against 26th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova. Rather like Jack Draper’s win on the same Court Three the previous day, this was far from being a … Read more

Djokovic fights back with Andy Murray as coach – Australian Open latest

Djokovic fights back with Andy Murray as coach – Australian Open latest

Coach Andy Murray looks on as his charge Novak Djokovic takes on Nishesh Basavareddy – AP/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake Andy Murray is making his coaching primicia as he helps former rival Novak Djokovic in his Australian Open first-round match against grand slam debutant and world No 107 Nishesh Basavareddy. Earlier today British No 1 Jack Draper … Read more

Football 301 Playbook: Lions’ injuries have jarred open the NFC — and the Packers and Vikings can pounce

Football 301 Playbook: Lions’ injuries have jarred open the NFC — and the Packers and Vikings can pounce

The Detroit Lions were looking like a force. It was Dan Campbell’s magnum opus, with an offense hitting body blows against overwhelmed defenses before capping off drives with designer play head shots and a defense that snuffed out opposing run games and dared offenses to beat their tight man coverage. But the Lions, unfortunately, have … Read more