Australian Open Venue: Melbourne Park Date: 16-29 January Time: 0000 GMT Coverage: Watch live on Eurosport; singles finals and one men’s semi-final on BBC Two/Red Button/HD channel/website; listen on BBC Radio 5 live; text commentaries and reports on the BBC Sport website Baltacha reached round two or better at Melbourne Park in 2009, 2010 and 2011 Britain endured a disappointing opening day at the Australian Open as five of its six representatives were beaten. Elena Baltacha lost 6-2 6-4 to [...]

Caroline Wozniacki has called for tennis’ loudest grunters to be quietened, after effectively accusing some of the worst offenders of cheating. The world No1 has claimed that those who shriek loudest on the women’s circuit are “doing it on purpose” and said it gives many an unfair advantage over their more modest opponents. Talking to reporters in Istanbul where the leading players of the WTA Tour are playing their end of season championships, Wozniacki drew attention to the likes of [...]

The sport of table tennis was already a well-known game but it get its major boost of worldwide popularity by the introduction into the Olympic games. The game is known as a competitive sport that might also be appreciated by regular folks at home. They may get an excellent workout and enhance their cardiovascular conditioning even while getting a fun time. The sport is controlled by through the worldwide organization called (ITTF), founded in 1926. Table tennis is regarded as [...]

It’s Murray Vs Djokovic in the Australian Open final on Sunday, January 30, 2011. Andy Murray beat David Ferrer in four sets to reach his second successive Australian Open final, to make a bid for his first ever Grand Slam title. To analyze whether Murray can beat Djokovic, let’s take a look at their head to head record. The players have met 7 times in the past, and Djokovic leads 4-3. The Scot and the Serbian met for the first [...]