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#tennis--australian-open-upset

In response, she said: Yeah, I mean, I was born in America so I'm always proud to represent my country; and yeah, a lot of us are doing really well and it's great to see a lot of, you know, great athletes on the women's side, on the men's side. So yeah, I feel like we're all doing a great job representing ourselves.

On a Wednesday in the desert last March, Reilly Opelka, the American with a cannon of a serve, was grinding out a tough match against French number one Arthur Rinderknech. Nearby, former US Open men's finalist Kei Nishikori beat Luca Nardi, part of the new wave of Italian talent, while Brazilian phenom Joao Fonseca closed out Pavel Kotov, who reached number 50 in the world in 2024.

De Minaur said he wanted my revenge against an opponent who had come back to beat him twice in 2025 and who is already a tournament winner in 2026. I was very pleased with getting over the line and not getting into trouble, the No 6 seed said. He can so easily get back into a match, slap a couple of winners, and all of a sudden, the match just goes sideways.

Alexander Bublik, the resident eccentric of professional men's tennis, has the lyrics to two different Eminem songs tattooed on his arm. Doubles specialists, he's said, aren't "real athletes," though Bublik himself reached the doubles final of the 2021 French Open. The 28-year-old Kazakh has quoted Kung Fu Panda to cast doubt on Jannik Sinner's doping status, and called the tennis exhibited by greats like Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal "boring."

She had an incredible last year. She's still so young and everything for her is a new experience which is amazing. And what she achieved I think is just incredible. And she's actually my doubles partner this week, so I'm really excited to be playing doubles with with Maya, and she's going to be a little bit nervous for her first match this morning, but she's a quality player. She moves so well on the court, so really excited to see how she goes.