Friday, October 16, 2026 · Petrol Rs 390.23 · USD/PKR 277.05 · Gold Rs 437836/tola
Breaking
Case Registered Against Peshawar School Owners After Roof Collapse Kills 31 School Owner Arrested Over Peshawar Roof Collapse KP Orders Structural Checks on Every Government School Federal Constitutional Court Ends Challenge to Afridi’s Appointment Naqvi Calls Direct Rule a Last Resort After Talks Stalled Opposition Alliance Calls Off Talks With the Government DNA Findings Prompt Fresh Scrutiny in Hina Javed Murder Investigation KSE-100 Climbs 769 Points as Rebound Gathers Pace Petrol Cut to Rs390.23 as Diesel Edges Up Again Peshawar High Court to Hear Challenges to KP Governor’s Rule on October 20 Gold Holds at Rs437,836 After Thursday’s Sharp Fall Trump Rules Out Nuclear Weapons Against Iran FBR Extends Income Tax Return Deadline to 31 October Pakistan to Chair IMF and World Bank Governors After 74 Years Nawaz Sharif’s Cars Vandalised in London, CCTV Shows Masked Men IHC Gives PTI More Time to Respond in Case Seeking Ban on Imran Khan’s X Account Drought Drives Thari Herders and Livestock Out of the Desert Two Killed as Landslides, Snowfall Disrupt Travel Across Gilgit-Baltistan Trump Predicts Swift End to Iran War as Tehran Rejects Pressure to Submit IMF Warns Middle East Economies Face Lasting Scars From Regional War

Articles for tag: Australian Open, Bartunkova, Good, Kasatkina, pressure, ready

January 18, 2026

News Desk

Ready to welcome good pressure

Australia’s Daria Kasatkina reacts during her third round match against Japan’s Naomi Osaka. Photo: REUTERS MELBOURNE: Russian-born Daria Kasatkina said she is ready to take on the “good pressure” of a domestic Grand Slam when she takes to the court at Melbourne Park as an Australian citizen for the first time. The 28-year-old played on the tour as a neutral athlete after Russian players were banned from competing under their own flag following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Having been thrust into the political spotlight, Kasatkina became one of the few Russian-born players to publicly criticize the war, before

January 15, 2026

News Desk

Offner’s celebration costs him his place at the Australian Open

SYDNEY: Sebastian Offner may never forget the rules of the sport again after his early victory celebration turned into a nightmarish collapse against Nishesh Basavareddy in Australian Open qualifying on Wednesday.Austria’s Offner looked destined for the next round when he raced to a commanding 6-1 lead in the deciding tiebreak set against 20-year-old American Basavarendi.But after winning another point to take a 7-1 lead, Offner started to celebrate and strode confidently to the net – apparently forgetting that final-set tiebreaks require 10 points to win, not the usual seven.The scandalous realization of his blunder was written all over Offner’s face

January 14, 2026

News Desk

The Australian Open lacks genuine contenders

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz celebrates winning the Hyundai Card Super Match against Italy’s Jannik Sinner. Photo: REUTERS SYDNEY: The Australian Open may crown Jannik Sinner a champion for a third straight year or give Carlos Alcaraz a career Grand Slam, but in the shadows lurk a few players grappling with harsh truths about their title chances at Melbourne Park. Novak Djokovic’s quest for a stretch 11th Australian Open title looks distant, with the Serb looking for yet another major title that would make him the most successful Grand Slam champion of all time. At 38, Djokovic is in the twilight of

January 13, 2026

News Desk

Sabalenka returns for another Australian Open title

BENGALURU: World number one Aryna Sabalenka enters the Australian Open in her familiar role as the hot favourite, but unlike the past two years, the mighty Belarusian arrives without a title to defend or the momentum of a winning run in Melbourne.The two-time champion’s 20-game season-opening winning streak was snapped in the title clash 12 months ago when American outsider Madison Keys denied her a successful defense and a rare hat-trick last achieved by Martina Hingis in 1999.Sabalenka shrugged off that disappointment as well as defeat in the French Open final and Wimbledon semi-finals to secure her fourth Grand Slam

January 11, 2026

News Desk

Echargui sees opportunity for Grand Slam in Australia

SYDNEY: For every Jannik Sinner or Carlos Alcaraz, there are hundreds of professional tennis players doing the hard yards on the lowly tours, making a living before calling it a day. Tunisian Moez Echargui belongs to this category. This time last year he was ranked just inside the top 500 and won $2,160 for winning an ITF tournament in Monastir. Now Echargui is on the verge of a major career development – ​​at an age when many artisans are considering what to do after hanging up their rackets. A stunning run on the ATP Challenger Tour last year took him

January 9, 2026

News Desk

Sabalenka impresses in the warm-up of the Australian Open

BRISBANE: World number one Aryna Sabalenka said she still had room for improvement after a dominant second win at the Brisbane International on Thursday.Sabalenka was pushed at times by 36-year-old Sorana Cirstea but was never really troubled by the Romanian as she cruised to a 6-3, 6-3 victory in 70 minutes.The Belarusian will next play either 21-year-old Russian Diana Shnaider or Madison Keys, the American who beat Sabalenka in last year’s Australian Open final.Sabalenka said she was aiming to get better as she targets a third Australian Open title in four years when the first Grand Slam of the year

December 13, 2025

News Desk

Sydney silversmiths deliver for Australia Open

Darren May, General Manager at WJ Sanders, poses with the Australian Open 2026 Norman Brookes Challenge Cup and Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup, in Sydney, Australia. Photo: REUTERS SYDNEY: That much attention to detail is the hallmark of a major tennis tournament will come as no surprise to silversmith Paul Smith, who is responsible for creating the trophy taken home from the Australian Open by the women’s singles champion.While the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup awarded to the winner of the women’s singles since 1934 remains in Australia, Sydney-based WJ Sanders Ironworks produces an exact replica that leaves Melbourne with the champion.“It’s

January 26, 2025

News Desk

The sinful wary of the “natural beast” Zverev

MELBOURNE: Jannik Sinner is wary of “natural beast” Alexander Zverev as the Italian bids to join an elite group of double Australian Open champions in a final pitting the world’s top two players. The sensational runaway world number one goes into Sunday’s Melbourne Park decider on a 20-match winning streak, dropping just two sets in his six matches so far. Sinner is favorite to secure a third Grand Slam crown and second at the Australian Open after his maiden triumph over Daniil Medvedev last year. Only three other men have accomplished the feat on Rod Laver Arena since the turn

January 22, 2025

News Desk

The No. World No. 1 Sinner dominates De Minaur, will face Shelton in the semifinals

Defending Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner cruised into the semi-finals with a dominant 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 victory over home favorite Alex de Minaur, dropping just six games in a stunning display of power and precision in Rod Laver Arena. . Sinner, the No. 1 of the world, showed no signs of the illness that hampered him in his previous fight with Holger Rune. The Italian dismantled de Minaur with ease, extending his unbeaten run against the eighth-ranked Australian to 10-0, including 20 straight sets. After an uphill battle in the fourth round, Sinner looked back to his best, moving smoothly

January 21, 2025

News Desk

Sinner in quarters, Tien escapes

MELBOURNE: Jannik Sinner battled illness to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Monday, but the physical demands of tennis’ Grand Slam proved too much for French veteran Gael Monfils and American teenager Learner Tien. Iga Swiatek was in fine form as she continued her quest for a maiden Melbourne Park title and sixth major by demolishing lucky Eva Lys 6-0 6-1, but Elena Rybakina could not overcome a back problem and fell by 6-3 1. -6 6-3 to Madison Keys. Monfils, 38, was forced to withdraw with his own back problem while trailing American young gun Ben Shelton

Hamza Azhar SalamEditor — Hamza Azhar Salam · Write to us with suggestions or tips
Powered by: Frontpage.dev
WP Twitter Auto Publish Powered By : XYZScripts.com