Australian Open 2022 – Live Updates
Keep watching this space for all live updates from the 2022 Australian Open…
6 Jan 2022: World’s top men’s player Novak Djokovic has been publicly opposing vaccinations since last year but now, he’s got into trouble for it as he’s been disallowed entry in Australia. While he got a medical exemption, he didn’t apply for the right Visa and has held up at Melbourne airport. Will he play in the 2022 Australian Open now? Twitter votes:
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2 Jan 2022: Serena Williams was already ruled out of the 2022 Australian Open with a hamstring injury but late in the hour, her sister Venus Williams also pulled out of the trip down under. Ranked outside the top 300 in the world right now, the 41-year old needed a wildcard entry to play and she dropped out, making it the first time since 1997 that both sisters will miss an Australian Open. Read more here.
1 Jan 2022: While India is not known to do well in these grand slam tournaments, we had one contender in the Australian Open men’s juniors tournament, in 17-year old Aman Dahiya. However, he was ruled out of the tournament because he didn’t comply with the organisers’ vaccination rules, and couldn’t get an exception either. Read the full story here.
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27 Dec 2021: In the women’s tournament, it’s not so straightforward because there are a number of contenders to win the Aus Open 2022 title. Among them are Ashleigh Barty and Naomi Osaka who are joint favourites but let’s not forget Aryna Sabalenka who made the semi finals in the last two majors, and the US Open 2021 champion, Emma Raducanu. Read about the women’s winner betting odds here.
26 Dec 2021: Having reached the final of all four grand slams in 2021, Novak Djokovic is clear favourite to go on to be the 2022 Australian Open winner as well, especially since he’s won the last three editions here already. He’s high favourite with the bookmakers to get his fourth consecutive title at Melbourne Park and you can check out the men’s Aus Open 2022 betting odds here.
16 Dec 2021: Leading female player and former world number one Karolina Pliskova ruled herself out of the 2022 Australian Open, joining a number of other players who won’t be present at the tournament due to a number of reasons, including injuries, bubble restrictions, etc. Serena Williams, Bianca Andreescu and Roger Federer were some other big names to drop out before her and you can read this story here.
Australian Open 2022
It’s been a topsy-turvy 2021 with countries across the world going in and out of lockdowns but every time, it was sports that helped us keep sane. Especially tennis, where we see some high-octane action for a couple of weeks each time there’s a Grand Slam and now, we’re set to see the first major of the year being played at the Melbourne Park in the form of the Australian Open 2022 between 17-30 Jan 2022.
Each yer, this is the first tennis major on the annual calendar and this year, we expect there to be plenty of fireworks and surprises as there usually is. And since we at Read Scoops are a bunch of sports buffs, we’re going to ensure we cover every bit of the 2022 Australian Open, including match highlights, previews, betting previews, predictions, and much more…
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