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The Advertiser
11-07-2025
- Sport
- The Advertiser
Aussie hopes of doubles double crash in Wimbledon heat
The hopes of an Australian doubles' double at Wimbledon have been dashed on another baking day on No.1 Court as Olivia Gadecki was beaten in her women's semi-final alongside American Desirae Krawczyk. Twenty-four hours after Rinky Hijikata, partnering Dutchman David Pel, had reached the men's doubles final amid high excitement, Gadecki and Krawczyk went down a bit more tamely 3-6 6-0 6-3 to eighth seeds, Russian Veronika Kudermetova and Belgian Elise Mertens, in their last-four contest on the same arena on Friday. Gadecki had been hoping to make it the first time in 21 years that an Australian had qualified for both the men's and women's doubles finals at the All England Club in the same year. Back in 2004, Todd Woodbridge had won his ninth and last Wimbledon title with Jonas Bjorkman, while Rennae Stubbs partnered Cara Black to victory in the women's event. Gadecki and Krawczyk in the first tournament they've played together, hadn't dropped a set coming into their last-four clash, and they started brightly again before their experienced opponents flicked a switch after losing the first set and took complete control. Gold Coast player Gadecki, who had been knocked out in the first round of the singles, had been looking to add to her grand slam collection after winning the Australian Open mixed doubles with John Peers in January. But the onus now is all on Hijikata who became the fifth Australian to reach the men's doubles final in the last 10 editions when he produced some match-winning heroics in the semi-final against El Salvador's Marcelo Arevalo and Croatian Mate Pavic. He and Pel, who had not played together until this week after they got into the tournament only as reserves, will next meet Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool, who are the first all-British team to play in the final since 1960 and are seeking to become the first home winners since 1936. The hopes of an Australian doubles' double at Wimbledon have been dashed on another baking day on No.1 Court as Olivia Gadecki was beaten in her women's semi-final alongside American Desirae Krawczyk. Twenty-four hours after Rinky Hijikata, partnering Dutchman David Pel, had reached the men's doubles final amid high excitement, Gadecki and Krawczyk went down a bit more tamely 3-6 6-0 6-3 to eighth seeds, Russian Veronika Kudermetova and Belgian Elise Mertens, in their last-four contest on the same arena on Friday. Gadecki had been hoping to make it the first time in 21 years that an Australian had qualified for both the men's and women's doubles finals at the All England Club in the same year. Back in 2004, Todd Woodbridge had won his ninth and last Wimbledon title with Jonas Bjorkman, while Rennae Stubbs partnered Cara Black to victory in the women's event. Gadecki and Krawczyk in the first tournament they've played together, hadn't dropped a set coming into their last-four clash, and they started brightly again before their experienced opponents flicked a switch after losing the first set and took complete control. Gold Coast player Gadecki, who had been knocked out in the first round of the singles, had been looking to add to her grand slam collection after winning the Australian Open mixed doubles with John Peers in January. But the onus now is all on Hijikata who became the fifth Australian to reach the men's doubles final in the last 10 editions when he produced some match-winning heroics in the semi-final against El Salvador's Marcelo Arevalo and Croatian Mate Pavic. He and Pel, who had not played together until this week after they got into the tournament only as reserves, will next meet Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool, who are the first all-British team to play in the final since 1960 and are seeking to become the first home winners since 1936. The hopes of an Australian doubles' double at Wimbledon have been dashed on another baking day on No.1 Court as Olivia Gadecki was beaten in her women's semi-final alongside American Desirae Krawczyk. Twenty-four hours after Rinky Hijikata, partnering Dutchman David Pel, had reached the men's doubles final amid high excitement, Gadecki and Krawczyk went down a bit more tamely 3-6 6-0 6-3 to eighth seeds, Russian Veronika Kudermetova and Belgian Elise Mertens, in their last-four contest on the same arena on Friday. Gadecki had been hoping to make it the first time in 21 years that an Australian had qualified for both the men's and women's doubles finals at the All England Club in the same year. Back in 2004, Todd Woodbridge had won his ninth and last Wimbledon title with Jonas Bjorkman, while Rennae Stubbs partnered Cara Black to victory in the women's event. Gadecki and Krawczyk in the first tournament they've played together, hadn't dropped a set coming into their last-four clash, and they started brightly again before their experienced opponents flicked a switch after losing the first set and took complete control. Gold Coast player Gadecki, who had been knocked out in the first round of the singles, had been looking to add to her grand slam collection after winning the Australian Open mixed doubles with John Peers in January. But the onus now is all on Hijikata who became the fifth Australian to reach the men's doubles final in the last 10 editions when he produced some match-winning heroics in the semi-final against El Salvador's Marcelo Arevalo and Croatian Mate Pavic. He and Pel, who had not played together until this week after they got into the tournament only as reserves, will next meet Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool, who are the first all-British team to play in the final since 1960 and are seeking to become the first home winners since 1936. The hopes of an Australian doubles' double at Wimbledon have been dashed on another baking day on No.1 Court as Olivia Gadecki was beaten in her women's semi-final alongside American Desirae Krawczyk. Twenty-four hours after Rinky Hijikata, partnering Dutchman David Pel, had reached the men's doubles final amid high excitement, Gadecki and Krawczyk went down a bit more tamely 3-6 6-0 6-3 to eighth seeds, Russian Veronika Kudermetova and Belgian Elise Mertens, in their last-four contest on the same arena on Friday. Gadecki had been hoping to make it the first time in 21 years that an Australian had qualified for both the men's and women's doubles finals at the All England Club in the same year. Back in 2004, Todd Woodbridge had won his ninth and last Wimbledon title with Jonas Bjorkman, while Rennae Stubbs partnered Cara Black to victory in the women's event. Gadecki and Krawczyk in the first tournament they've played together, hadn't dropped a set coming into their last-four clash, and they started brightly again before their experienced opponents flicked a switch after losing the first set and took complete control. Gold Coast player Gadecki, who had been knocked out in the first round of the singles, had been looking to add to her grand slam collection after winning the Australian Open mixed doubles with John Peers in January. But the onus now is all on Hijikata who became the fifth Australian to reach the men's doubles final in the last 10 editions when he produced some match-winning heroics in the semi-final against El Salvador's Marcelo Arevalo and Croatian Mate Pavic. He and Pel, who had not played together until this week after they got into the tournament only as reserves, will next meet Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool, who are the first all-British team to play in the final since 1960 and are seeking to become the first home winners since 1936.
Perth Now
11-07-2025
- Sport
- Perth Now
Aussie hopes of doubles double crash in Wimbledon heat
The hopes of an Australian doubles' double at Wimbledon have been dashed on another baking day on No.1 Court as Olivia Gadecki was beaten in her women's semi-final alongside American Desirae Krawczyk. Twenty-four hours after Rinky Hijikata, partnering Dutchman David Pel, had reached the men's doubles final amid high excitement, Gadecki and Krawczyk went down a bit more tamely 3-6 6-0 6-3 to eighth seeds, Russian Veronika Kudermetova and Belgian Elise Mertens, in their last-four contest on the same arena on Friday. Gadecki had been hoping to make it the first time in 21 years that an Australian had qualified for both the men's and women's doubles finals at the All England Club in the same year. Back in 2004, Todd Woodbridge had won his ninth and last Wimbledon title with Jonas Bjorkman, while Rennae Stubbs partnered Cara Black to victory in the women's event. Gadecki and Krawczyk in the first tournament they've played together, hadn't dropped a set coming into their last-four clash, and they started brightly again before their experienced opponents flicked a switch after losing the first set and took complete control. Gold Coast player Gadecki, who had been knocked out in the first round of the singles, had been looking to add to her grand slam collection after winning the Australian Open mixed doubles with John Peers in January. But the onus now is all on Hijikata who became the fifth Australian to reach the men's doubles final in the last 10 editions when he produced some match-winning heroics in the semi-final against El Salvador's Marcelo Arevalo and Croatian Mate Pavic. He and Pel, who had not played together until this week after they got into the tournament only as reserves, will next meet Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool, who are the first all-British team to play in the final since 1960 and are seeking to become the first home winners since 1936.
7NEWS
27-05-2025
- Sport
- 7NEWS
World No.2 Coco Gauff wins French Open first round despite forgetting her racquets
Coco Gauff caused guffaws all round on Court Philippe Chatrier when she arrived on the biggest stage at Roland Garros having forgotten her racquets. Alas, for Aussie Olivia Gadecki, the second best player in the world then got somebody to go and find them. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Coco Gauff walks onto the court without her racquets. 'It seems like that was the only way I was gonna win the match now that I think about it!' smiled Gadecki a couple of hours later after being schooled 6-2, 6-2 by Coco's brilliance. The 23-year-old Gold Coast hopeful was a good sport about the comical start to her big day on Chatrier, enjoying a laugh with former finalist Gauff about the 'funny little incident'. The 2023 US Open champion had been left with a sheepish grin when she realised her error, opening her bag and finding nothing inside. 'They were supposed to be in my bag,' she told the chair umpire before a ball boy was dispatched to find the weapons. 'When I opened the first zipper, I was like, 'OK, no racquets.' The second zipper, I was like, 'Oh my God!' Naturally, she blamed her coach, Jean-Christophe Faurel. 'Honestly, as long as I've been on tour, my coach has always put the racquets in the bag before the match because he's very superstitious,' she laughed. 'I'm blaming it on him! It's okay.' Reunited with her friends, she then conquered the windy conditions and proved far too strong for the Australian No.5, who's 89 places behind her in the world rankings. Still, Gadecki, who played on the Rod Laver Arena during the Australian Open, enjoyed the whole experience. 'It was great to play Coco on such a big court. A real eye opener to all the things I need to improve, but overall I really enjoyed it,' she said. 'I definitely went in with serious expectation that I could win. I went in there thinking I could do some damage. But she's two in the world for a reason, and I just didn't have my A game today, and it showed. 'But I'd say the main feeling is just an immense amount of pride, like I'm very proud of myself for sticking by myself and keeping my head down and just trying to stay in there.'
The Advertiser
27-05-2025
- Sport
- The Advertiser
Coco forgetting her racquets was Aussie's 'only chance'
Coco Gauff caused guffaws all round on Court Philippe Chatrier when she arrived on the biggest stage at Roland Garros having forgotten her racquets. Alas, for Aussie Olivia Gadecki, the second best player in the world then got somebody to go and find them... "It seems like that was the only way I was gonna win the match now that I think about it!" smiled Gadecki a couple of hours later after being schooled 6-2 6-2 by Coco's brilliance. The 23-year-old Gold Coast hopeful was a good sport about the comical start to her big day on Chatrier, enjoying a laugh with former finalist Gauff about the "funny little incident". The 2023 US Open champion had been left with a sheepish grin when she realised her error, opening her bag and finding nothing inside. "They were supposed to be in my bag," she told the chair umpire before a ball boy was dispatched to find the weapons. "When I opened the first zipper. I was like, 'OK, no racquets.' The second zipper, I was like, 'Oh my God!' Naturally, she blamed her coach, Jean-Christophe Faurel. "Honestly, as long as I've been on tour, my coach has always put the racquets in the bag before the match because he's very superstitious," she laughed. "I'm blaming it on him! It's okay." Reunited with her friends, she then conquered the windy conditions and proved far too strong for the Australian No.5, who's 89 places behind her in the world rankings. Still, Gadecki, who played on the Rod Laver Arena during the Australian Open, enjoyed the whole experience. "It was great to play Coco on such a big court. A real eye opener to all the things I need to improve, but overall I really enjoyed it," she said. "I definitely went in with serious expectation that I could win. I went in there thinking I could do some damage. But she's two in the world for a reason, and I just didn't have my A game today, and it showed. "But I'd say the main feeling is just an immense amount of pride, like I'm very proud of myself for sticking by myself and keeping my head down and just trying to stay in there." Coco Gauff caused guffaws all round on Court Philippe Chatrier when she arrived on the biggest stage at Roland Garros having forgotten her racquets. Alas, for Aussie Olivia Gadecki, the second best player in the world then got somebody to go and find them... "It seems like that was the only way I was gonna win the match now that I think about it!" smiled Gadecki a couple of hours later after being schooled 6-2 6-2 by Coco's brilliance. The 23-year-old Gold Coast hopeful was a good sport about the comical start to her big day on Chatrier, enjoying a laugh with former finalist Gauff about the "funny little incident". The 2023 US Open champion had been left with a sheepish grin when she realised her error, opening her bag and finding nothing inside. "They were supposed to be in my bag," she told the chair umpire before a ball boy was dispatched to find the weapons. "When I opened the first zipper. I was like, 'OK, no racquets.' The second zipper, I was like, 'Oh my God!' Naturally, she blamed her coach, Jean-Christophe Faurel. "Honestly, as long as I've been on tour, my coach has always put the racquets in the bag before the match because he's very superstitious," she laughed. "I'm blaming it on him! It's okay." Reunited with her friends, she then conquered the windy conditions and proved far too strong for the Australian No.5, who's 89 places behind her in the world rankings. Still, Gadecki, who played on the Rod Laver Arena during the Australian Open, enjoyed the whole experience. "It was great to play Coco on such a big court. A real eye opener to all the things I need to improve, but overall I really enjoyed it," she said. "I definitely went in with serious expectation that I could win. I went in there thinking I could do some damage. But she's two in the world for a reason, and I just didn't have my A game today, and it showed. "But I'd say the main feeling is just an immense amount of pride, like I'm very proud of myself for sticking by myself and keeping my head down and just trying to stay in there." Coco Gauff caused guffaws all round on Court Philippe Chatrier when she arrived on the biggest stage at Roland Garros having forgotten her racquets. Alas, for Aussie Olivia Gadecki, the second best player in the world then got somebody to go and find them... "It seems like that was the only way I was gonna win the match now that I think about it!" smiled Gadecki a couple of hours later after being schooled 6-2 6-2 by Coco's brilliance. The 23-year-old Gold Coast hopeful was a good sport about the comical start to her big day on Chatrier, enjoying a laugh with former finalist Gauff about the "funny little incident". The 2023 US Open champion had been left with a sheepish grin when she realised her error, opening her bag and finding nothing inside. "They were supposed to be in my bag," she told the chair umpire before a ball boy was dispatched to find the weapons. "When I opened the first zipper. I was like, 'OK, no racquets.' The second zipper, I was like, 'Oh my God!' Naturally, she blamed her coach, Jean-Christophe Faurel. "Honestly, as long as I've been on tour, my coach has always put the racquets in the bag before the match because he's very superstitious," she laughed. "I'm blaming it on him! It's okay." Reunited with her friends, she then conquered the windy conditions and proved far too strong for the Australian No.5, who's 89 places behind her in the world rankings. Still, Gadecki, who played on the Rod Laver Arena during the Australian Open, enjoyed the whole experience. "It was great to play Coco on such a big court. A real eye opener to all the things I need to improve, but overall I really enjoyed it," she said. "I definitely went in with serious expectation that I could win. I went in there thinking I could do some damage. But she's two in the world for a reason, and I just didn't have my A game today, and it showed. "But I'd say the main feeling is just an immense amount of pride, like I'm very proud of myself for sticking by myself and keeping my head down and just trying to stay in there." Coco Gauff caused guffaws all round on Court Philippe Chatrier when she arrived on the biggest stage at Roland Garros having forgotten her racquets. Alas, for Aussie Olivia Gadecki, the second best player in the world then got somebody to go and find them... "It seems like that was the only way I was gonna win the match now that I think about it!" smiled Gadecki a couple of hours later after being schooled 6-2 6-2 by Coco's brilliance. The 23-year-old Gold Coast hopeful was a good sport about the comical start to her big day on Chatrier, enjoying a laugh with former finalist Gauff about the "funny little incident". The 2023 US Open champion had been left with a sheepish grin when she realised her error, opening her bag and finding nothing inside. "They were supposed to be in my bag," she told the chair umpire before a ball boy was dispatched to find the weapons. "When I opened the first zipper. I was like, 'OK, no racquets.' The second zipper, I was like, 'Oh my God!' Naturally, she blamed her coach, Jean-Christophe Faurel. "Honestly, as long as I've been on tour, my coach has always put the racquets in the bag before the match because he's very superstitious," she laughed. "I'm blaming it on him! It's okay." Reunited with her friends, she then conquered the windy conditions and proved far too strong for the Australian No.5, who's 89 places behind her in the world rankings. Still, Gadecki, who played on the Rod Laver Arena during the Australian Open, enjoyed the whole experience. "It was great to play Coco on such a big court. A real eye opener to all the things I need to improve, but overall I really enjoyed it," she said. "I definitely went in with serious expectation that I could win. I went in there thinking I could do some damage. But she's two in the world for a reason, and I just didn't have my A game today, and it showed. "But I'd say the main feeling is just an immense amount of pride, like I'm very proud of myself for sticking by myself and keeping my head down and just trying to stay in there."
West Australian
27-05-2025
- Sport
- West Australian
Coco forgetting her racquets was Aussie's 'only chance'
Coco Gauff caused guffaws all round on Court Philippe Chatrier when she arrived on the biggest stage at Roland Garros having forgotten her racquets. Alas, for Aussie Olivia Gadecki, the second best player in the world then got somebody to go and find them... "It seems like that was the only way I was gonna win the match now that I think about it!" smiled Gadecki a couple of hours later after being schooled 6-2 6-2 by Coco's brilliance. The 23-year-old Gold Coast hopeful was a good sport about the comical start to her big day on Chatrier, enjoying a laugh with former finalist Gauff about the "funny little incident". The 2023 US Open champion had been left with a sheepish grin when she realised her error, opening her bag and finding nothing inside. "They were supposed to be in my bag," she told the chair umpire before a ball boy was dispatched to find the weapons. "When I opened the first zipper. I was like, 'OK, no racquets.' The second zipper, I was like, 'Oh my God!' Naturally, she blamed her coach, Jean-Christophe Faurel. "Honestly, as long as I've been on tour, my coach has always put the racquets in the bag before the match because he's very superstitious," she laughed. "I'm blaming it on him! It's okay." Reunited with her friends, she then conquered the windy conditions and proved far too strong for the Australian No.5, who's 89 places behind her in the world rankings. Still, Gadecki, who played on the Rod Laver Arena during the Australian Open, enjoyed the whole experience. "It was great to play Coco on such a big court. A real eye opener to all the things I need to improve, but overall I really enjoyed it," she said. "I definitely went in with serious expectation that I could win. I went in there thinking I could do some damage. But she's two in the world for a reason, and I just didn't have my A game today, and it showed. "But I'd say the main feeling is just an immense amount of pride, like I'm very proud of myself for sticking by myself and keeping my head down and just trying to stay in there."
