{"id":359165,"date":"2024-01-11T05:49:22","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T06:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=359165"},"modified":"2024-01-11T08:02:31","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T08:02:31","slug":"aussie-stars-beef-with-tennis-villain-set-to-ignite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=359165","title":{"rendered":"Aussie star&#039;s beef with tennis villain set to ignite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australian women&#x27;s singles star <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/ajla-tomljanovic\" title=\"Ajla Tomljanovic\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ajla Tomljanovic<\/a> will be the home nation&#x27;s big hope come her first round match up at the 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/australian-open\" title=\"Australian Open\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Australian Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old is facing Petra Martic in the first round, but all eyes will turn to the second, if the Aussie hopeful is to progress.<\/p>\n<p>Tomljanovic&#x27;s draw sets her on a crash course with women&#x27;s tennis&#x27; villain-in-chief Jelena Ostapenko if she is successful.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE\ufeff:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/australian-open-2024-draw-who-plays-who-round-one-full-schedule\/5c10a069-db4b-4c10-9e91-e66090c09a44\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Demon draws former world No.3 for Aus Open start\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Demon draws former world No.3 for Aus Open start<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/news-2024-alex-de-minaur-beats-carlos-alcaraz-in-charity-match-ahead-of-australian-open\/bb321aac-4828-4c0b-9239-763d5ecadbab\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Why the &#x27;sky&#x27;s the limit&#x27; for de Minaur\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Why the &#x27;sky&#x27;s the limit&#x27; for de Minaur<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/australia-west-indies-news-2024-ian-chappell-exclusive-steve-smith-opening-batting-order\/a901701f-c69b-4bef-82a1-cbafe359f87b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Chappell urges selectors to have Smith selection &#x27;conversation&#x27;\"><strong>Chappell urges selectors to have Smith selection &#x27;conversation&#x27;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ufeffThe Australian and Ostapenko have a heated history that dates back to 2021, when the pair had an extraordinary on-court blow-up, with Tomljanovic going on to win through to the fourth round of <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/live-scores\/wimbledon-2021\/11655\" target=\"\" title=\"Wimbledon\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wimbledon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tomljanovic beat former French Open champion Ostapenko 4-6, 6-4 6-2, after a running battle over medical timeouts taken by the Latvian player.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"6fe1d242-1421-4894-ab2d-fafc4cd6940f\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/6fe1d242-1421-4894-ab2d-fafc4cd6940f\" alt=\"Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia serves in the semi-final match against Angelique Kerber of Germany during the 2024 United Cup at Ken Rosewall Arena.\" data-width=\"1920\" data-height=\"1280\" \/><\/p>\n<p>She was later lauded for calling out apparent gamesmanship by Ostapenko.<\/p>\n<p>Ostapenko, despite showing little signs of pain or discomfort, called for a medical timeout.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I cannot continue, I have pain,&quot; she told the chair umpire.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Tomljanovic was quick to shut down Ostapenko&#x27;s antics.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&quot;You know she&#x27;s lying, right? We all know,&quot; the Aussie said, calling for the supervisor.<\/p>\n<p>Now that a likely match up is on the cards for 2024, could we see another heated exchange on court at the Australian Open?<\/p>\n<p>Here&#x27;s everything you need to know about the 2024 Australian Open.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Australian Open 2024 dates\ufeff<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The two week tournament kicks off on Sunday, January 14 with matches from 11am and finishes on Sunday, January 28 with the men&#x27;s singles final.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Australian Open 2024 schedule\ufeff<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Men&#x27;s &amp; Women&#x27;s 1<sup>st<\/sup> round: Jan 14 &#8211; 16<\/li>\n<li>Men&#x27;s &amp; Women&#x27;s 2<sup>nd<\/sup> round: Jan 17 &#8211; 18<\/li>\n<li>Men&#x27;s &amp; Women&#x27;s 3<sup>rd<\/sup> round: Jan 19 &#8211; 20<\/li>\n<li>Men&#x27;s &amp; Women&#x27;s 4<sup>th<\/sup> round: Jan 21 &#8211; 22<\/li>\n<li>Men&#x27;s &amp; Women&#x27;s quarter-finals: Jan 23 &#8211; 24<\/li>\n<li>Women&#x27;s semi-finals: Jan 25<\/li>\n<li>Men&#x27;s semi-finals : Jan 26<\/li>\n<li>Women&#x27;s singles final: Saturday, 27 January, 12pm<\/li>\n<li>Men&#x27;s singles final: Sunday, 28 January, 7pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-id=\"67b02d81-6e10-461c-a176-c2fa13cbc890\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/67b02d81-6e10-461c-a176-c2fa13cbc890-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Novak Djokovic of Serbia prepares to serve to Alex De Minaur of Australia during their United Cup quarter final clash.\" data-width=\"3275\" data-height=\"1849\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Is<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/novak-djokovic\" target=\"\" title=\"Novak Djokovic\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Novak Djokovic<\/strong><\/a> <strong>playing in the Australian Open 2024?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Serbian star is chasing down an 11th crown at Melbourne Park and has added motivation to defend his 2023 title. However, his recent 43-game Australian win streak came to an end at the hands of home grown talent Alex de Minaur at the United Cup. A wrist injury has been recently plaguing the veteran, with Djokovic playing down the severity.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Is<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/rafael-nadal\" target=\"\" title=\"Rafael Nadal\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Rafael Nadal<\/strong><\/a> <strong>playing \ufeffin the Australian Open 2024?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Unfortunately, the 2022 Australian Open champion will not be competing in 2024. Nadal pulled out of the tournament after he revealed a new problem caused in his <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/brisbane-international-tennis-2024-jordan-thompson-shocks-rafael-nadal-result\/e9770264-ac05-43df-bee9-d52fddc640ef\" target=\"\" title=\"loss to Jordan Thompson\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">loss to Jordan Thompson<\/a> at the Brisbane International.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Hi all, during my last match in Brisbane I had a small problem on a muscle that as you know made me worried,&quot; Nadal posted on X.<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6344435255112\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pickerimage-45.jpg\" alt=\"Rafa forced to withdraw from Australian Open\" data-vms-id=\"ref:clr3b25an003r0kpdb140v1qs\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Once I got to Melbourne I have had the chance to make an MRI and I have micro tear on a muscle, not in the same part where I had the injury and that&#x27;s good news.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff&quot;Right now I am not ready to compete at the maximum level of exigence (sic) in five sets matches.&quot;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2024 SEEDINGS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>MEN:\ufeff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Novak Djokovic, 2. Carlos Alcaraz, 3. Daniil Medvedev, 4. Jannik Sinner, 5. Andrey Rublev, 6. Alexander Zverev, 7. Stefanos Tsitsipas, 8. Holger Rune, 9. Hubert Hurkacz, 10. Alex de Minaur, 11. Casper Ruud, 12. Taylor Fritz, 13. Grigor Dimitrov, 14. Tommy Paul, 15. Karen Khachanov, 16. Ben Shelton, 17. Frances Tiafoe, 18. Nicolas Jarry, 19. Cameron Norrie, 20. Adrian Mannarino, 21. Ugo Humbert, 22. Francisco Cerundolo, 23. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, 24. Jan-Lennard Struff, 25. Lorenzo Musetti, 26. Sebastian Baez, 27. Felix Auger-Aliassime, 28. Tallon Griekspoor, 29. Sebastian Korda, 30. Tomas Martin Etcheverry, 31. Alexander Bublik, 32. Jiri Lehecka.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WOMEN:\ufeff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Iga Swiatek, 2. Aryna Sabalenka, 3. Elena Rybakina, 4. Coco Gauff, 5. Jessica Pegula, 6. Ons Jabeur, 7. Marketa Vondrousova, 8. Maria Sakkari, 9. Barbora Krejcikova, 10. Beatriz Haddad Maia, 11. Jelena Ostapenko, \ufeff12. Qinwen Zheng, 13. Liudmila Samsonova, 14. Daria Kasatkina, 15. Veronika Kudermetova, 16. Caroline Garcia, 17. Ekaterina Alexandrova, 18. Victoria Azarenka, 19. Elina Svitolina, 20. Magda Linette, 21. Donna Vekic, 22. Sorana Cirstea, 23. Anastasia Potapova, 24. Anhelina Kalinina, 25. Elise Mertens, 26. Jasmine Paolini, 27. Emma Navarro, 28. Lesia Tsurenko, 29. Lin Zhu, 30. Xinyu Wang, 31. Marie Bouzkova, 32. Leylah Fernandez.<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6344450001112\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/s-deminaur.png\" alt=\"De Minaur &#x27;just let go&#x27; in epic celebration\" data-vms-id=\"ref:clr4188kh003x0jpnzwixkhj5\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>WHAT IS THE PRIZE MONEY FOR THE 2024 AUSTRALIAN OPEN?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\ufeffThis year, we&#x27;ve seen a $10 million prize money increase, taking the winnings to $86.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>The men&#x27;s and women&#x27;s singles winners will take home a massive $3.15 million each.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Singles (all in $AUD)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Winner: $3.15m<\/p>\n<p>Runner-up: $$1.725m<\/p>\n<p>Semi-final: $990,000<\/p>\n<p>Quarter-final: $600,000<\/p>\n<p>Round 4: $375,000<\/p>\n<p>Round 3: $255,000<\/p>\n<p>Round 2: $180,000<\/p>\n<p>Round 1: $120,000<\/p>\n<p><strong>Doubles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Winner: $730,000<\/p>\n<p>Runner-up: $400,000<\/p>\n<p>Semi-final: $227,500<\/p>\n<p>Quarter-final: $128,000<\/p>\n<p>Round 3: $75,000<\/p>\n<p>Round 2: $53,000<\/p>\n<p>Round 1: $36,000<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mixed doubles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Winner: $165,000<\/p>\n<p>Runner-up: $94,000<\/p>\n<p>Semi-final: $50,000<\/p>\n<p>Quarter-final: $26,500<\/p>\n<p>Round 2: $13,275<\/p>\n<p>Round 1: $6,900<\/p>\n<h3><strong>HOW CAN I WATCH THE 2024 AUSTRALIAN OPEN?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The 2024 Australian Open is being broadcast on Nine, with matches available to be live-streamed via 9Now and Stan Sport.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"2f1f0d91-1c0c-46a7-a780-114dc5cd0b97\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2f1f0d91-1c0c-46a7-a780-114dc5cd0b97-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Alex de Minaur thanks the fans following victory in a charity match against Carlos Alcaraz.\" data-width=\"2739\" data-height=\"1859\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>HOW CAN I GET TICKETS FOR THE 2024 AUSTRALIAN OPEN?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Tickets are available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com.au\/ausopen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" title=\"here\">here<\/a>, with ground pass tickets starting from $59, while tickets to the women&#x27;s and men&#x27;s finals are starting from $249.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>WHO ARE THE FAVOURITES TO WIN THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2024?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>(Courtesy of SportsBet, correct as of Thursday January 11 at 5pm)\ufeff<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Men&#x27;s draw:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Novak Djokovic &#8211; $2.00<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Alcaraz &#8211; $4.20<\/p>\n<p>Jannik Sinner &#8211; $7.50\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Daniil Medvedev &#8211; $11.00\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffAlex de Minaur $23.00<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Zverev &#8211; $23.00<\/p>\n<p>Holger Rune &#8211; $23.00\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women&#x27;s draw:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Iga Swiatek &#8211; $3.20<\/p>\n<p>Aryna Sabalenka &#8211; $4.20<\/p>\n<p>Elena Rybakina &#8211; $5.50<\/p>\n<p>Cori Gauff &#8211; $6.50<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffJessica Pegula &#8211; $18.00<\/p>\n<p>Ons Jabeur &#8211; $26.00\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6344656009112\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2024\/01\/560664\/pickerimage.jpg\" alt=\"Adelaide International Quarterfinal Highlights: Marta Kostyuk v Jelena Ostapenko\" data-vms-id=\"ref:clr8oyxym00070jntlfayqt66\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>WHO DO THE AUSTRALIANS PLAY IN THE FIRST ROUND?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3>WOMEN&#x27;S DRAW<\/h3>\n<p><em>Australian players first\ufeff<\/em>K\ufeffim Birrell (WC) vs Jelena Ostapenko<\/p>\n<p>Taylah Preston (WC) vs Elina Svitolina<\/p>\n<p>Ajla Tomljanovic vs Petra Martic<\/p>\n<p>Olivia Gadecki (WC) vs Sloane Stephens<\/p>\n<p>Daria Saville (WC) vs Magdalena Fretch<\/p>\n<h3>MEN&#x27;S DRAW<\/h3>\n<p>\ufeffAlex de Minaur (10th seed) vs Milos Raonic<\/p>\n<p>Alexei Popyrin vs Marc Polmans (WC)<\/p>\n<p>Christopher O&#x27;Connell vs Cristian Garin<\/p>\n<p>James Duckworth (WC) vs Luca van Assche<\/p>\n<p>Aleksandar Vukic vs Jordan Thompson<\/p>\n<p>Jason Kubler (WC) vs Daniel Elahi Galan<\/p>\n<p>Thanasi Kokkinakis vs Sebastian Ofner<\/p>\n<p>James McCabe (WC) vs Alex Michelsen<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffMax Purcell vs qualifier \/ lucky loser<\/p>\n<p>Rinky Hijikata vs Jan-Lennard Struff<\/p>\n<p>Adam Walton (WC) vs Matteo Arnaldi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Australian women&#x27;s singles star Ajla Tomljanovic will be the home nation&#x27;s big hope come her first round match up at the 2024 Australian Open. The <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=359165\" title=\"Aussie star&#039;s beef with tennis villain set to ignite\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":359167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=359165"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":359173,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359165\/revisions\/359173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/359167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=359165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=359165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=359165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}