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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Howard Fendrich

Australian Open: Did the Happy Slam become the Angry Slam? Or is tennis just changing?

APTOPIX Australian Open Tennis - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Things are somewhat out of control at the Australian Open this year, and that's got only a little to do with the results on the courts.

Yes, there were some upsets, including Madison Keys eliminating No. 2 Iga Swiatek in the women's semifinals Thursday night. It also was the first time since 1990 that three teenagers beat top-10 men's seeds at a Grand Slam tennis tournament. The loser of one of those matches, Daniil Medvedev, got fined $76,000 for behaving badly. Last year's women's runner-up exited in the first round.

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