Australian Open prize money increases to over €50m

$AU 86.5 million(€53.3m) will be up for grabs at the Australian Open in January, in an increase of 10 million Australian dollars from 2023. The 112th edition of the tournament begins Jan. 14 in Melbourne Park, as 2023 champion world no. 2 Aryna Sabalenka seeks to defend what was her first career Grand Slam. Naomi Osaka has also announced her …

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Naomi Osaka to make tennis return at Brisbane International less than six months after giving birth

Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka will make her return to tennis at Brisbane International, a warmup tournament for the Australian Open that takes place from Dec. 31 to Jan. 7. Osaka, who spent 25 weeks in 2019 as world no.1, announced the birth of daughter Shai in July. She had withdrawn from last year’s Australian Open before revealing her …

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