Australian Open: The Happy Slam
Stay subscribed to this channel as Craig Gabriel and Richard Stansbury bring you daily updates during the 2023 Australian Open. As all eyes turn to Melbourne for the most anticipated two weeks on the tennis calendar, Nine’s Wide World of Sports brings you Australian Open: The Happy Slam. In this six-part documentary mini-series, James Bracey chats with the stars who made The Australian Open what it is today. Subscribe so you don’t miss Pat Rafter, Dylan Alcott, Jim Courier, Jelena Dokic, Ajla Tomljanovic and Todd Woodbridge, as they tell their stories of how the Australian Open changed them, and how they changed it.
Episodes
Join Nine Radio's tennis commentator Craig Gabriel and Richard Stansbury everyday of the 2023 Australian Open as they keep you up to date on everything you need to know about the play from the day before and what is coming up in the day ahead.
In this Episode:
- Novak Djokovic wins his 10th Australian Open
- Emotion we have never seen from Novak before
- What this means for Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Women’s Double...
Join Nine Radio's tennis commentator Craig Gabriel and Richard Stansbury everyday of the 2023 Australian Open as they keep you up to date on everything you need to know about the play from the day before and what is coming up in the day ahead.
- Sabalenka’s Maiden Slam
- Back to Back Aussie Men’s Champions
- Biggest Winners from Day 13
- The moment Aryna joined Daphne
- Coming up on Day 14
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Join Nine Radio's tennis commentator Craig Gabriel and Richard Stansbury everyday of the 2023 Australian Open as they keep you up to date on everything you need to know about the play from the day before and what is coming up in the day ahead.
- Men’s Final is set
- Takeaways from the Semis
- Biggest Winners and Losers from Day 12
- Liam Hemsworth's Cameo?
- Coming up on Day 13
- Who takes home Daphne
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Join Nine Radio's tennis commentator Craig Gabriel and Richard Stansbury every day of the 2023 Australian Open as they keep you up to date on everything you need to know about the play from the day before and what is coming up in the day ahead.
- Aussies dominate
- Doubles in Troubles
- Women’s final is set
- Biggest Winners and Losers from Day 11
- Craig’s missed opportunity
- You have never seen anything like it
Join Nine Radio's tennis commentator Craig Gabriel and Richard Stansbury everyday of the 2023 Australian Open as they keep you up to date on everything you need to know about the play from the day before and what is coming up in the day ahead.
- Novak puts on another masterclass
- Magda Linette keeps taking down the seeds
- Day 10 Results
- Biggest Winners and Losers from Day 10: New Aussie Nicknames
- Coming up on Day ...
Join Nine Radio's tennis commentator Craig Gabriel and Richard Stansbury everyday of the 2023 Australian Open as they keep you up to date on everything you need to know about the play from the day before and what is coming up in the day ahead.
- Heartbreak for American
- 10 years in waiting for Azarenka
- Day 9 Results
- Biggest Winners and Losers from Day 9: Tsitsipas big mistake
- Coming up on Day 10
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Join Nine Radio's tennis commentator Craig Gabriel and Richard Stansbury everyday of the 2023 Australian Open as they keep you up to date on everything you need to know about the play from the day before and what is coming up in the day ahead.
- Novak unstoppable
- Top seeded women keeping falling
- Craig Gabriel with Aryna Sabalenka
- Day 8 Results
- Biggest Winners and Losers from Day 8: The new Special K’s
- Comin...
Join Nine Radio's tennis commentator Craig Gabriel and Richard Stansbury everyday of the 2023 Australian Open as they keep you up to date on everything you need to know about the play from the day before and what is coming up in the day ahead.
- Top Seed is out
- Craig’s thoughts on in match coaching
- Tsitsipas calls AO his Home Slam
- Day 7 Results
- Biggest Winners and Losers from Day 7
- Coming up on Day 8: Can t...
Join Nine Radio's tennis commentator Craig Gabriel and Richard Stansbury everyday of the 2023 Australian Open as they keep you up to date on everything you need to know about the play from the day before and what is coming up in the day ahead.
- Aussie win and Aussie loss
- Sir Andy’s tournament is over but AO the big loser
- Next bright star?
- Day 6 Results
- Biggest Winners and Losers from Day 6
- Coming up on Day...
Join Nine Radio's tennis commentator Craig Gabriel and Richard Stansbury everyday of the 2023 Australian Open as they keep you up to date on everything you need to know about the play from the day before and what is coming up in the day ahead.
- ANOTHER Top See drops out
- The debate dividing the Tennis World
- 2 set comebacks a theme of AO23
- Day 5 Results
- Biggest Winners and Losers from Day 5: The Greek God
- Sh...
Join Nine Radio's tennis commentator Craig Gabriel and Richard Stansbury everyday of the 2023 Australian Open as they keep you up to date on everything you need to know about the play from the day before and what is coming up in the day ahead.
- More top seeds tumble
- The feel good story of the AO
- Latest on Rafa, Nick and Novak injuries
- Day 4 Results: History made from Murray and Kokkinakis
- Biggest Winners and Lo...
Join Nine Radio's tennis commentator Craig Gabriel and Richard Stansbury everyday of the 2023 Australian Open as they keep you up to date on everything you need to know about the play from the day before and what is coming up in the day ahead.
- Rafa is out of the Australian Open
- All rain and no play
- Journos Nick slip up
- Day 3 results
- Biggest Winners and Losers
- Jason Kubler falls 1 short of an AO Record
...
Join Nine Radio's tennis commentator Craig Gabriel and Richard Stansbury everyday of the 2023 Australian Open as they keep you up to date on everything you need to know about the play from the day before and what is coming up in the day ahead.
- Melbourne’s wild weather
- Andy Murray’s stunning 5 setter
- 1462 drought comes to an end for Kim Birrell
- Day 2 Results and Matches postponed
- Novak makes up his own rules
Join Nine Radio's tennis commentator Craig Gabriel and Richard Stansbury everyday of the 2023 Australian Open as they keep you up to date on everything you need to know about the play from the day before and what is coming up in the day ahead.
- Nick Kyrgios is out of the Australian Open
- Rafa’s 1st round battle
- Day 1 Results
- Biggest Winners and Losers from Day 1
- An underdog Aussie
- Rafa’s missing racquet
...
Join Nine Radio's tennis commentator Craig Gabriel and Richard Stansbury everyday of the 2023 Australian Open as they keep you up to date on everything you need to know about the play from the day before and what is coming up in the day ahead.
- Who can stop Novak from number 10?
- Craig Tiley's warning to the crowd
- An unlikely bromance
- Ajla Tomljanovic's heartbreak
- Bold Predictions
- Key takeaways from ...
Pat Rafter is one of Australia’s greatest ever tennis players, but despite his great success on court he reveals his failings still keep him awake at night.
Rafter talks about how his love for tennis and the Australian Open has grown as he went from a boy from the country idolizing Newcombe and Roach, to an icon of not only his country, but his sport.
The Moment:
2001 Australian Open Semi-Final vs Andre Agassi. ...
Growing up, tennis wasn't even on Dylan Alcott's radar. He spent his childhood watching his friends play sports, while he was the time keeper. Fast forward 20 years and Dylan has inspired kids all around the world to believe that you can be anything you want to be.
His story is one of dedication, inspiration and unity. His successes have never been about him, but about what they might do for a young child sitting at home wo...
Jelena Dokic’s story, in life and in tennis, can be described in one word — fighter. Jelena’s family struggles and issues with her father are well-documented, but now she's opened up on how that really affected her, both on and off the court.
Jelena says she didn’t have her own identity, she was lost, but it was thanks to tennis and the Australian Open she was able to come back to life.
Through her strength and spreading he...
Todd Woodbridge isn’t a doubles tennis player, Todd Woodbridge isn’t a singles tennis player... Todd Woodbridge is a tennis person. Growing up watching Australian icons take the court, he dreamt of one day representing his country and holding up the trophy at Wimbledon. Not only did he go on to hold that trophy up multiple times, he went on to be one of the icons he once idolized.
You can feel the passion and love Todd has ...
It would be hard to think about the Australian Open without Jim Courier. Having won the tournament in 1992, Jim jumped into sporting lore with his post-victory swim in the Yarra River. From that point on he forged a special bond with the AO and the people that love it so much.
He opens up on why he keeps coming back to Australia year after year, reveals the only player he gets nervous talking to, and doesn’t miss when speak...
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