John Lupo

Feb 12, 2024 | vavel.com | John Lupo |John LupoNew York

The Kansas City Chiefs have won their second consecutive championship with a 25-22 victory over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Meeting in football's showpiece for the second time in four years, San Francisco jumped out to a 10-0 lead only to see Kansas City score the next 13 points.

Jan 23, 2024 | vavel.com | John Lupo

For Tomas Etcheverry, the last two years of his career have been the best. Reaching his first two ATP Tour-level finals in Santiago and Houston as well as a maiden Grand Slam quarterfinal at Roland Garros saw him climb to a career-high 30th in the rankings. Off-court, the 24-year-old Argentine is dealing with an incaluclable loss as in Sep[tember 2022, his sister Magli passed away after a battle with breast cancer.

Jan 22, 2024 | vavel.com | John Lupo

The first round of the 2024 Australian Open continued with 28 matches on the women's side, the highlight results being 16th seed Caroline Garcia defeating Naomi Osaka and Dayana Yastremska crushing Marketa Vondrousova. Fourth seed Coco Gauff, sixth seed Ons Jabeur, 10th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia, 19th seed Elina Svitolina, and 25th seed Elise Mertens also advanced to the second round.

Jan 20, 2024 | vavel.com | John Lupo

World number one Novak Djokovic began his 2024 Australian Open campaign with a 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4 victory over Croatian qualifier Dino Prizmic in the first night match of the tournament on Rod Laver Arena. Seeking a record 25th major title, the Serb, who has now won 29 consecutive matches at Melbourne Park, played the longest first-round match of his Grand Slam career, needing four hours and one minute to dismiss the highly impressive 18-year-old.

Jan 17, 2024 | vavel.com | John Lupo

The 2024 Australian Open got underway with play beginning on a Sunday for the first time in tournament history. Among the winners from the 16 matches contested were defending champion Aryna Sabalenka, eighth seed Maria Sakkari and ninth seed Barbora Krejcikova. Qualifiers Brenda Fruhvirtova and Alina Korneeva made history as the first pair of 16-year-olds to reach the second round of a Grand Slam since 2007 and the first time it's happened in Melbourne since 2005.