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Adelaide International 2 ATP 250- Adelaide, Australia | January 9- 14, 2023: Soonwoo Kwon is the men’s singles champion here in Adelaide, defeating Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (4)

2023 Malaysian Open (Super 1000)- January 10-15, 2023 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : Baek Ha-Na/Lee Yu-Lim through to the women’s doubles final after defeating Zhang Shuyian/Zheng Yu 2-0 (21-17, 21-23)

2023 Australian Open Withdrawals: Women’s: Paula Badosa , Venus Williams , Ajla Tomlajnovic , Qiang Wang , Sara Sorribes Tormo , Naomi Osaka Men’s: Carlos Alcaraz , Marin Cilic, Reily Opelka , Kamil Majchrzak , Attila Balazs

ASC Classic ATP 250- Aukland, New Zealand | January 9- 14, 2023: Nikola Metic/ Mate Pavic are the men’s doubles champions here in Adelaide, defeating Nathaniel Lammons/Jackson Withrow 6-4, 6-7 (5), [10-6]

ASC Classic ATP 250- Aukland, New Zealand | January 9- 14, 2023: Richard Gasquet is the men’s singles champion here in Adelaide, defeating Cam Norrie 4-6, 6-4, 6-4

Adelaide International 2 ATP 250- Adelaide, Australia | January 9- 14, 2023: Marcelo Arévalo / Jean-Julien Rojer win the men’s doubles title in Adelaide, by w/o over Ivan Dodig / Krajicek

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2023 Malaysian Open (Super 1000)- January 10-15, 2023 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : An Se-Yeong through to the women’s singles final after defeating Chen Yufei 2-1 (21-12, 19-21, 21-9)

Adelaide International 2 WTA 500- Adelaide, Australia | January 9- 14, 2023: Belinda Bencic is the women’s singles champion here in Adelaide, defeating Daria Kasatkina 6-2, 6-0!

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Hobart International WTA 250- Hobart, Australia | January 9- 14, 2023: Laura Siegmund / Kirsten Flipkens win the women’s doubles title here in Hobart, defeating Viktorija Golubic / Palma Udvardy 6-4, 7-5!

Hobart International WTA 250- Hobart, Australia | January 9- 14, 2023: Lauren Davis wins her second career WTA title defeating Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto 7-6 (0), 6-2!

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Jarvis Earle is the 2023 World Junior Champion in men’s surfing! Earle’s Individual Scores (17.00): 5.50, 2.00, 0.73, 7.50, 4.67, 4.07, 9.50 Congrats to the second place finisher Levi Slawson as well, on making it as far as he did! Levi’s Individual Scores: 6.67, 3.17, 4.43, 4.93, 2.90

Francisca Veselko is the 2023 World Junior Champion in women’s surfing! Congrats Francisca’s Individual Scores (12.47): 2.67, 5.47, 4.40, 7.00 And a shoutout to second place finisher, America’s Sawyer Lindbald you were excellent all throughout the tournament! Sawyer’s Individual Scores: (12.33): 5.83, 6.50, 2.33

2023 WSL Junior Surfing World Championships- January 9-15, 2023 | San Diego, California Women’s Semifinals- Results: Sawyer Lindbald d. Alyssa Spencer 13.07 (7.50 + 5.57) - 11.77 (6.27 + 5.50) Francisca Veselko d. Sierra Kerr 14.33 (8.50 + 5.83) - 12.50 (5.77 + 6.73) Eliminated in 3th Place: Alyssa Spencer Sierra Kerr Women’s Final: Sawyer Lindbald v. Francisca Veselko Full Results/Live Streaming Here

2023 WSL Junior Surfing World Championships- January 9-15, 2023 | San Diego, California Men’s Semifinals- Results: Levi Slawson d. Eli Hanneman 16.60 (9.00 + 7.60) - 15.33 (8.00 + 7.33) Jarvis Earle d. Alan Cleland 13.23 (6.00 + 7.23) - 12.50 (4.17 + 8.33) Eliminated in 3th Place: Eli Hanneman Alan Cleland Men’s Final: Levi Slawson v. Jarvis Earle Full Results/Live Streaming Here

2023 WSL Junior Surfing World Championships- January 9-15, 2023 | San Diego, California Men’s Quarterfinals- Results: Eli Hanneman d. Brodi Sale 16.00 (8.33 + 7.67) - 10.07 (5.50 + 4.57) Levi Slawson d. Kauli Vaast 14.50 (7.50 + 7.00) - 14.17 (7.67 + 6.33) Jarvis Earle d. Oscar Berry 16.70 (6.77 + 9.93) - 10.60 (5.60 + 5.00) Alan Cleland d. Jackson Bunch 14.36 (4.93 + 9.43) - 12.70 (6.50 + 6.20) Eliminated in 5th Place: Brodi Sale Kauli Vaast Oscar Berry Jackson Bunch Men’s Semi-Finals: Eli Hanneman v. Levi Slawson Jarvis Earle v. Alan Cleland Full Results/Live Streaming Here

2023 WSL Junior Surfing World Championships- January 9-15, 2023 | San Diego, California Women’s Quarterfinals- Results: Alyssa Spencer d. Laura Raupp 7.93 (5.83 + 2.10) - 7.60 (3.83 + 3.77) Sawyer Lindblad d. Sol Aguirre 15.50 (8.83 + 6.67) - 14.17 (8.17 + 6.00) Francisca Veselko d. Erin Brooks 13.33 (7.83 + 5.50) - 9.67 (5.50 + 4.17) Sierra Kerr d. Zahli Kelly 13.77 (7.27 + 6.50) - 10.76 (5.83 + 4.93) Eliminated in 5th Place: Laura Raupp Sol Aguirre Erin Brooks Zahli Kelly Women’s Semi-Finals: Alyssa Spencer v. Sawyer Lindblad Francisca Veselko v. Sierra Kerr Full Results/Live Streaming Here

2022 Snowboarding World Cup- January 13-14, 2023 | Kreischberg, Austria Men’s Big Air Qualification Qualified to Final- From Heat 1: 1. Oyvind Kirkhus 175.50 (83.75 + 91.75) 2. Taiga Hasegawa 174.00 (83.75 + 90.25) 3. Samuel Zaros 169.00 (77.25 + 91.25) 4. Kira Kamura 167.75 (91.50 + 76.25) 5. Chris Corning 166.75 (70.75 + 96.00) Qualified to Final- From Heat 2: 1. Hiroto Ogiwara 183.25 (90.50 + 92.75) 2. Dusty Henrickson 168.75 (92.25 + 76.50) 3. Ryoma Kimata 166.75 (87.25 + 79.50) 4. Emiliano Lauzi 165.25 (89.75 + 75.50) 5. Valentino Guseli 162.25 (88.00 + 74.25) Full Qualification Results Here

2023 Malaysian Open (Super 1000)- January 10-15, 2023 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : Viktor Axelsen through to the semi-finals, defeating Kenta Nishimoto 2-0 (21-6, 21-12) Awesome job Viktor

Adelaide International 2 WTA 500- Adelaide, Australia | January 6-14, 2023 Luisa Stefani / Taylor Townsend d. Elena Rybakina / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-5, 7-6 (3) to win the women’s double title!

I’ll provide updates on San Marino here every once in a while Before the 2020 Olympics, San Marino had never won an Olympic medal. In Tokyo, things changed, and they managed to win TWO medals at Tokyo in shooting (Silver- Mixed Trap, Bronze- Women’s). Although the mixed trap event will be removed for the Paris 2024 Olympics, they should have two chances at the podium in men’s/women’s trap, along with Myles Amine in men’s 86kg wrestling.

2022-23 Ski Jumping World Cup: Zao Japan Alexandria Loutitt wins Canada’s first ever World Cup gold medal in women’s ski jumping! (240.3 pts) So happy for her! Hoping the rest of her season will be filled with many more podiums! Great day here in Zao for the Austrians as well, as they get a double podium! Overall World Cup leader Eva Pinklenig wins silver (231.8), while her teammate Chiara Creuzer wins bronze (228.6) Hoping this result will finally make Own The Podium take action, and put some funding into Ski Jumping Canada. There are hardly any training facilities in Canada, and all ski jumping athletes who choose to compete are self-funded.