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The players are arriving from all over the world to prepare for the Australian Open, a grand slam event that, like everything these days, will be overshadowed by the coronavirus pandemic. The start of the 115-year-old tennis tournament has already been delayed…
The arrival of thousands of highly paid tennis players and their entourages into Adelaide and Melbourne for the belated Australian Open is either a logistical triumph (if you're the Victorian government and Tennis Australia), a disaster waiting to happen (if you are…
Andy Murray is currently self-isolating The 33-year-old’s representatives are now in discussions with Australian Open director Craig Tiley to try and coordinate an acceptable solution that would still allow him to participate. Months of exhaustive negotiations have already taken place between organisers…
Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem have both suffered setbacks with their coaches unable to make the trip to Australia for the year’s first Grand Slam. Players and officials have to undergo a mandatory 14-day quarantine on arrival in Australia before they participate…
US tennis player Tennys Sandgren was granted permission to board a chartered flight bound for the Australian Open despite testing positive for coronavirus. Sandgren, a quarter-finalist at Melbourne Park last year and in 2018, initially suggested in a series of tweets he…
VIENNA (AFP) – World No. 3 and US Open champion Dominic Thiem has had to travel to Australia without his coach Nicolas Massu, who tested positive for the coronavirus, Austrian media reported on Wednesday (Jan 14). “Before flying out, we got the…
Francesca Jones – who is missing two fingers and three toes because of a rare condition – wants to inspire others to overcome adversity, not claim revenge on the doctors who told her to FORGET a tennis career as Brit storms into…
Tomic the Tank Engine be damned. Bernard Tomic has bucked his flaky on-court reputation with a third-straight hard-fought victory to qualify for the Australian Open for the first time. Fellow Queenslander John-Patrick Smith was his final victim, with Tomic’s blazing forehand return…
Aryna Sabalenka made a strong start to her 2021 season by clinching the Abu Dhabi Open on Wednesday and extending her winning streak to 15 matches. After finishing 2020 with season-ending trophies at Ostrava and Linz, Sabalenka started her new campaign in…
Britain’s Francesca Jones qualified for the main draw of a Grand Slam for the first time after beating Lu Jia-jing in the final round of qualifying for the Australian Open. The 20-year-old from Leeds only won her first Slam qualifying match on…
Britain’s Francesca Jones is through to the Australian Open final qualifying round after defeating Jana Fett in three sets. The women’s event is being held in Dubai and the men’s in Doha to limit the number of players who will travel and…
Roger Federer: Chris Evans recalls encounter with tennis star Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were fighting to be the face of Gillette in 2006 and the former used a cunning trick to get an advantage over his rival to secure the blockbuster…