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Todd Scoullar
Apr 28, 2022
FROM THE BIG THREE TO THE DIVISIVE THREE
Photographs: Getty Images Over the last 40 years or so, tennis has been littered with some nice, some bland, but mostly loved and...
Roddy Reynolds
Apr 27, 2022
WILDCARD CONUNDRUM CONTINUES: IMG & ITS VESTED INTEREST
Photograph: Getty Images While there are many trivial formulations of ‘the golden rule’, perhaps the most truthful of them all is that...
Darren Parkin
Apr 27, 2022
TIME FOR TENNIS TO STAND AS ONE
Photograph: Getty Images When dealing with sensitive matters, it is important for sport to take a united approach on how to handle the...
Daniel Short
Apr 26, 2022
TENNIS GEELONG CROWNS SATURDAY COMPETITION PREMIERS
Tennis Geelong crowned its Saturday competition premiers throughout April, capping a positive return to community sport. Like so many...
Val Febbo
Apr 24, 2022
LTA GOES BACK ON IT’S OWN BY-LAWS
This week the tennis world has been utterly rocked by the joint Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) and All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC)...
Craig Christopher
Apr 22, 2022
THE RIGHT CHOICE
When we think of the best players in recent history, and possibly of all time for that matter we always think of Roger, Rafa, Novak and...
Darren Parkin
Apr 21, 2022
ROBREDO'S ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER COMES TO A CLOSE
One of the longest and most celebrated careers in tennis has come to an end, with popular Catalonian Tommy Robredo bowing out just weeks...
Roddy Reynolds
Apr 21, 2022
IS BANNING RUSSIAN PLAYERS REALLY THE ANSWER?
Photograph: Getty Images Wimbledon officials have reportedly confirmed that the All England Club has banned Russian and Belarusian...
Todd Scoullar
Apr 18, 2022
THE 2023 MARKETING CONUNDRUM
The 2022 instalment of the Australian Open certainly had its ups and downs. Yet, after what might be described (understatedly) as a rocky...
Connor Joyce
Apr 7, 2022
AUSSIE PLAYERS CAPITALISE ON LOCAL ITF SWING, BUT AUSSIE TENNIS DOESN’T
Since the conclusion of the 2022 Australian Open, a series of ITF events have been taking place in Australia as a host of young Aussies...
Todd Scoullar
Apr 4, 2022
WHY MEN'S TENNIS IS ABOUT TO LOOK LIKE WOMEN'S TENNIS
Men’s tennis is in a very intriguing period right now. It’s about to become a whole lot more similar to women’s tennis than we’ve been...
Courtney Walsh
Apr 4, 2022
PADEL STORMING ONTO THE HORIZON
As Rafael Nadal produced the defining performance of his career in January, on the grounds of Melbourne Park there was evidence of a...
Val Febbo
Apr 1, 2022
SO LONG TO ADVANTAGE FINAL SETS
This month the quartet of Grand Slam bodies agreed to a universal deciding set format where the Australian Open’s format of a match...
Connor Joyce
Mar 31, 2022
THE ECCENTRICITY OF TENNIS RANKINGS
Photograph: Getty Images Tennis truly is the sport that never sleeps. At just about any given point in time, there is a professional...
Daniel Short
Mar 30, 2022
IS FIVE-SET TENNIS HERE TO STAY?
Photograph: Getty Images What is the most memorable tennis match you’ve ever seen? The best ever? The classics. Chances are you answered...
Roddy Reynolds
Mar 28, 2022
COLLEGE TENNIS: A PATHWAY TO THE TOP
As the proverbial saying goes, there’s more than one way to skin a cat. And for tennis players seeking a pathway to the top, there’s no...
Daniel Short
Mar 24, 2022
FIVE OF BARTY'S FINEST
Photograph: Getty Images The sudden retirement of Australian tennis star Ash Barty has caught the sporting world by surprise. Amid the...
Alex Johnstone
Mar 23, 2022
AMERICAN TENNIS: IT'S TIME TO BE GREAT AGAIN
Photographs: Getty Images Taylor Fritz’s triumph at the unofficial fifth major, Indian Wells, was a watershed moment for the California...
Darren Parkin
Mar 22, 2022
DASHA GETS HER CHANCE
All Daria Saville wanted in 2022 was a chance to play. After two years of frustration, injury and setbacks, her bold run to the Fourth...
Todd Scoullar
Mar 19, 2022
THE CHALLENGES OF CHALLENGERS
The ATP Challenger event in Canberra (2019). We’re lucky in Australia. We are entrusted with staging one of the four biggest tennis...
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