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Val Febbo
Apr 30
MADRID'S BLUE CLAY, 12 YEARS ON
The Mutua Madrid Open is well and truly underway, but there is one significant outlier in the event’s recent history which occurred...
Dale Roberts
Apr 29
IN DEFENCE OF BERNARD TOMIC
Let's face it, Bernard Tomic isn’t one of the most popular tennis players out there. Run-ins with the police and the tennis establishment...
Michael Ponticello
Apr 29
VIVA LA FONSECA
17-year-old Joao Fonseca is Brazil’s best tennis talent since Gustavo Kuerten. The tennis world first heard of him properly at his home...
Christian Montegan
Apr 25
IS TRADITIONALISM PUSHING AWAY A NEW AUDIENCE?
For a while now, tennis has found itself at a crossroads between traditionalism and catering for the new generation of fans drawn to the...
Oscar Rutherford
Apr 22
ARE WE EXPERIENCING A RENAISSANCE IN AUSSIE MEN'S TENNIS?
Recently in Monte-Carlo, Alex de Minaur and Alexei Popyrin became the first Australians to reach the third round of the singles event...
Roddy Reynolds
Apr 21
DOUBLE EDGED SWORD: ATP TRIALING NEW RULES IN MADRID
This coming week at the Mutua Madrid Masters 1000, the ATP is trialing “innovative” new rules in the men’s doubles event. The ATP says...
Teodora Jovic
Apr 16
DO AUSSIE PLAYERS HAVE ENOUGH OPPORTUNITIES AT HOME?
Australian tennis players have been a prominent fixture across the junior, futures, WTA, and ATP tours since the beginning of...
Todd Scoullar
Apr 10
THE KAYLAH MCPHEE JOURNEY
In a country with roughly 10 times the population of Australia, one Australian is trying her hardest to carve out a living on the WTA...
brett84123
Apr 8
ONLY ONE PLAYER CAN STOP IGA SWIATEK ON CLAY
A wider playing field compared to the ATP tour is one of the reasons why women’s tennis has flourished over the years with a sense of the...
Jade Culph
Mar 31
THE UNKNOWN VALUE AND QUALITY OF THE CHALLENGER TOUR
As the ATP Tour moves through a part of its glamour period with Masters 1000 events in Indian Wells and Miami it is excitement plus in...
Val Febbo
Mar 31
HAS MEDVEDEV BEEN LOCKED OUT?
At the back end of 2021 it looked like Daniil Medvedev was going to have the tennis fraternity bowing at his feet following his...
Connor Joyce
Mar 28
BEAUTY OF TENNIS TO BE SHOWCASED IN YARRAWONGA
The Easter long weekend is upon us, and for many, that means grass court tennis. Over the coming days, thousands of players of all ages...
Craig Christopher
Mar 28
MULTI SPORT: MUST HAVE OR MISUSE
With tennis facing competition from sports such as Padel and Pickleball along with the ever-increasing demand for real estate and the...
Teodora Jovic
Mar 25
COLLEGE TENNIS - BUT AT HOME
College tennis in the United States has become a prevalent path for junior tennis players from Australia after graduating high school....
Dale Roberts
Mar 22
CAN LULU SUN SAVE NEW ZEALAND TENNIS?
In the trans-Tasman rivalry between Australia and New Zealand, our Kiwi cousins can claim victory in quite a few things. Rugby, the...
Sean A'Hearn
Mar 21
DEATH OF THE SINGLE-HANDED BACKHAND
With Stefanos Tsitsipas still just outside the top 10 at the time of writing, no single-handed backhand player features in the ATP top...
Oscar Rutherford
Mar 20
WHICH RETURNING WTA STAR WILL HAVE THE BIGGEST IMPACT IN 2024
One of the dominant narratives of WTA tennis this season has been the series of big names returning to competition after extended periods...
Todd Scoullar
Mar 13
BEHAVIOUR IN TENNIS: WHERE DO WE DRAW THE LINE?
Tennis player behaviour has come into sharp focus again in recent weeks, with Andrey Rublev receiving a default in his semi-final match...
Roddy Reynolds
Mar 12
EDGING CLOSER TO A HALEP RETURN
Former world number 1 Simona Halep will return to tennis at the Miami in the next week after being cleared to play as a result of having...
brett84123
Mar 10
MORE APPRECIATION: MURRAY DESERVES TO BOW OUT ON HIS TERMS
Less speculation, more appreciation: Andy Murray deserves to bow out on his terms "Maybe I'll see you again. I'll do everything possible...
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