The Australian Open
2021 is almost over – time for new balls please!
So, this is Christmas … … And what have we done? Another year over and tennis fans have survived another turbulent year. A year that
Wild boy Kyrgios gets Melbourne wild card
Aussie bad boy Nick Kyrgios will be back on court early next month after accepting a wild card into the ATP 250 warm-up event at
Judy takes Duncan Murray dog training
As Andy and Jamie head for Australia mom Judy comes up with a plan for the “other brother” She’s giving her ‘other son’ Duncan a dog
I’m confident Rafa will be here: Aussie Open chief Tiley
Australian Open chief Craig Tiley said he was confident Rafael Nadal would play in Melbourne next month despite testing positive for Covid-19. Nadal said on
First wildcards announced for Melbourne Slam
Tennis Australia has announced its first tranche of Australian Open singles wildcards, with Aussie players Daria Saville, Maddison Inglis, Sam Stosur and Storm Sanders all
‘Small’ number of exemptions issued for Australian Open
A small number of players and staff will be granted medical exemptions from vaccination to come to Australia for the first Slam of 2022 next
Raducanu flying high
BBC Sports Personality of the Year and US Open singles champion Emma Raducaunu has been named as British Airways’ newest global brand ambassador. The airline
Russian out of AO with ‘wrong’ vaccination
Russian player Natalia Vikhlyantseva has confirmed she will not be at the Australian Open because her covid vaccination is not recognised by Australian health authorities.
Nadal tests positive in lead up to Australian Open
20 time grand slam champion Rafael Nadal has tested positive for Covid, after taking a PCR test. He took the test after arriving back home
A week in review – and Rafa’s still undecided
RAFA Nadal has only played 29 matches this year. It has been enough to keep him in the ATP top ten, despite a niggling foot