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AO increases crowds for finals
- By Peter Rowe
- . January 26, 2022
Crowd capacity at the Australian Open will be increased to 65 per cent for the remainder of the tournament. Tournament director Craig Tiley said fans

Nadal ‘destroyed’ but wins brutal Shapo battle
- By Peter Rowe
- . January 25, 2022
Rafa Nadal survived a brutal five set thriller to oust Canadian young gun Denis Shapovalov and reach the Australian Open semi-finals on Tuesday. Playing in

Ball girl collapses in Melbourne
- By Peter Rowe
- . January 18, 2022
An Australian Open ball girl had to be helped off the court after collapsing during a first-round match in Melbourne. The incident took place during

Who is to blame for ‘Joke-ovic’ drama?
- By Peter Rowe
- . January 9, 2022
A week is long time in politics and the past few days seem like an eternity for Novak Djokovic and Tennis Australia as details emerge
Rusty Osaka back to winning ways
- By Peter Rowe
- . January 4, 2022
Naomi Osaka looked a little rusty as she advanced to the second round of the Melbourne Summer Set tournament with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 win
Raducanu pulls out of AO warm-up event
- By Peter Rowe
- . January 1, 2022
US Open champion Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from next week’s Australian Open warm-up tournament in Melbourne. “The timing to compete in the first Melbourne event

Djokovic ‘trying’ to get to Melbourne
- By Peter Rowe
- . December 30, 2021
Serbian ATP Cup captain Dusan Lajovic believes Novak Djokovic still wants to play in the Australian Open. Djokovic has repeatedly refused to say whether or

Pavlyuchenkova latest to test positive for Covid
- By Peter Rowe
- . December 30, 2021
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova has tested positive for Covid after arriving in Australia on Tuesday. Pavlyuchenkova, 30, said she was isolating and confirmed she was fully vaccinated. “I
First wildcards announced for Melbourne Slam
- By Peter Rowe
- . December 22, 2021
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

Federer to miss Melbourne, says coach
- By Peter Rowe
- . November 15, 2021
Roger Federer looks likely to miss The Australian Open in January, according to his coach Ivan Ljubicic. The former world No 1 has not played