Australian Ashleigh Barty's fine form in the lead-up to the French Open has continued with a 10th consecutive victory. The world No.9 defeated American Danielle Collins 6-1, 1-6, 6-1 to advance to the third round of the Madrid Open for the first time. Replay Barty has taken to the red clay in the Spanish capital Read more about Barty makes it 10 straight wins at the Madrid Open[…]
Nick Kyrgios will struggle to earn a seeding for the French Open, which starts on May 26, unless he performs better in Rome than he did in Madrid. The Australian's start to the claycourt season ended abruptly in the Spanish capital, dumped out of the first round of the Madrid Open in straight sets by Read more about An outburst, underarm shots and a swift claycourt exit for Kyrgios[…]
Top-ranked Novak Djokovic sounds open to the idea of Justin Gimelstob's eventual return to an influential role in tennis following his recent resignation from the ATP board of directors. Speaking at the Madrid Open, Djokovic said Gimelstob did the right thing by stepping down after being sentenced in a US court for attacking a former Read more about Djokovic open on Gimelstob return to ATP[…]
Australian Ashleigh Barty's fine form in the lead-up to the French Open has continued with a 10th consecutive victory. The world No.9 defeated American Danielle Collins 6-1, 1-6, 6-1 to advance to the third round of the Madrid Open for the first time. Replay Barty has taken to the red clay in the Spanish capital Read more about Barty makes it 10 straight wins at the Madrid Open[…]
Ajla Tomljanovic is through to the semi-finals of the Morocco Open after a straight-sets victory over Sweden's Rebecca Peterson. The Australian No.2 eased past Peterson 6-2, 6-4 in Rabat to set up a third showdown of the year with Britain's No.1 Johanna Konta. It will be Tomljanovic's first semi-final appearance since being beaten by Daria Read more about Aussie Tomljanovic to meet Konta in Morocco semis[…]
A Canberra woman found her car wouldn't start so she asked a couple of strangers walking past to help her push. No worries, they said. But they were on the way home from the Old Canberra Inn after a couple of beers and started to tire. That's when a car pulled up and the driver Read more about The day when Good Samaritan tennis star Nick Kyrgios lent a hand[…]
John Millman has hammered Bernard Tomic in their all-Australian first-round encounter at the ATP Tour's Estoril Open while countryman Alexei Popyrin fell to defending champion Joao Sousa. World No.50 Millman got the better of Tomic in a tight first set with a single break, before he steamrolled through the second set to win 6-3, 6-0 Read more about Millman thumps Tomic, Tomljanovic wins in Morocco[…]
Australia's Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt will help unveil the new-look No.1 Court at Wimbledon next month. Hewitt, who won the 2002 championships, will join several former winners including John McEnroe, Goran Ivanisevic and Martina Navratilova in a test event for the court's new roof on May 19. The £70 million ($A129 million) highly complex Read more about Change coming at Wimbledon with new court, more prizemoney[…]