Tennis Australia
Hip injury derailed Demon’s season, but he could play Davis Cup for Australia in November
Alex de Minaur has not given up on playing again this year, with a goal to return from his hip injury during the upcoming European indoor season, which would be in time to help Australia’s Davis Cup title assault.
- by Marc McGowan
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Australian rising star to make top-100 debut despite final defeat
Olivia Gadecki went down in her maiden WTA singles final, but will break inside the world’s top 100 for the first time as reward for her breakout week in Mexico.
- by Marc McGowan
Australia suffer costly Davis Cup loss that could cruel title hopes
A tough loss to Spain means Australia will face a challenging task in the quarter-finals to end a 21-year title drought in the team competition.
- by Marc McGowan
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Crime
How police aced Tennis Australia official’s web of lies
A teacher and high-ranking tennis official tried to defraud his way out of trouble using phoney documents. But a canny prosecutor was not fooled.
- by Perry Duffin
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US Open
‘A really big choke from my end’: Popyrin’s weapon backfires in US Open loss
The rising Australian talent had his chances but failed to capitalise as American showman Frances Tiafoe stormed to victory, backed by parochial support in the stands.
- by Marc McGowan
A new Australian tennis star has emerged at the US Open
American-born Australian teenager Maya Joint is shaping as the country’s newest tennis star after joining Alexei Popyrin in winning on the US Open’s opening day.
- by Marc McGowan
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Gambling
The two-letter word that will save sport from the grips of gambling ads
When our sporting codes talk about the health of the games they lead, and we love, what do they actually mean?
- by Tony Robinson
Master of Montreal: Why Popyrin win is a landmark result for Australian tennis
Talented Australian Alexei Popyrin has dropped his self-described cocky ways to deliver a breakout win that has catapulted him up the world rankings.
- by Marc McGowan
Australian Alexei Popyrin wins Montreal Masters 1000, defeats Andrey Rublev in straight sets
In a massive result for Australian tennis, Alexei Popyrin held his nerve to dispatch the world No.6, Russian Andrey Rublev, in the final of the Montreal Masters 1000 tournament.
- by Greg Dundas
Down a set and a break, Ebden and Peers looked gone. Then they won Australia’s 12th gold
Matthew Ebden and John Peers became the only Australian gold medallists in the men’s doubles since “The Woodies” won the 1996 title in Atlanta.
- by Konrad Marshall
‘You are crazy, I would say’: Italy’s late bloomer reaches back-to-back major finals
Jasmine Paolini kept coming back, kept coming back, kept coming back, against Donna Vekic in what became the longest Wimbledon women’s semi-final. Meanwhile, Australia is once again a force on the doubles court.
- by Marc McGowan
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