Barty, Stosur find their feet on clay
TOP seed Ashleigh Barty and two-time champion Samantha Stosur are powering towards an all-Australian title showdown at the Strasbourg International.
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Tomic one win from French Open main draw
BERNARD Tomic is one win away from penning one of sport’s great redemption stories after storming into the final round of French Open qualifying in Paris.
Underdone Kokkinakis switches focus to Wimbledon
IT was the clay season that did not happen for Thanasi Kokkinakis, who now starts planning for the grass courts of Wimbledon.
Aussie honoured with game’s highest accolade
AUSTRALIAN tennis legend Evonne Goolagong Cawley will join Billie Jean King, John McEnroe, Martina Navratilova and the All England Club as a recipient of the one of the most prestigious awards in tennis.
Evert: Protect the field, seed Serena
FRENCH Open organisers are wrong to stick rigidly to the WTA ranking list and not seed three-time champion Serena Williams for this year’s tournament, fellow American Chris Evert said.
Grand slam curse: French flops eye 35-year first
FRENCH tennis stars Richard Gasquet, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gael Monfils hope to be their nation’s first French Open winner since 1983.
Masur warns of Stosur threat at French
TENNIS Australia’s head of performance has declared Samantha Stosur at the crossroads of her stellar career.
Kokkinakis begins road back at French Open
SOUTH Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis is using the French Open as a stepping stone to revive his career after knee injury.
Lleyton to team up with Kyrgios in doubles at Queen’s
LLEYTON Hewitt will look to help fine tune Nick Kyrgios’s grass court game this season as he pairs with Australia’s top men’s player for the doubles event at Queen’s.
Aussie dream team: Hewitt, Kyrgios to play doubles
LLEYTON Hewitt will look to help fine tune Nick Kyrgios’s grass court game this season ahead of Wimbledon as he pairs with Australia’s top men’s player for the doubles event at Queen’s.
Doubles key to Kyrgios French Open tilt
NICK Kyrgios is scheduled to play a doubles match in Lyon to give him a better idea of whether he is ready for the French Open as John Millman joins the list of Aussie injury concerns for Paris.
Kyrgios his own worst enemy: Rosewall’s warning
KEN Rosewall has questioned Nick Kyrgios’s commitment to physical training and issued a stern warning to the 23-year-old whose French Open campaign could be over before it begins.
French Open snubs Serena Williams
SERENA Williams’ return to Grand Slam tennis from maternity leave just got even tougher after a decision by grand slam organisers.
Aussie No.1067 wins French Open break
AFTER two long years and a depressing string of injuries, fate has finally favoured James Duckworth with the world No.1067 ranked Aussie promoted to the French Open main draw.
When in Rome, do as Rafa does
RAFAEL Nadal has reclaimed his world No.1 status with a typically fighting performance against Alexander Zverev to win his eighth Italian Open title in Rome.
It’s doubles or nothing for Kyrgios
NICK Kyrgios will take a doubles entry for a French tournament this week to test whether his suspect elbow is ready for Roland Garros.
Nadal and Zverev set up Italian Open final
THE latest instalment in the rivalry between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic met expectations for one tight set before the ‘King of Clay’ prevailed — now Nadal must play the leader of tennis’ Generation Next.
De Minaur earns French Open wildcard
ALEX De Minaur’s breakout season — he’s slashed his ranking by almost half already in 2018 to rocket to world No.106 — has been rewarded with a French Open wildcard.
Glimpses of Djoker of old in 2018 first
NOVAK Djokovic moved into his first quarter-final of the year as Rafael Nadal also reached the loss eight and Aussie Daria Gavrilova’s campaign came to an end.
Umpire’s chair destroyed in tantrum
FORMER world No.1 Karolina Pliskova took her frustration out in stunning fashion after a controversial call at the Italian Open.
Irate Pliskova puts hole in umpire’s chair
IT’S safe to say Karolina Pliskova wasn’t happy! The star had just lost her second round match at the Italian Open and wasn’t in the mood to thank the umpire. The result was a little wild.
Serena’s coach opens up on body rebuild
23-TIME Grand Slam champion Serena Williams is set to make her long-awaited return to a major tournament at thew French Open in two weeks, coach Patrick Mouratoglou has confirmed but he says she did return to the court too early.
Tomic crushed in all-Australian final
BERNARD Tomic was enjoying a return to form on the tennis court, but in less than an hour it all went horribly wrong.
Tomic sets up all-Australian final
THE resurgent Bernard Tomic has won four consecutive clay-court matches for the first time to set up an all-Australian title showdown with John Millman in France.
Reinvigorated Tomic storms into Challenger semis
BERNARD Tomic has suddenly found form. After a disasterous 2017 and early part of 2018, the Aussie star is one win away from reaching a claycourt tour final for the first time.
Rafa shock! He loses match on clay
RAFAEL Nadal suffered his first clay-court defeat in almost a year when stunned by Austria’s Dominic Thiem in the Madrid Masters quarter-finals. The result also means he will no longer be world No.1.
Clay king Rafa smashes Macca’s carpet record
RAFAEL Nadal broke John McEnroe’s 34-year record by winning his 50th consecutive set on clay at the Madrid Open as his charge towards yet another title in the lead-up to the French Open continued unabated.
Djoker freefall continues but Nadal gives him hope
RAFAEL Nadal is sure Novak Djokovic will return to the highest level in tennis despite the Serb crashing out of the Madrid Open after defeat to a player who had previously never taken a set of him.
Bernard Tomic won a tennis match
VICTORIES have been few and far between for the tennis bad boy turned reality TV flop in recent times, so good for him.
Voyage of discovery for tennis prodigies
FOR Hana Sonton and Zachary Viiala, the allure of contesting the elite Longines Future Tennis Aces tournament in Paris this month is fabulous – but it’s also secondary to a greater goal.
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