Rod Laver
Opinion
ATP Tour
Why Rafael Nadal doesn’t make my top 5 all-time tennis greats
If the future of the world was at stake, who would I pick to play a winner-takes-all match?
- by Simon Briggs
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Opinion
Roger Federer
Federer: the best of the best takes his rest
Roger Federer, who has announced his imminent retirement, has claims to be the best sportsman in all senses of the word in most people’s living memory.
- by Greg Baum
Opinion
Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal, gracious and brilliant, is the GOAT of tennis
If you held a final vote for greatest player of all time today, Rafael Nadal would have to be No. 1.
- by John Feinstein
From the Archives, 1962: Australians dominate at French Open
Sixty years ago, Rod Laver and Margaret Smith proved themselves true champions winning the all-Australian singles finals at the French Open. Australia dominated at Roland Garros also winning the men’s doubles and boys and girls titles.
- by AAP and Staff Writers
‘She’s ready to say something big’: Barty primed to end Australian Open drought, says Laver
Tennis great Rod Laver believes that victory for Ashleigh Barty at this year’s Australian Open - a drought-breaking day for the country - would drive the world No.1 “to another level”.
- by Scott Spits
Analysis
Australian Open
Grand slam: Medvedev spoiled Djokovic’s celebrations, and what a Barty party
In a year in which Roger Federer won the ATP fan favourite award by playing a dozen or so matches and two teenage women came from the clouds to play the US Open final, the transitional nature of tennis revealed itself.
- by Scott Spits
Success tastes oh so sweet for Medvedev after ousting ‘greatest tennis player in history’
It was US Open champion Daniil Medvedev’s perfectly-timed graciousness, amid intense disappointment for Novak Djokovic, that shone through on the New York stage.
- by Scott Spits
Djokovic one step closer to grand slam but Medvedev aims to rewrite his US Open story
Novak Djokovic has beaten Alexander Zverev in the US Open semi-finals to move within one victory of a calendar-year grand slam.
Analysis
US Open
The magical era of the Big Three has ended, but Djokovic’s quest for grand slam immortality goes on
Which fate awaits Novak Djokovic at the US Open? With history and a calendar grand slam on the line, will he seal his greatness, or fall agonisingly short?
- by Paul McNamee
Updated
Tokyo Olympics
Barty and Peers bag bronze thanks to Djokovic forfeit
Two world No.1s, but only one bronze medal left to fight over. It all came down to a mixed doubles tie in Tokyo, until Novak Djokovic pulled out.
- by Anthony Colangelo
‘You can’t dispute the facts’: How Djokovic will pass Federer, Nadal for ‘GOAT’ tag
The Serbian star is now just one grand slam title away from the mark set by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. But two Australian Wimbledon champions believe his rise to the top of the tennis tree is already complete.
- by Sam Phillips
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