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- Australian Open
Keys wins first grand slam the hard way, Sabalenka smashes racquet in frustration
Madison Keys had to beat the two-time reigning Australian Open champion to win this year’s crown, and that’s exactly what made the victory so sweet for the 29-year-old from Illinois.
- Scott Spits
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Kyrgios, Serena, Agassi and … more Kyrgios: The top 10 racquet-smashing tantrums
For every Roger Federer and Chris Evert to have graced the courts of the world, there lurks a racquet-wielding tinderbox.
- Nick Newling
‘It’s only for certain people’: The ruthless reality of tennis qualifying
The prizemoney from simply making the Australian Open main draw can sustain a player for an entire season. It’s why there’s a skirmish on the outside courts this week.
- Gemma Grant
- 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?
- Simon Briggs
- Opinion
- Olympics
The greatest athlete of the 21st century? Bolt runs away with it
ESPN’s American-centric list of the top 100 athletes of this century is a blatant attempt to bait hopeless chumps into pointless arguments – so let’s join in.
- Malcolm Knox
‘I’m too soft’: Serena Williams worries whether she can be a pushy tennis mum
Serena Williams misses tennis – but don’t take that as a comeback hint. Her only angst post-retirement, really, is whether she’s too easy on her kids.
- David Marchese
‘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.
- Marc McGowan
The shirt, the sunnies, the refreshments and more: Tennis-inspired style hits
To ace courtside chic, check in with the burgeoning celeb crowd filling tournament stands.
- Damien Woolnough
The tennis-superstar mum: It’s the birth of a new era – almost
A raft of former top-ranked players competing in this year’s Australian Open are now mums. But what seems like a new trend is, in fact, anything but.
- Alan Attwood
‘Shai has helped me lessen the pressure’: Champion Osaka returns after becoming a mother
Naomi Osaka’s baby girl Shai isn’t joining her mum in her comeback tour Down Under, but has helped the four-time major winner put things into perspective.
- Marnie Vinall
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