World No.1 Jannik Sinner has claimed his first Wimbledon title, gaining sweet revenge on rival superstar Carlos Alcaraz to end the Spaniard’s quest for three straight crowns at the All England club.
‘This year Ibiza was more chill,’ Carlos Alcaraz says of his annual pilgrimage to the party island before sobering up and trying to win Wimbledon.
Reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz rallied from the brink of defeat to overcome world number one Jannik Sinner in a French Open final for the ages.
Coco Gauff beat Aryna Sabalenka in the French Open final nearly as emphatically as Sabalenka defeated herself. Just ask her.
Three years on from finishing runner-up at Roland Garros, Coco Gauff has got the job done to claim her first French Open title.
The French Open quarter-final was a horror show featuring more than a hundred unforced errors. If the top women players want more marquee match time, they must stop serving up such dross.
Adopted Australian Daria Kasatkina suffered a fourth round defeat to rising teen star Mirra Andreeva, blowing an opportunity to force a deciding third set at the French Open in Paris.
Alexei Popyrin’s golden run at the French Open has come to a shuddering halt, ending Australia’s involvement in the men’s singles with a week still to go in the second grand slam of the year.
Australia’s high-calibre Russian import prevailed to become the first Australian female to reach the fourth round since Ash Barty’s triumphant year of 2019.
Australian Alexei Popyrin has continued his career-best run at the French Open with a stirring victory that has seen him reach the second week of a major for the second time in his career.
Daria Kasatkina was brave enough to publicly oppose Russia’s war on Ukraine. Her homeland locked its doors to her. We took her in, fired up the barbie, told her to watch The Castle – and now she’s into the third round of the French Open in her first tournament as an Australian.
Novak Djokovic, the one remaining champion of tennis’ iconic big four, says he is struggling with that burden – as the game’s greatest winner admits for the first time the end may be near.
After tasting second-round defeat at the French Open, an exhausted Alex de Minaur demanded tennis authorities make a big change.
The 38-year-old, 24-time major champion suffered a toe injury that complicated his otherwise trouble-free victory over Frenchman Corentin Moutet.
In just under three hours Alex de Minaur showed every reason why he could, and every reason why he won’t, win a grand slam title, after crashing out of the French Open in a second round shock.
After ending a six-year streak of first-round exits in Paris, Aussie Alexei Popyrin is riding a confidence wave but the female presence looks bleak.
Jordan Thompson has fired a broadside at tour scheduling, describing the demands placed on players as “s**t” while critical of changes to several Masters tier tournaments.
There haven’t been a stack of Aussie wins at the French Open, but on the back courts a Queenslander did something he’s never done before.
Australian ninth seed Alex de Minaur overcame a medical timeout for treatment on a foot injury to complete a ruthless French Open first round victory in Paris.
As his hopeful doubles partner revealed why Nick Kyrgios had to pull out of the French Open, a trio of Aussies got on the winners’ list.
15 thousand t-shirts were gifted to tennis fans at the French Open to celebrate the career of Rafael Nadal. A number of them are now for sale, and the French tennis federation isn’t happy.
The big contingent of Australians at the French Open was thinned by three on a winless opening day at Roland Garros.
There will now be 15 Australians in singles action at the French Open after sadness turned to jubilation for one player.
Jannik Sinner was introduced to his Rome audience as ‘Il Maestro’. I doubt he’ll be so warmly greeted at the French Open after his doping ban. Parisians don’t need much encouragement to treat a foreign player like a contemptible scoundrel.
The shell-shocked Alex de Minaur is heading to next week’s Davis Cup tie in Sweden and a place he knows all too well. The drawing board.
The Spanish big gun has lifted the trophy at Roland Garros (getting a tattoo of the Eiffel Tower), The All England Club (strawberry) and Flushing Meadows (the date of his victory). On Friday he moved closer to completing a career grand slam and some more ink work.
2024 French Open winner Iga Swiatek has copped a doping ban from the International Tennis Integrity Agency for use of a prohibited substance.
Naomi Osaka dispatched the No. 10 seed at the US Open in straight sets but it was her remarkable ‘super suit’ that captured everyone’s attention.
Controversial Taiwan boxer Lin Yu-ting has swept the Paris Olympic boxing competition with an emphatic and undefeated record to win the women’s gold medal in the 57kg class.
Australia’s braveheart duo of Caitlin Parker and Charlie Senior have ensured the best performance by an Australian boxing team at an Olympic Games in more than half a century.
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