ATP Tour
IV drips and doping: What has Max Purcell admitted to, and what’s next?
Australian Max Purcell has been provisionally suspended after using a “prohibited method”. We delve into the case.
- by Scott Spits
Latest
Tennis’ love match: Meet ‘Aussie’ Matteo Arnaldi and his Melburnian girlfriend
Jet-setting tennis star Matteo Arnaldi jokes that he’s a citizen of the world but the world No.37 can’t help but feel more than a little bit Australian thanks to some fortuitous events two years ago.
- by Scott Spits
Cruz mode: Son of a tennis gun in the mix for Open qualifying wildcard
Cruz Hewitt could be ready to enter one of the sport’s biggest stages as Tennis Australia and the young gun’s team weigh the next move for the promising teenager.
- by Scott Spits
Opinion
Drugs in sport
Is tennis cooked? No, but the temperature is being turned up
Nick Kyrgios says his sport is “cooked” after two top players tested positive to banned substances and were let off with a slap on the wrist. It’s a little more nuanced than that.
- by Darren Kane
Why Shayna Jack’s lawyer expects Jannik Sinner to be banned despite ‘unintentional’ doping
The tennis world No.1 faces a sanction for twice testing positive to an anabolic steroid, says an Australian sports lawyer who helped clear the Olympic swimmer.
- by Scott Spits
Updated
Drugs in sport
‘Our sport is cooked’: Kyrgios takes a swipe after tennis rocked by doping cases
The Australian star has hit out after the sport was rocked by a second doping case this year involving one of the top players.
- by Scott Spits
Australian star ends another lengthy Lleyton tennis drought
Alex de Minaur has defied a hip injury to qualify for the exclusive ATP finals, reserved for the eight best-performed men of the year.
- by Marc McGowan
Pint-sized superfan cheers Demon to masterful win; fiery Popyrin ousts Medvedev
Only the top eight players in the world get to play in the year-ending ATP Finals, and it’s been a bucket-list goal of Alex de Minaur’s all year. Now, the plucky Australian is only one win away from qualifying, while his fellow Sydneysider Alexei Popyrin has taken down another top player in Paris.
- by Ian Chadband
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Tennis Australia
‘A lot of mental battles going on’: Why Alex de Minaur has vowed to play on in pain
Australian star Alex de Minaur is still recovering from the hip injury that cruelled his Wimbledon title bid and derailed his career-best campaign, but he is determined to qualify for the ATP finals.
- by Marc McGowan
Why Jannik may be judged more sinner than saint
The Italian star was cleared of doping, saying he was unwittingly contaminated while being massaged. But that won’t wash with the World Anti-Doping Agency.
- by Darren Kane
Opinion
Rafael Nadal
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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