ATP Tour
Hip injury derailed Demon’s season, but he could play Davis Cup for Australia in November
Alex de Minaur has not given up on playing again this year, with a goal to return from his hip injury during the upcoming European indoor season, which would be in time to help Australia’s Davis Cup title assault.
- by Marc McGowan
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Zero to heroes: The events that sparked the revival of Australian tennis
Australian tennis reached its lowest point after the 2009 Australian Open with no men ranked inside the top 100. It is a much different story now, but plenty had to happen to reverse the country’s fortunes.
- by Marc McGowan
Opinion
Drugs in sport
Kyrgios has (sort of) got it right about Sinner’s doping offence
Nick Kyrgios is right about Jannik Sinner escaping a ban, but not because the Italian is a drug cheat.
- by Darren Kane
Cards, golf and coffee critiques: How Australia’s top tennis players are helping each other take on the world
There are 12 Australians in the men’s draw at this week’s US Open, 10 of them in the world’s top 100. It’s more than 40 years since we’ve dominated the rankings like this, and the players say there’s a special bond forming between them.
- by Marc McGowan
Bernard Tomic was kicked out of a match – and he wasn’t even playing
The Australian lost to Andy Andrade earlier in the tournament, refused to shake his opponent’s hand and then showed up at the final as a spectator and was eventually booted out of the match.
- by Marc McGowan
Double bounce or not? The tennis controversy sparking worldwide debate
Novak Djokovic is the latest, and most significant, player to chime in on the chaotic and controversial finish to a match in Cincinnati that has gripped the tennis world.
- by Marc McGowan
Master of Montreal: Why Popyrin win is a landmark result for Australian tennis
Talented Australian Alexei Popyrin has dropped his self-described cocky ways to deliver a breakout win that has catapulted him up the world rankings.
- by Marc McGowan
Australian Alexei Popyrin wins Montreal Masters 1000, defeats Andrey Rublev in straight sets
In a massive result for Australian tennis, Alexei Popyrin held his nerve to dispatch the world No.6, Russian Andrey Rublev, in the final of the Montreal Masters 1000 tournament.
- by Greg Dundas
With two weeks until the US Open, Australia is on the verge of a 24-year first
Alexei Popyrin has cut down four top-20 opponents in a row to reach his maiden Masters 1000 final in Montreal, Canada, in a breakthrough performance that leaves Australia on the verge of a grand slam feat not reached for 24 years.
- by Marc McGowan
Princess of Wales attends Wimbledon in rare public appearance following cancer diagnosis
Catherine, Princess of Wales, arrived at Wimbledon for the men’s singles final in her second public appearance since announcing her cancer diagnosis.
Analysis
Wimbledon
He’s no Lleyton-lite: Why a sore hip won’t halt the Demon’s rise
A hip injury robbed Alex de Minaur of his chance to play Novak Djokovic on Wimbledon’s centre court in the biggest match of his life, but his legitimacy as a player cannot be taken away.
- by Marc McGowan
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