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‘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

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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
Usain Bolt celebrates as he wins the men’s 200-metre final  at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

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
Surging up the rankings: Italy’s Jasmine Paolini.

‘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
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Evonne Goolagong Cawley holds daughter Kelly after winning a tournament in 1978.

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
Naomi Osaka.

‘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
Great moments in Sydney sport from Johnson v Burns to the Williams sisters.

The Magic Ticket part three: A free pass to the best moments in Sydney sporting history

Willy Wonka gave out Golden Tickets, but we’ve handed out Magic Tickets to give our journalists the Christmas gift of a free pass to any sporting event ever held in Sydney.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex signed a reported $38 million deal for a podcast series with Spotify.

Spotify executive who signed Harry and Meghan exits as hundreds of jobs cut

Dawn Ostroff, who signed a multimillion-dollar podcast deal with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, will leave Spotify.

  • Matthew Field

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