Australian Open 2022: Remarkable Rafael Nadal wins marathon comeback for record 21st Major
The last match of this year’s first Major was as highly anticipated as any during the tournament, even the crowd-pleasing victory of home favourite Ash…
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Australian Open 2022: Barty scores emotional win over Collins to end 44-year wait for a home champion
Wherever world No1 Ashleigh Barty plays her special brand of creative and crafty tennis, she is admired and cheered. But in Australia, the love and…
Australian Open 2022: Medvedev wins battle of wills against Tsitsipas; sets Nadal final
Certainly there had been memorable performances at this year’s Australian Open. Take the two young Canadians Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Alisassime reaching the quarters and…
Australian Open 2022: Ash Barty continues seamless progress to become first home finalist in 42 years
The task for world No51 Madison Keys was a monumental one. She would take on Ashleigh Barty, who arrived in Melbourne with 112 weeks clocked…
Australian Open 2022: Nadal and Berrettini battle to five-set wins for semi-final showdown
And so to the quarter-finals at an eventful Australian Open. With no defending champion Novak Djokovic at the top of the draw, the favourite became…
Australian Open 2022: Tsitsipas wins five-set thriller over Fritz to set Sinner showdown
With the defeat of No3 seed Alexander Zverev by No14 seed Denis Shapovalov on Sunday, it fell to No4 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas to step up…
Australian Open 2022: Barty keeps title hopes bright with Anisimova win as Badosa and Azarenka lose
Ash Barty and Amanda Anisimova had met only once before, back in the semis of the French Open in 2019. The tall and powerful Anisimova…
Australian Open 2022: Impressive Auger-Aliassime beats Dan Evans to set showdown with resurgent Cilic
From one perspective, the bottom half of the men’s draw seemed to have been broken wide open by unseeded players. Among the 16 who, in…
Australian Open 2022: Anisimova beats defending champion Osaka; next up, world No1 Barty
The top quarter, indeed the top half, of the women’s draw in Australia this year always promised at be a tough run for those with…
Australia Open 2022: Battling Raducanu bows out to Kovinic and blisters: Murray also loses
The No24 seed Dan Evans did not have to lift a finger on a hot afternoon in Melbourne. Having cruised to a win over David…
Australian Open 2022: Emma Raducanu wins battle of US Open champs with win over Sloane Stephens
“Winning a Grand Slam is great but I think at my age it interrupted the peaceful process of growing up and developing my game. Suddenly…
Australian Open 2022: With Djokovic’s departure, spotlight turns on Nadal and Zverev
The 2022 Australian Open had been making headlines worldwide for two weeks before a ball was hit in main-draw competition. The arrival, detention, visa cancellation…
Sydney Classic 2022: Impressive Karatsev downs emotional Murray for timely title
Both Andy Murray and Aslan Karatsev, the last two men standing in the Sydney Classic on Saturday night, had cause to feel at home in…
Sydney Classic 2022: Murray beats Opelka to reach first final since 2019; faces formidable Karatsev for title
It was in Australia last year that the formidable figure of Aslan Karatsev burst into the public consciousness with a semi-final run to the Open’s…
Australian Open 2022 preview: No1 Barty aims to end long wait for home glory, but defending champ Osaka looms
It would be the fairy-tale ending to this year’s Australian Open if the world No1 came through the entire draw to lift the women’s trophy.…
Australian Open 2022 preview: Rafael Nadal goes for second title
The air over Melbourne has been hot with debate, as the see-sawing fortunes, legal challenges, claims and counter-claims have swirled around the shoulders of the…
Sydney Classic 2022: Raducanu loses first match of season to Rybakina in packed Sydney draw
It is still hard to believe that the young 19-year-old Briton, Emma Raducanu, reached the fourth round of Wimbledon in just her second main-tour tournament,…
ATP Cup 2022: Auger-Aliassime and Shapovalov propel Canada to victory over Spain
It probably surprised nobody that Spain emerged from the group stages to reach the semis of the ATP Cup this week in Sydney, even without…
Andy Murray continues build-up to Australian Open with wild card into Sydney
Great Britain may have been edged out of the ATP Cup at the last moment—their win over the USA was trumped by Canada’s win over…
ATP Cup 2022: GB beat USA, but edged out of semis by fine Canadian win over Germany
The tennis powerhouse that is Spain always looked like the favourite to come through Group A in Sydney this week, even without the super-star, Major-winning…
Australian summer begins with bang: Nadal, Barty, Murray, Swiatek, Osaka, Azarenka in one day
Sydney has already opened the floodgates as tennis launches into another new season: Not a day of 2022 would be wasted as the ATP Cup…