Australian Open 2015: Federer, Williams and more facts and figures
The No1 ranking for both men and women is up for grabs at the first Grand Slam of the year in Australia. Roger Federer could…
The No1 ranking for both men and women is up for grabs at the first Grand Slam of the year in Australia. Roger Federer could…
Roger Federer and Caroline Wozniacki have won the International Tennis Writers Association’s Ambassadors of the Year Awards for 2014. This is the sixth time that…
There is a certain symmetry between the men’s draw at this year’s Australian Open and the women’s draw. Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, just like…
Andy Murray’s 2015 schedule has already suggested that he is feeling fit, confident and ambitious after his difficult return to form from back surgery last…
While much of the UK was being battered by storms overnight, Heather Watson was storming through the draw of one of the last Australian Open…
World No1s Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams head the seedings at the first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open, which begins next Monday.…
Just a month after one tennis innovation, the International Premier Tennis League, took to the courts, another compact, fast-moving version of the sport is getting…
The Australian Open has announced its second increase in prize money since the 2014 tournament, taking the total purse to an all-time high of A$40m…
It would of course be great news for Roger Federer and his fans if, by the end of a hot Sunday in Brisbane, he was…
A calm, confident and strong Tomas Berdych, with new coach Dani Vallverdu in his box, had increasingly carved out ‘favourite’ status with each day that…
Roger Federer’s run at his first tournament of 2015 was forged in his opening match against qualifying Australian John Millman. Top seed Federer admitted he…
In a match of big hearts, knuckle-clenching tension and iron wills, a match of David and Goliath proportions between two men who continue to give…
For the second day in a row, the top seed in Brisbane, Roger Federer, faced an Australian wild card, but his quarter-final could not have…
Since Roger Federer played in Brisbane for the first time last year, he has added another set of twins to his entourage, but that has…
Novak Djokovic, the world No1 and top seed at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open this week, may be playing his first pre-Australian Open tournament since 2009,…
With the first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open, set to begin in just 12 days’ time, the tournament received both good and…
Doha, host of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, has always drawn big names to this jewel of a venue on the Persian Gulf. But its amethyst…
With the first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open, beginning in exactly two weeks’ time, the news that world No9 Marin Cilic is…
The Christmas presents may be unwrapped, but northern latitudes remain tightly wrapped against the winter weather. For the elite of tennis, though—from family men Novak…
2014 was a year of big milestones for many but of lost ground for others. On the plus side, there were two new Grand Slam…
It may have taken the likeable Swiss Stan Wawrinka 36 attempts, but on Australia Day 2014, he finally fulfilled his vast potential to win his…