Australian Open 2012: Nadal rains on Federer fireworks once more
The umpire’s warning ahead of the most eagerly-anticipated match in this centenary Australian Open was directed to both players as they embraced across the net…
Roger Federer Archives: 01/2012
Australian Open 2012: Dejà vu for Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic
Twenty-four hours after Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal confirmed their designated places in the first semi-final of the Australian Open, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic…
Australian Open 2012: Federer into semi-finals after 1,000th match
Roger Federer had played Juan Martin del Potro at the Australian Open once before. It was 2009, the year that the towering talent from Argentina…
Australian Open: Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal: brothers in arms
It was news that made almost every tennis headline when the draw for the Australian Open’s 100th edition was made. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal…
Australian Open 2012: Isner beats Nalbandian as Nadal cruises
It was a day that started in the most straightforward of ways. On Rod Laver, Na Li polished off the first match for the loss…
Rod Laver: The modest champion at the heart of the Australian Open
It is the name that – eventually – no-one argues about. In the debate about which man is the greatest of all time, Rod Laver…
Australian Open 2012: Djokovic and Wozniacki head seedings
With just one top player out of contention for the 2012 Australian Open, which begins in less than a week’s time in Melbourne, there were…
2012 tennis fires up: Nadal, Federer, Murray begin campaigns
The first month of the tennis season is also one of its most challenging, with the run to the first Grand Slam in mid-January looking…