A year after he withdrew from Wimbledon, Nick Kyrgios is back at the All England Club and will join former world No. 1 Ash Barty in the commentary box during the Championships. While Barty, who returned to Wimbledon with her family on Saturday, will play in the Legends event in the second week, the Canberran...
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Bolt from the blue: Aussie numbers swell at Wimbledon as legends weigh-up fitness gambles
The grass continues to prove greener in England for Australia’s best performers with another quartet of players hitting peak form days out from the start of Wimbledon, with the reemergence of Alex Bolt in particular a triumph to behold. On a day where Andy Murray declared he still holds hope for a Wimbledon farewell, Bolt...
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‘Cool-headed’ Ajla charges into final; bad back cruels Aussie’s Wimbledon seeding dream
Ajla Tomljanovic will play for the biggest title of her career in Birmingham on Sunday but Jordan Thompson’s dream of securing a Wimbledon seeding has been dashed after he injured his back during a tight semi-final loss at the Queen’s Club in London. Whether Alex de Minaur receives a coveted top 8 seeding for the...
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‘Whoa, what’s happening?’: De Minaur changes ‘you can’t see’ as Aussie’s rise stuns tennis legends
When Alex de Minaur was back in Australia in January, there was a constant theme he kept returning when addressing his methodical rise towards the world’s top 10 players. Incremental improvement was the name of the game. The phrase scarcely knocks your socks off. It does not have the shock and “phwoar” of a Carlos...
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Scary new weapon has sparked a ‘crazy’ de Minaur rebirth. Now, he can ‘beat anyone’
As Daniil Medvedev watched Alex de Minaur whiz another first serve beyond his reach on Monday at Roland Garros, the Russian star realised he was witnessing the evolution of a player. The world No. 5 declared de Minaur delivered “probably the best match” he has played in their nine encounters to date as the Australian...
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‘Tennis is s**t’: Aussie responds over match point meltdown; silver lining in 27-year low — Talking pts
On a day that Rafael Nadal played perhaps his final match in a French Open, the Aussie drought continued in heartbreaking fashion in Paris. Max Purcell was unable to convert six match points when beaten in a deciding super tiebreaker, while Dasha Saville was surging back into her opening round match when rain intervened at...
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Ajla eyes Olympics after two-year hell amid 25-year Aussie record: French Open Talking Pts
All eyes will be on Rafael Nadal when the 14-time French Open champion begins what appears likely to be his final Roland Garros in an outing against German star Alexander Zverev on Monday in Paris. But there is plenty of action on day one of the clay court major as well, with Australians Ajla Tomljanovic,...