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Victoria Azarenka may have looked fit and commanding as she took another step closer to a third successive Australian Open title but the world no.2 admitted she was exhausted and in need of new motivation for tennis at the end of last year.
Australian Bernard Tomic will miss at least the next three months of ATP play as the 21-year-old undergoes surgery for a hip defect which doctors say he has carried unknowingly for a decade and which has surely affected his tennis.
Eva Asderaki’s name is etched in tennis history as the umpire who had to weather the fiercest verbal onslaught ever known in a Grand Slam final when Serena Williams berated her decision-making at a crucial stage of the 2009 US Open.
Serena Williams has revealed that she almost didn’t start her match due to a back injury in a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 loss to Ana Ivanovic in the Australian Open fourth round.
During last week's record heat wave at the Australian Open it was the ballboys and girls who suffered in silence with the conditions.
Andy Murray's handlers have been quietly making applications in the British patent office to lock down any use of their man's image by unauthorized products in the wake of the Scot's historic Wimbledon title last summer.
Darren Cahill has long been regarded as the measured Australian voice of tennis. His commentary work with ESPN and his stellar coaching of both Lleyton Hewitt and Andre Agassi to the world no.1 ranking earned him great respect. Now Cahill has serious words of warning for Bernard Tomic...
Just a week ago the ATP World Tour’s new executive chairman Chris Kermode made his first speech to the players, directors and other leading officials of men’s tennis. Now he is demanding the Australian Open provide clearer guidance about when severe heat will stop play at Melbourne Park.
The Australian Open "courtsiding" case has taken a new twist, with the British man accused of passing along running results of live matches being offered a full defense by his outraged London employer. Daniel Dobson, 22, is fully backed by Sporting Data Ltd, with the three-man firm correctly pointing out that their representative was doing exactly what chair umpires all over the world do on a daily basis.
The San Diego Aviators will make their debut this summer after local businessman Russell Geyser bought the New York franchise and relocated the professional tennis team. The Aviators will begin their inaugural season in July.
Not that long ago there was a bookmaker’s tent situated on the grounds of Melbourne Park and the on-line betting website Tab Sportsbet was one of the minor sponsors of the Australian Open. But the hard line against gambling in tennis took more force as a British man accused of secretly transmitting scores from courtside...
Never before since extreme temperatures were first recorded in Melbourne, has the thermometer risen above 100 degrees Fahrenheit four days in succession. And finally, 1:52pm today as the temperature hit 43.3 Celsius (109.94 Fahrenheit) degrees...
Australian Open officials were counting the cost of playing on in 42 Celsius heat, with a record--equaling nine first-round retirements recorded on sweltering Day two of the grand slam.
Fila announced that it has signed an endorsement agreement with Sam Querrey. The multi-year agreement with Querrey continues the legacy of Fila’s sponsorship of elite tennis champions.
Fears that Wimbledon champion Andy Murray might wither in the intense Melbourne heat after insufficient match practice in between his September 29 back surgery and the Australian Open proved ill-founded as the Scot required just 87 minutes to dispense of first round opponent Go Soeda.
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