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The Sunshine State was cloudy today as the Brisbane draw rumbled forward on all fronts, but there was no shortage of star quality out and about.
Greetings TENNIS Readers, fans, players, coaches, lines people, ball kids, young players, ticket - buyers, PATRONS, instructors, DOUBLES PLAYERS of all shapes and sizes and ages and abilities. 2015 was quite a year.....
Click here to see great photos from Instagram taken by our friend Sven Groeneveld.
Dear Santa, You probably remember me writing last year and asking you to keep both Serena Williams and Roger Federer playing on the tour. Boy, did you and Rudolph ever deliver.
December, 2015. Most of the players are resting. A select few organize their Christmas stockings around the Grand Slam trophies sitting atop their fireplace mantles.
Global Chick here, and racing to spend the remnants of Christmas shopping (well, getting swept in and out of random shops by the money-spending hoards on Oxford Street) but instead, I sit idly by watching planes take off and leave...
It was as if Friday had just been a prelude to a big party, when the revised Belgian team of Steve Darcis and David Goffin lined up to take on the Murray Brothers.
And so it was ever thus, but with a twist as Brit new-boy Kyle Edmund gave the hosts a right fright, taking the first two sets off the Belgian No.1 David Goffin.
It is time for the light of British tennis to shine on Kyle Edmund as he makes his debut for Aegon GB in every possible way.
Of what journey do I speak? Take your pick. The journey through a long and grueling year on the tennis tour, culminating in the World Cup of Tennis...
Consider this. This time 12 months ago, we packed into the rails behind the seats to see Roger Federer be-clad like a red-shirt from Star Trek announce that he sadly was withdrawing from the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals… umm… Final.
Stan Wawrinka rounded off the last group-stage match with a tight win over GB’s great Davis Cup hope (in case you hadn’t heard) in straight sets.
What happened, what was happening, what’s going to happen. I am sure there is some great Latin phrase that covers it, but as I am lacking a Starbucks this morning, I will stick to good old fashioned Anglo-Saxon!
It really was as if this green and pleasant isle turned into a wet grey one, and that was just the rain cloud over Djokovic’s head!
Ahh, but Global Chick will keep you in suspense for just a little bit longer as we touch base on the happenings of Monday night.
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