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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...
Novak Djokovic's new deal with his watch sponsor Seiko is paying him about $1.36 million dollars per year, and that his new deal with the auto maker Peugeot is paying him nearly $4 million dollars per year.
Men play one semifinal Thursday, 1/23 but it is a night match. The women, however, will play two semifinals on that day and the second of those will face some challenge from the heat, but nothing like they are facing today and tomorrow.
The heat continues to play a big role in this years AO. While it's supposed to cool down dramatically by the weekend, some players are finding it difficult to make it to week 2. Go ahead and put Djokovic in the finals, only threat on his half of the draw is Berdych, but I don't think he can hang with Djoker in best of 5.
Caroline Wozniacki says that her now fiancée, Rory McIlroy, got down on his knees to propose to her. . New ATP CEO Chris Kermode made his first presentation to the ATP players at their general meeting in Melbourne last weekend and he impressed them to the point where no questions were asked of him…Martina Hingis is coaching Sabine Lisicki...
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.
The biggest debate of the Australian Open so far centers on the speed of the courts laid at Melbourne Park. World no.1 Rafael Nadal insists they are much faster and believes the change is not a good thing while defending champion Novak Djokovic maintains the change is minimal.
Opening day winners got through before this week's heat wave began to bite, with seeds taking advantage with wins into the second round of the season's first grand slam. Instead of rising into the 40s Celsius and beyond as they will do from Tuesday through at least Friday...
The following are questions and quotes from Michael Chang, courtesy of the PowerShares Series tennis circuit, where Michael will compete in the opening two events...
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Juan Martin del Potro blew out Bernard Tomic in the Sydney final, which is an indication that if he is actually fit enough to contest numerous three-of-five set matches that he might have chance to win another major. Perhaps that major will be the 2014 Australian Open...
Nadal faces an interesting first round in a hot Bernard Tomic, but Rafa got plenty of prep in winning Doha and should be ready for the Aussie. If it happens, his third round match against Monfils could be a tougher challenge. Monfils was able to take a set in the finals of Doha.
The weekend before any grand slam is the players last chance to fine tune their games heading into the grueling 2 week test that is the Australian Open! I got a chance to watch Rafa practice this afternoon, its nice to see him back on the blue courts in Melbourne after not playing last year because of injury.
If a tournament can be guessed and predicted by the first look at the Draw, well then, the Aussie Open, will be very exciting and maybe filled with surprises.
A dramatic fall in Hopman Cup attendance at the just-concluded edition has Tennis Australia officials going over the books in an effort to stop what they hope is not the start of a downward trend. Attendees through the doors of the Perth Arena totaled just 84,000...
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