Former tennis champion would not have attended anywayCourt’s Order of Australia award has drawn fierce criticismControversial tennis great Margaret Court has revealed she was not invited to this year’s Australian Open, and says her Order of Australia a…
‘I feel abandoned,’ says Spanish world No 67Badosa may not be able to return to training until 5 FebruarySpanish tennis player Paula Badosa has described her extended period of quarantine ahead of the Australia Open following a positive Covid-19 test a…
‘I feel abandoned,’ says Spanish world No 67Badosa may not be able to return to training until 5 FebruarySpanish tennis player Paula Badosa has described her extended period of quarantine ahead of the Australia Open following a positive Covid-19 test a…
The year’s first grand slam will not produce a fair competition with many players forced to compete without a proper warmupNo tennis player across the world attracts drama like Yulia Putintseva. The story goes that at just 16, she lost in the finals of…
Yastremska in hard Covid lockdown but unable to competeUkraine’s 20-year-old arrived on Tennis Australia charterQuarantined tennis star Dayana Yastremska’s arrival in Australia has come under fire again after her appeal against a provisional doping sus…
Briton had been hoping to make Melbourne journey‘I want to thank everyone there for their effortsAndy Murray has said he will not be travelling to Australia to compete in the Australian Open having failed to find a “workable quarantine” after he recove…
Who saw red? Who was fed up? Who ran over footbridges?Lionel Messi was sent off for Barcelona against Athletic Bilbao at the weekend. It was his first red card in 753 games for the club. How long did it take for him to get his first red card for Argent…
World No 3 says Djokovic tried to help players in Melbourne Paula Badosa tests positive for Covid before Australian OpenDominic Thiem, the US Open champion and world No 3, has denied the top players are receiving a notable advantage before the Australi…
World No 1 criticised for suggesting Covid protocol changes‘I use my position of privilege to be of service as much as I can’Novak Djokovic has defended his “good intentions” after receiving intense criticism for providing Tennis Australia with suggest…
World No 1 criticised for suggesting Covid protocol changes‘I use my position of privilege to be of service as much as I can’Novak Djokovic has defended his “good intentions” after receiving intense criticism for providing Tennis Australia with suggest…
Tournament organisers clarify comments made by Craig Tiley that the Victorian government would share quarantine costsNSW hotspots; Queensland hotspotsState-by-state restrictions and lockdown rules explainedFollow the Australia coronavirus liveblogTenni…
Spanish world No 13 hits out at state governmentMen’s matches will remain best of five sets, says Craig TileySpanish tennis player Roberto Bautista Agut has likened Australian Open quarantine in Melbourne to being in prison and laid the blame solely wi…
Djokovic has called for easing of quarantine restrictions‘No special treatment’ for players, says Victorian PremierNick Kyrgios has joined the former Davis Cup player Sam Groth in criticising Novak Djokovic after the world No 1 reportedly wrote to Aust…
Quarantined tennis players, fan ‘pods’ and much smaller crowds. Here’s how the 2021 Australian Open is shaping up amid the pandemicThe Australian Open traditionally makes headlines weeks before it starts because it’s the first grand slam of the season….
Hotel rooms made into makeshift training centres Anger and frustration permeates lead-up to tournamentCarpet, as it turns out, is not a like-for-like substitute for a hard court. But, as Australian Open competitors are fast learning, surfaces are what …
Australian Open players are being made to practise in their hotel rooms after multiple positive cases of Covid-19. Players were initially set to self-isolate for 14 days, while being able to leave their rooms for five hours a day to practise and train….
The most in-form player in the world bids to improve on a woeful record in grand slam events at the Australian OpenWinning grand slam tournaments was not always the sole objective of being a professional tennis player. Chris Evert, the greatest women’s…
Some affected players say they they were misled about rules and organisers had promised this situation would not happenAustralian Open tennis players who have been forced into stricter quarantine have said they were misled about the rules for the tourn…
