Day 1 & 2 down at Melbourne Park

Cam Norrie leaves Melbourne looking for his first win in 2022 following crashing exit to Seb Korda This was one of my matches to keep an eye on coming into the first round down at Melbourne Park and the American Seb Korda who was making his Australian Open debut and beginning his 2022 season at...

Deported. Melbourne has been a second home for Novak Djokovic for 17 years but after 11 chaotic days he has been sent packing from Australia and must accept full responsibility for his errors & conduct with questions left unanswered of him and officials.

Over the past 17 years Melbourne Park has been a second home for Novak Djokovic, it is the site of his first major appearance, major title and his most successful tournament. What has been a love affair with the City down under has turned toxic in 11 days. By his own fault and also the...

Brits in Melbourne

Harriet Dart vs Iga Świątek Another Brit who came through qualifying, Harriet Dart is back in the main draw of the Australian Open for a third time having come through qualifying on all three occasions. Dart has not had the luck of the draw in her time in Melbourne: 2019 - 0-6 0-6 vs Maria...

Seven round one battles to watch at the Australian Open

Cam Norrie vs Seb Korda Two players I really enjoy watching and would hope they would gain some momentum in Melbourne. I don’t think the match-up will be straight forward for Cam who seemed to be off the boil at the ATP Cup, he showed good tennis but consistency in the matches was lacking. The...

Andy Murray set for Australian Open return on Tuesday following successful trip to Sydney

After an opening round defeated at the Melbourne Summer Classic it did feel like a trip to Sydney was key for Andy Murray to build some momentum going into the Australian Open. The Brit was rewarded a wildcard to debut in Sydney and it proved to be a successful week. There is that natural disappointment...

More than a trophy, a recognition of the setbacks, pain, obstacles and the resilience, determination & passion. You deserve this Thanasi!

A lot has happened in mens tennis this year but you will not find a better feel good story in this sport all year than Thanasi Kokkinakis winning his first ATP Title at home in Adelaide. He was a semi-finalist last week, this time he's a winner in every sense of the word. He has...

The bigger picture, Emma Raducanu’s focus shifts to the Australian Open after Sydney defeat

Emma Raducanu left Sydney on the back of a 0-6 1-6 defeat to Elena Rybakina to begin her time in Australia. The headlines were reactive, over the top and didn't see the bigger picture but Emma did. We have to remember this is all new for Emma, she is a major winner but has played...

Shameful, shambolic, careless & without thought to just name a few words to describe the chaos around Novak Djokovic’ and his entry to Australia and subsequent revelations around his positive Covid-19 test but also questions to be answered of Australia in this fiasco

This piece can be summed up by the sentence, "no matter the outcome no one comes out of this looking good". On Monday the Australian Open begins we now do not know whether Novak Djokovic will be there to play in a chaotic, shambolic and embarrassing time for Djokovic and for the Australian government. When...

Djokovic vs Nadal, 5 hours and 53 minutes of relentlessly gruelling tennis

A decade ago we witnessed one of the greatest Grand Slam finals to ever take place. The final broke a record that stood since 1988 when Mats Wilander defeated Ivan Lendl in five sets lasting 4 hours and 54 minutes. Djokovic and Nadal went further, 5 hours and 53 minutes of relentless tennis saw the...

Match Point from the ATP Cup

The ATP Cup has come into some criticism over the course of the last couple of weeks some fair and some unfair, since New Years Eve players from 16 countries have been competing to lift the trophy in Sydney. Tsitsipas' bizarre start to 2022... Stefanos is a nice guy and a team player but it...