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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
Emma Raducanu and Andy Murray have both spent time in Melbourne but before they kick off their respective Australian Open campaigns they will both play in Sydney. Emma Raducanu vs Iga Swiatek Emma will be debuting in Melbourne in due course but first a busy draw in Sydney sees the British number one up against... Continue Reading →
In the rules that were put out to Novak Djokovic and more recently Renata Voracova they have done nothing wrong. Both players were awarded a medical exemption by independent medical panels in Australia to come into play at the Australian Open and lead-up events. This is monumental fiasco fuelled by politics and brings a lot... Continue Reading →
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