Match Point from Adelaide & Melbourne

Thanasi Kokkinakis deep run in Adelaide There isn't many better sights in tennis than watching Thanasi Kokkinakis play but play in front of a home crowd. He has a wonderful connection with the Australian fans and the Aussie who picked up a wildcard for Adelaide this week. His run ended in the semi-finals but should...

Simona Halep begins her 2022 season winning her 23rd WTA title in Melbourne

Simona Halep has stated that one of the targets of the 2022 season is to get back into the top ten. The Romanian will find herself at her lowest seed at major when the Australian Open kicks off for the first time since 2013 when she was seeded for the very first time at the...

First tournament in four months? You would not have known. Ash Barty begins 2022 winning her 14th singles title in Adelaide

Even for the World number one Ash Barty there were some question marks coming into her first tournament of the year having not been seen on the tour since the US Open in September. Ash opted to end her season early and begin that time to isolate before travelling back home to be with her...

Emma Raducanu & Andy Murray to play in Sydney before returning to Melbourne for the Australian Open

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...

Australian Open? Australia Closed?

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...

Australian Open 2015 – Murray 6-7 6-0 6-3 7-5 Berdych, first set tensions & stare down, Andy’s fight back and Kim’s t-shirt

On the 29th of January 2015 Andy Murray and Tomáš Berdych locked horns for a place in the Australian Open Final. It was a semi-final that felt like it had more on the line than the match itself. Murray's ex-coach Dani Vallverdu had just moved to work with Berdych with the Brit now then working...

A decade after her first Australian Open title could Victoria Azarenka be on course for a third title at Melbourne Park?

2022 celebrates a decade since Victoria Azarenka won her first Grand Slam title at Melbourne Park. The Belarusian saw off Maria Sharapova in straight sets dropping three games as she won her first of two back to back Australian Open titles. In 2013 she did it from a set down against Li Na and is...

A strong team display sees Great Britain defeat Germany to begin their ATP Cup campaign

As Sunday mornings go it could not have gone better for Team GB in their opening ATP Cup match against Germany. Three ties which included two singles and one doubles saw the Brits win 2-1 against a German side led by Sascha Zverev. Dan Evans 6-1 6-2 Jan Lennard Struff A big result to begin...

Alex de Minaur kicks off his 2022 season in style with a perfect performance over Matteo Berrettini at the ATP Cup.

A week or so ago I looked at the form of Alex de Minaur and it felt like something had to change. He excites and gets you off your seat but isn't winning matches regularly, in the piece I said: He has won 5 career titles, a quarter finalist at the 2020 US Open and...

Thank you James Ward!

I have been a bit late to this one with a busy couple of weeks but a thank you to James Ward had to be said. Over the last decade the Brit has been an integral part of the British Davis Cup Team. James made his debut back in 2010 when Britain were fighting in...