MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 6, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) On Thursday, Australia barred Novak Djokovic from entering the country for the Australian Open after he failed to meet entry requirements and his visa was cancelled. If he was expecting a warm welcome […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 5, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 1 and nine-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic ended weeks of speculation about whether he would play in this year’s first major, announcing on his social media platforms Tuesday that he […]
ADELAIDE/WASHINGTON, January 3, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) The WTA’s 2022 season kicked off Monday Down Under at the Adelaide International 1, a 500-series outdoor hard-court event at Memorial Drive in South Australia. The tournament, with more than $700,000 in prize […]
WASHINGTON, December 30, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The start of the 2022 tennis season is upon us, it seems, just a few days after the 2021 season has ended. Where did the off season go? Was there an off season? […]
WASHINGTON, December 24, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Five-time Australian Open finalist Andy Murray has been awarded a wild card into the main draw of next month’s first major of 2022 at Melbourne Park. The 134th-ranked Briton, who is a two-time […]
WASHINGTON, December 22, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 23 Belinda Bencic of Switzerland and World No. 10 Ons Jabeur of Tunisia are the latest tennis players to disclose they’ve tested positive for the coronavirus. The Tokyo Olympics gold medalist […]
WASHINGTON, December 20, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Although Rafael Nadal‘s comeback after a four-month injury layoff at last weekend’s Mubadala World Tennis Championship (MWTC) in Abu Dhabi ended in a pair of defeats to Andy Murray and Denis Shapovalov, the […]
SYDNEY, December 18, 2021 (TA Press Release) Sydney will host a cast of global tennis superstars when the new, one-off Sydney Tennis Classic, a WTA 500 and ATP 250 tournament is held at Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre from 9 to […]
WASHINGTON, December 13, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Pierre-Hugues Herbert is the first unvaccinated player to announce his withdrawal from next month’s Australian Open. The 30-year-old Herbert, who with Nicolas Mahut recently won the ATP Finals doubles championship in Turin, Italy and […]
MELBOURNE, December 10, 2021 (Press Release) The Melbourne Summer Set, comprising two WTA 250 and one ATP 250 tournaments, will feature some of the world’s biggest names warming up for the Australian Open at Melbourne Park from 3 to 9 January […]
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