Open the floodgates:De Minaur dreams of major breakthrough

Open the floodgates:De Minaur dreams of major breakthrough

Alex de Minaur will lead Australia into Davis Cup battle in Spain after a career-best season that has him as confident as ever.

  • byMarc McGowan

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‘Why do it in the first 18?’ De Minaur savours biggest win in Paris

‘Why do it in the first 18?’ De Minaur savours biggest win in Paris

For so long one of the “nearly men” of world tennis,Alex De Minaur has beaten a top-five ranked player at the 19th time of asking after overcoming Daniil Medvedev.

  • byIan Chadband
‘United Cup’ to fill the Hopman Cup void,but Russians are on the outer

‘United Cup’ to fill the Hopman Cup void,but Russians are on the outer

Top players from Russia and Belarus will be banned from a lucrative new mixed-gender tennis tournament,starting in late December and launching the Australian summer.

  • byScott Spits
‘Heartbreaking’:Kyrgios withdraws from Japan Open minutes before clash

‘Heartbreaking’:Kyrgios withdraws from Japan Open minutes before clash

The Australian confirmed a knee problem was the reason for his exit before a quarter-final against American Taylor Fritz.

Kyrgios into second round in Tokyo after overcoming breathing problems

Kyrgios into second round in Tokyo after overcoming breathing problems

Nick Kyrgios was the sole Australian survivor at the Japan Open with his straight sets win over Chun-Hsin Tseng as Alex de Minaur and Thanasi Kokkinakis both fell.

  • byIan Chadband
No one will ever play like Roger:Kyrgios,Djokovic,Williams pay tribute

No one will ever play like Roger:Kyrgios,Djokovic,Williams pay tribute

Nick Kyrgios has joined the chorus of laments,thanks and tributes following news of Roger Federer’s impending retirement from tennis.

  • byIan Chadband
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Roger Federer made sport into an art form

Roger Federer made sport into an art form

To watch Roger Federer in the flesh was to savour a glimpse of sport at its most idealised. The more you studied him,the more you noticed how not a single element was rushed or forced.

  • byOliver Brown
All hail Federer,the James Bond of tennis

All hail Federer,the James Bond of tennis

Australia’s Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt hailed his old rival Roger Federer as the greatest of their era,as the tributes flowed for the retiring champion.

  • byIan Chadband andHoward Fendrich
Roger Federer to retire from tennis after Laver Cup

Roger Federer to retire from tennis after Laver Cup

The Swiss tennis great announced his retirement from the sport on Thursday,saying next week’s Laver Cup will be his final ATP tournament.

  • byShrivathsa Sridhar
Alcaraz reaches semis after epic clash and latest ever finish to US Open match

Alcaraz reaches semis after epic clash and latest ever finish to US Open match

Carlos Alcaraz saved a match point and dug deep to prevail over Jannik Sinner in a five-set thriller to reach the US Open semi-finals in the early hours of Thursday in New York.

Has Nick Kyrgios dashed his major hopes as well as his racquet?
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Has Nick Kyrgios dashed his major hopes as well as his racquet?

Nick Kyrgios might never get a better chance to win a major than this US Open,but lost in a quarter-final. He took it out on his racquet.

  • byGreg Baum