The Australian will head to Wimbledon – where she is a dual quarter-finalist – hungry for success after a run to the final at the Birmingham Classic.
The 25-year-old Sydneysider was runner-up to Carlos Alcaraz at Queen’s last year,but tumbled out in the first round this year.
Alex de Minaur shot to the highest world ranking of his career after his win in the Netherlands,and hours later his girlfriend,Brit Katie Boulter,won the Nottingham title,also on grass.
Roger Federer was always cool on court,but no one saw the hard work he put in to look that way.
Alex de Minaur is the first Australian into the second round at Roland-Garros after a five-hour rain delay and watching five compatriots exit the claycourt major on the first two days.
Australian Adam Walton broke into world tennis’ top 100 last week. His childhood introduction to tennis will take some beating.
Australian tennis great Todd Woodbridge believes retirement-bound legend Rafael Nadal is long odds to achieve a fairytale Roland-Garros farewell in the next fortnight.
The world No.1 was comfortably beaten in the third round of the Italian Open,two days after being struck on the head by a bottle that fell from a fan’s backpack.
There were no post-match histrionics from de Minaur after the victory,fully aware he had toppled a diminished version of the clay-court king.
The “war” over a radical new direction for professional tennis – between the cashed-up Saudis and the four grand slams – is anything but,according to Australian Open boss Craig Tiley in this interview about the future of the sport.
Chris O’Connell is just one win from the Miami Open quarter-finals. But to get there he must get past Jannik Sinner,who is still in smoking-hot form since his Australian Open win.