Cards,golf and coffee critiques:How Australia’s top tennis players are helping each other take on the world

Cards,golf and coffee critiques:How Australia’s top tennis players are helping each other take on the world

There are 12 Australians in the men’s draw at this week’s US Open,10 of them in the world’s top 100. It’s more than 40 years since we’ve dominated the rankings like this,and the players say there’s a special bond forming between them.

  • byMarc McGowan

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  • byMarc McGowan
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  • byMarc McGowan
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  • byMarc McGowan
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  • byJames Massola andJordan Baker
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