Tennis:Australian Open preview magazine
Most of the Aussie men now in the world’s top 100 players are not household names – but someone who is helped them rise up the ranks.
Charlie Camus was once one of Australia’s brightest tennis prospects,but he will now represent France after receiving a better offer from the rival federation.
Willy Wonka gave out Golden Tickets,but we’ve handed out Magic Tickets to give our journalists the Christmas gift of a free pass to any sporting event ever held in Sydney.
Lleyton Hewitt says he is sick of playing on the surface used for the Davis Cup in Malaga,continuing to rail against the homogenised format after Australia’s defeat to Italy in the final.
Australia has a proud tradition in the Davis Cup,but hasn’t won the title for 20 years. In the early hours of Monday morning Alex de Minaur and Alexei Popyrin can end the drought.
Thanasi Kokkinakis,Alex de Minaur,Max Purcell and Matt Ebden delivered scintillating performances against the Swiss to send Australia into the eight-team knock-out finals.
Matt Ebden and Max Purcell’s doubles triumph in Manchester ensured the Australians now have more than a fighting chance of again making the finals in November.
Alex de Minaur and Thanasi Kokkinakis were both defeated as an inspired British team banked a 2-1 victory over Australia in their Davis Cup Finals group stage clash.
Australian tennis great Ken Rosewall is the oldest man to win a major but is unfazed if that record slips from his grasp as he compares the game he played to the one he watches now.
De Minaur,who takes on Novak Djokovic in the fourth round on Monday night,has drawn plenty of comparisons to Hewitt throughout his career. The Aussie legend can see why.