Olivia Gadecki went down in her maiden WTA singles final,but will break inside the world’s top 100 for the first time as reward for her breakout week in Mexico.
A tough loss to Spain means Australia will face a challenging task in the quarter-finals to end a 21-year title drought in the team competition.
A teacher and high-ranking tennis official tried to defraud his way out of trouble using phoney documents. But a canny prosecutor was not fooled.
The rising Australian talent had his chances but failed to capitalise as American showman Frances Tiafoe stormed to victory,backed by parochial support in the stands.
American-born Australian teenager Maya Joint is shaping as the country’s newest tennis star after joining Alexei Popyrin in winning on the US Open’s opening day.
When our sporting codes talk about the health of the games they lead,and we love,what do they actually mean?
Talented Australian Alexei Popyrin has dropped his self-described cocky ways to deliver a breakout win that has catapulted him up the world rankings.
In a massive result for Australian tennis,Alexei Popyrin held his nerve to dispatch the world No.6,Russian Andrey Rublev,in the final of the Montreal Masters 1000 tournament.
Matthew Ebden and John Peers became the only Australian gold medallists in the men’s doubles since “The Woodies” won the 1996 title in Atlanta.
Jasmine Paolini kept coming back,kept coming back,kept coming back,against Donna Vekic in what became the longest Wimbledon women’s semi-final. Meanwhile,Australia is once again a force on the doubles court.
Australia’s Alex De Minaur reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the first time as he beat rising Frenchman Arthur Fils 6-2,6-4,4-6,6-3 in nearly three hours.