At the Australian Open,you can watch,be seen,shop,preen,drink and eat to your heart’s content,and even see a bit of tennis between bites.
Jannik Sinner says this year is hunting season for him. On Sunday night,he bagged his first major championship. There’ll be many more.
With a combined age of 79,the golden-oldie double pairing of Matthew Ebden and Rohan Bopanna now have a No.1 world ranking to go with their shiny new Australian Open trophy.
Australian Open tournament organisers have one million reasons to think they are on the right track with changes to scheduling and courtside access. And they think other slams will follow suit.
With the help of artificial intelligence,tennis insiders at the Australian Open have observed slight changes to Jannik Sinner’s serve. Before our eyes at Melbourne Park,those tweaks are bearing fruit.
The rewards for the game’s elite are enormous,but the majority of professionals are struggling to pay the bills.
Linda Noskova takes on Dayana Yastremska,Hubert Hurkacz does battle with Daniil Medvedev,while Anna Kalinskaya v Qinwen Zheng and Alexander Zverev v Carlos Alcaraz round off the quarter-finals on day 11.
The joy of Australia’s greatest major event is starting to fade with unrelenting crowds and a “dynamic” pricing system that’s dynamically prohibitive.
From the front gates of Melbourne Park to the sunscreen sample you’re offered outside centre court,there’s a brand paying top dollar to get in front of your eyes.
Ukrainian tennis player Lesia Tsurenko sprayed the tennis world for its ambivalence toward the Russia-Ukraine war as she exited the Australian Open on Friday,lamenting that people have lost interest in her country’s plight.
The comedian and TV host will play in the first tournament of its kind staged in Australia.