Australian Open boss Craig Tiley on Tuesday (Jan 19) insisted most players supported being locked down in hard quarantine as a government official reported three new cases of Covid-19 that might be linked to the Grand Slam. More than 70 players and their entourages are confined to their hotel rooms for 14 days and unable […]
All tennis tournaments had postponed until at leash 20 April. The ATP Tour has postponed six weeks because of “escalating health and safety issues” arising from the coronavirus outbreak. Men’s ATP Tour and ATP Challenger Tour have cancelled until 27 April. WTA tournaments will not have any staged for at least five weeks. ITF events […]
Great Britain missed out on the ATP Cup semi-finals. After Jamie Murray and Joe Salisbury lost the decisive doubles rubber against Australia despite having four match points. The 3-6 6-3 18-16 win for Nick Kyrgios and Alex de Minaur. After the match tie-break gave the hosts a 2-1 win. Dan Evans had earlier kept Britain […]
Great Britain is one win away from the ATP Cup semi-finals. Dan Evans produced some of his best tennis to beat Alex de Minaur. His level tie with hosts Australia. Evans sealed a thrilling winning with score 7-6 (7-4) 4-6 7-6 (7-2). This game played 3 hours 24 minutes which is the longest match of […]
Maria Sharapova says the women’s Brisbane International feels like a “second-hand” event. Because the men’s ATP Cup has taken over centre court. The WTA event is taking place at the Queensland Tennis Centre. It’s the same venue as the Brisbane round-robin stage of the inaugural men’s team event. “There’s a lot of girls that are […]
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas was clinical as he picked up his first win of the season at the ATP Cup in Brisbane on Sunday against German Alexander Zverev, who was almost reduced to tears due to problems over his serve. Nick Kyrgios’ late withdrawal due to a back problem did not stop Australia […]
BRISBANE (AP/AFP/REUTERS) – Ash Barty was flying home across Australia following the Fed Cup final when she saw the early signs of devastation from the wildfires that are still raging in large parts of the vast island continent. So the problem has not just dawned on her, the highest-profile tennis star in Australia, as it […]
