Ashleigh Barty starts Wimbledon as world number one. Can she really do it?
Australia has a bona fide number one contender for the Wimbledon crown in Ash Barty. It's time for a nation to get behind this genuine champ.
Monday, March 30, 2020
Tag: Wimbledon
Take a bow Sir Andy Murray, a champion tennis player and a champion bloke
SPECIAL FEATURE: Murray did not have the talent that the likes of Federer, Djokovic or Nadal had but he wasn't short of it either.
Ashleigh Barty: Aussie tennis’s new great hope
While Nick Kyrgios has been grabbing the headlines for all the wrong reasons, women’s tennis has a fresh Aussie face sports fans can really get behind. Will 2018 be the year of Ashleigh Barty?
Bernard Tomic is bored – don’t you feel sorry for him?
WIMBLEDON: Australian tennis icon John Newcombe fears Bernard Tomic will end up broke if he doesn't seek help. Meanwhile, there are still some Aussies to cheer for in the doubles.
Little-known Aussie Jordan Thompson slays Andy Murray in Queen’s tennis shock upset
He came in to the match as a ‘lucky loser’, only there by default. He left a hero, having despatched the world number one in straight sets just a fortnight before Wimbledon.
Surviving summer in London
A London heat wave is on it's way, blogger Jacqui Moroney shares some ideas for keeping cool.
Greats tip Nick Kyrgios to go all the way at Wimbledon
Former Wimbledon winners John McEnroe and Pat Cash believe Nick Kyrgios is capable of winning this year's tournament after stunning world No.1 Rafael Nadal.
Aussie greats laud Kyrgios at Wimbledon
Australian tennis greats believe teenager Nick Kyrgios will live up to his hype as a future grand slam superstar, provided he stays grounded and focused.
Federer and Nadal to resume slam rivalry
Roger Federer has beaten Andy Murray in the quarter-finals at the Australian Open.
Tennis champ Lleyton Hewitt back as Australian No.1
Lleyton Hewitt's triumph over Roger Federer at the Brisbane International has seen him become Australia' top-ranked tennis player.
A touchy subject; Scotland’s independence vote
What should Scotland do? Ahead of a historic independence vote in September 2014, we take a trip down memory lane, and revisit what Australia decided in the republic referendum.
Wimbledon form gets Tomic ranking on track
Bernard Tomic stands to make serious inroads in the ATP standings after reaching the last 16 at the All England Club.
Hewitt out of Wimbledon after second round loss to Dustin Brown
Lleyton Hewitt has crashed out in the second round at Wimbledon, falling in four sets to German qualifier Dustin Brown.
Tomic into second round after epic five-set win at Wimbledon
RISING Australian star Bernard Tomic has won a hard-fought first round battle with American Sam Querrey as he opened his campaign for the Wimbledon title at the All-England Club with a five-set marathon this afternoon.
Hewitt wins first round Wimbledon clash in straight sets
Former Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt has begun his 2013 campaign at the tournament with a decisive opening round victory over world No.10 Stanislas Wawrinka at the All-England Club today.
Tomic finds Wimbledon support from Hewitt
At the scene where their once-icy relationship hit its lowest point, Bernard Tomic has turned to Lleyton Hewitt as an important source of support at Wimbledon this week.
Wimbledon winner with Hot Pink
Missed out on tickets for Wimbledon? Pop into new grill restaurant Hot Pink and find an entirely different reason to make the journey to Wimbledon.
Time for Australia’s green and gold to shine
THE HARD WORD | Must Australia’s summer of sporting misery continue? Must we continue to be the laughing stock of those cheeky Brits, who have all manner of things to sing about? Bring on London 2012 and come on the Aussies!
Aussie Luke Saville loses boys’ Wimbledon final
Australia's Luke Saville failed in his bid to become the first player in nearly four decades to win back-to-back Wimbledon boys' singles titles.
John Newcombe applauds ‘cool hand Luke’ Saville
Tennis great John Newcombe has applauded Australian teenager Luke Saville for "putting himself out there" to try to defend his Wimbledon junior crown.
Aussie teen eyes Wimbledon glory, again
Two weeks after being "kicked out" of Wimbledon qualifying, Australian teenage tennis ace Luke Saville has returned to the All England Club on a mission to defend his junior crown.
Aussies all out of Wimbledon as Samantha Stosur loses
Australia's diabolical Wimbledon is complete with the country's last singles hope crashing out on day three, Samantha Stosur losing to world No.72 Arantxa Rus.
Lleyton Hewitt serves it up to the “Poms” after Wimbledon exit
The sad passing of Australian tennis is the talk of Wimbledon but Lleyton Hewitt and Todd Woodbridge insist reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated, with Hewitt even suggesting Australia have "never been too afraid of the Poms".
Australian men in worst Wimbledon tennis performance since 1938
Australia's men have suffered their worst Wimbledon campaign since 1938. Exits for Bernard Tomic, Lleyton Hewitt and Matt Ebden on Tuesday left Australia without a men's singles representative in the second round at the All England Club for the first time since World War II.
More Australians out of Wimbledon as Tomic and Ebden lose
Bernard Tomic and Matt Ebden have joined Australian compatriots Anastasia Rodionova, Jarmila Gajdosova and Marinko Matosevic on the Wimbledon 2012 scrapheap as they both crashed out of their Round 1 clashes at the All England Club today.
Bernard Tomic ready to deliver on Wimbledon’s big stage
Bernard Tomic is banking on his big-match temperament and funky style to get him through to the second week of Wimbledon for the second year running.
Aussie teenager Ashleigh Barty aiming high at Wimbledon
Australian teenager Ashleigh Barty is daring to dream ahead of her Wimbledon debut against Roberta Vinci on Tuesday.
Lleyton Hewitt cops nightmare Wimbledon tennis draw
Lleyton Hewitt’s nightmare run with grand slam draws has continued with the luckless former champion pitted against French fifth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the Wimbledon first round.
No tennis regrets for Mark Philippoussis
He's widely condemned as a wasted talent, but Mark Philippoussis insists he's content with what he achieved during his injury-plagued tennis career.
Samantha Stosur sets tennis sights on Wimbledon
An upbeat Samantha Stosur launches her grasscourt campaign this week believing "all is possible" despite her galling Wimbledon record of only five wins from 14 matches.
The wonderful world of SW19 and Wimbledon tennis
BRON IN THE DON | Wimbledon! How can one word conjure so many images and emotions at once? Our London adventurer got her tennis on, joined ‘The Queue’ and ticked off #13 on her London Top 100 list by visiting the All England Lawn Tennis Club.
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