Category: Sport

Apparently, the US Open men’s final on Sunday night was incredible. I wouldn’t know; I only saw the highlights. Which, as everyone knows, is by far the least satisfying way of watching a tennis match: inferior in many ways to watching nothing. For some reason tennis has always been strangely resistant to the highlights treatment: […]

Novak Djokovic says he has accepted his default from the US Open but he understands it will stick with him for a long time as he prepares to return to competition this week at the Italian Open. After losing his serve to trail 5-6 in the first set of his fourth-round match against Pablo Carreño […]

Dominic Thiem says he dedicated his whole life to winning a grand slam title and with his victory at the US Open the Austrian expects more of the sport’s biggest prizes to come his way. Thiem had lost his three previous grand slam finals – two to Rafa Nadal at the French Open and once […]

The Victorian government is aiming to not only host the Boxing Day Test and Australian Open, but for crowds to attend both sporting events. Victoria has been devoid of live sport during a winter of Covid-19 discontent, but as case numbers continue to drop there is growing hope for the two jewels in the city’s […]

Novak Djokovic may still be the best player in men’s tennis but, in the self-inflicted absence of the world No1, Dominic Thiem, 27, can fairly lay claim to be leading the charge of the new wave of contenders after beating 23-year-old Alexander Zverev to win the 2020 US Open on Sunday evening. Djokovic, 33, is […]

Dylan Alcott could not add to the quad doubles title he had already won at this year’s US Open after the Australian fell in the singles final to Sam Schroder on the last day of play at Flushing Meadows. The Australian was seeking to claim his third US Open singles crown but, having roared back […]

Naomi Osaka is unlikely to forget her past three weeks. She stopped the tennis world for a day after she refused to compete at the Western & Southern Open. She marched into her seven matches with masks bearing the names of Black people unjustly killed by police and civilians. She has patiently answered upwards of […]