Posts Tagged "australian tennis"

Ebden wins first ATP Challenger title

By , 10 Jun 2013
 

Australia’s Matthew Ebden won his first ATP Challenger title with a 7-5 4-6 7-5 victory over defending champion Benjamin Becker in Sunday’s Aegon Trophy final in Nottingham.

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Australia beat Uzbekistan in Davis Cup

By , 8 Apr 2013
 

Bernard Tomic completed an impressive Davis Cup return as Australia clinched victory over Uzbekistan on Sunday to advance to September’s World Group playoffs.

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Indifferent Tomic risks further alienation

By , 5 Sep 2012
 

What’s going on with Bernard Tomic? According to John McEnroe, he tanked at the US Open. And nearly everyone else believed it.

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Matosevic our new Aussie tennis hope

By , 3 Aug 2012
 

Just before the Wimbledon Championships this year, I said on Twitter two statements that many would have found perplexing at the time.

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Tomic helps Aussies win Davis Cup tie 5-0

By , 9 Apr 2012
 

Lessons learned from Australia’s 5-0 Davis Cup sweep of South Korea in Brisbane look set to help their spearhead Bernard Tomic pass his looming crash course on clay.

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Stosur crushed by weight of expectation

By , 23 Feb 2012
 

Sam Stosur stepped rather than stormed her way into her first WTA final of the year in Qatar last weekend.

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Aussies Abroad in WTA and ATP Feb 14-20

By , 14 Feb 2012
 

It was another busy week for Aussies Abroad in both the WTA and ATP with plenty going on both here and abroad.

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Tomic keen to focus on tennis

By , 8 Feb 2012
 

Rising tennis star Bernard Tomic is disappointed to have been caught up in another controversy involving his high-powered sports car. The 19-year-old is due in court on February 14 to answer two driving charges laid on Australia Day.

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Bernard is just the Tomic Australian tennis needs

By , 3 Feb 2012
 

Now is a golden time for Australia in men’s tennis. Well, not really in the way you would expect. For the first time since 2007, two men reached the fourth round of the Australian Open.

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Aussies Abroad in WTA and ATP

By , 31 Jan 2012
 

Welcome to a new weekly segment updating the Aussies Abroad in the WTA and ATP tours. Every week, this article will look at the week that has just gone by and will also look at who is competing at the following week’s events.

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Tomic downs Querrey in Aussie Open

By , 19 Jan 2012
 

The brain of Bernard Tomic overcame the brawn of America’s Sam Querrey as Australia’s teenage tennis genius booked an Australian Open third round berth for the second straight year.

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Is Sam Stosur mentally weak?

By , 18 Jan 2012
 

Day one of the Australian Open showed us the mental fortitude of one Aussie under enormous pressure, resulting in a famous victory. Day two, unfortunately, has left us questioning the mental fortitude of another great Aussie player.

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Nerves got the better of me, says Dokic

By , 11 Jan 2012
 

She’s in her 15th year on tour, has six career singles titles and had most of the country in her corner during her fairytale quarter-final run at the 2009 Australian Open.

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Stosur whacks tennis back in good shape

By , 3 Jan 2012
 

Fitter than ever, Sam Stosur’s not the only thing in good shape on the Australian tennis circuit this summer.

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Stosur confident about chances at Australian Open

By , 8 Dec 2011
 

Samantha Stosur is confident she can handle the pressure to present a strong challenge at next month’s Australian Open following her maiden tennis grand slam triumph.

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Lleyton Hewitt deserves more respect

By , 20 Sep 2011
 

Another Davis Cup tie has been played and sadly lost. Our prolonged exodus from the elite World Group continues for yet another year.

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Sam Stosur wins maiden Grand Slam title

By , 13 Sep 2011
 

When Samantha Stosur took on Francesca Schiavone in the 2010 French Open final, she was the favourite. That was not the case in her final match-up against Serena Williams at the 2011 US Open.

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Aussie tennis rising? Don’t hold your breath

By , 8 Jul 2011
 

Before Australian sports fans get too excited by Luke Saville and Ashleigh Barty winning this year’s boys and girls Wimbledon titles, a collective breath needs to be taken before possible claims that Australian tennis may again be on the up.

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Bernard Tomic the next great Australian hope

By , 29 Jun 2011
 

Key moments in time often define great players. This has been shown on many occasions in many sports, but tennis seems to have more than most because of the one-on-one battles the sport provides.

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Slim Australian Wimbledon hopes all on women

By , 17 Jun 2011
 

If there is one positive for Australia’s tennis players at Wimbledon in 2011, it’s that they won’t be burdened by great expectations.

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