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Novak Djokovic has ended his season saying “we’ll wait and see” if he plays the Australian Open after tournament chief Craig Tiley confirmed all players must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Nine-time and reigning Australian Open champion Djokovic has refused to say if he’s vaccinated – or if he intends to get vaccinated. “We’ll see. […]
Ash Barty has joined some of the greatest names in tennis annals by becoming just the fifth woman player ever to be crowned as world No.1 at the end of three consecutive years.
Eddie Jones has suffered a backlash after seemingly innocuous comments about British tennis darling Emma Raducanu.
Competitive sport can get the competitive juices bubbling, and, in extreme cases, boiling.
Ash Barty should have won her Australian Open quarter-final against the Czech Republic’s Karolina Muchova.
Sport in 2020 has been, not to put too fine a point on it, weird.
Last week, I challenged Roar readers to nominate the events that are on their sporting bucket lists.
The currently silent and vacant sporting landscape has brought on much reflection. Many Australian competitions appear likely to go to ruin in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and concerns around what our sporting face will look like in a few months are genuine.
Narrowing down millions of amazing Australian sporting moments into a concise and tight top ten was a daunting task. In doing so, setting criteria was important.
And then there were two.
The semi-finals in both the men’s and women’s draws at the US Open have been confirmed, with Emma Raducanu continuing her dream run by knocking off Olympic gold medallist Belinda Bencic in straight sets in the quarterfinals on Thursday morning.
With Rafael Nadal nearing the end of his illustrious tennis career, Spanish tennis fans have every reason to be excited about the future, as the man dubbed “the next Rafa” caused a major upset at the US Open on Saturday morning (AEST).
Ashleigh Barty continues to look every part the favourite for the women’s title as she continued her progress through the draw at the US Open.
Tennis player Alexander Zverev has been slammed by Nick Kyrgios after footage emerged of him partying after he promised to self isolate for 14 days after competing at a recent tennis event organised by Novak Djokovic which was plagued by positive COVID-19 tests.
That hand-eye coordination is next level!
Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios showed how tech-savvy he is by instantly booking Andy Murray a haircut.
There’s not usually much coverage of the Challenger Tennis tour, but this match has gone viral due to a very unusual event. Players Frances Tiafoe and Mitchell Krueger were distracted by some strange noises.
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