Players have only been in Melbourne for a few days but things risk getting quite messy if they weren't already. Three positive tests recorded on arrival on two flights from Doha and Los Angeles have forced 47 players into an isolation they claim they knew nothing about. Of the three positive tests non have been... Continue Reading →
Preparations for the Australian Open are now on hold for 47 players and their teams. A total of 143 players, team members and crew must now self-isolate in Melbourne following positive tests. Just one positive test has been recorded on a flight from Dubai but have been recorded on the flight from Los Angeles which... Continue Reading →
Over the next couple of days more flights from six destinations will head to Melbourne on chartered flights put on by Tennis Australia. Flights are operating on around 25% capacity and aim to bring about 1300 players and their teams of two to Melbourne Park to begin their two week isolation. Unfortunately one player who... Continue Reading →
Australian Open qualifying is now complete, kick off at Melbourne Park is for the first Grand Slam of the year is about a month away but we know who will make up the draw having come through qualifying but on a different continent. So, who stole the headlines? Carlos Alcaraz to debut in Melbourne There... Continue Reading →
Carlos Alcaraz has become the first player born in 2003 to win a Grand Slam qualification match. The Spaniard who burst onto the scene a year ago at the age of 16. On debut in Rio de Janeiro he put on some stunning clay court tennis including a 7-6 4-6 7-6 win against Albert Ramos... Continue Reading →
By the end of the week players will have boarded a flight to Melbourne. Flights chartered by Tennis Australia will depart from Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Doha, Singapore, Los Angeles, Antalya and Miami but some won't be heading straight to Melbourne. In the last couple of the days the Adelaide six have been announced, six players... Continue Reading →
Since the covid-19 pandemic in March the way a proportion of men's tennis has conducted itself has been nothing short of abysmal. From the drama's of the Adria Tour and the players behaviour off-court as well, Tennis in Atlanta, Zverev in Paris, Paire in Hamburg and lastly the flee of Russia by Sam Querrey. It... Continue Reading →
Kei Nishikori has announced his planned schedule for his return to tennis in 2021. The Japanese star who turned 31 not long ago only played six matches last year on the tour due to a mixture of injuries and covid-19 which he was also struck down with. Inconsistency and injuries have been a big problem... Continue Reading →
At about 8 minutes past 11 at night at the Australian Open in 2015 an 18 year old Thanasi Kokkinakis stunned world number eleven Ernests Gulbis in five sets. The crowd in Melbourne as ever supporting their own was nothing short of phenomenal. The noise and the banging of the advertising boards as they helped... Continue Reading →
In March 2020 a trip to Indian Wells was called off on the eve of the tournaments kick-off due to the Covid-19 pandemic become the first event to fall to the virus, over three months to go until the 2021 edition and has it been called off again, but is there more to it. The... Continue Reading →
