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2022 June
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Fri, Jun 24, 2022
Three Australians, including title hope Nick Kyrgios, have drawn Brits in the first round of Wimbledon.
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Fri, Jun 24, 2022
Australian No.1 Alex de Minaur is safely through to the semi-finals in his Eastbourne International title defence following a three-set win over Tommy Paul.
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Fri, Jun 24, 2022
Emerging Australian tennis talent Max Purcell has no plans of stopping now after successfully qualifying for Wimbledon for the first time.
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Fri, Jun 24, 2022
Australians Jason Kubler, Max Purcell, Jaimee Fourlis, Astra Sharma, Maddison Inglis and Zoe Hives have successfully qualified for Wimbledon.
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Fri, Jun 24, 2022
Australian tennis battler Zoe Hives has completed an inspiring comeback from a debilitating chronic fatigue condition to qualify for Wimbledon.
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Thu, Jun 23, 2022
Jason Kubler and Max Purcell have successfully qualified for Wimbledon, with six more Australian players hoping to follow suit at Roehampton.
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Thu, Jun 23, 2022
Australia's top men's player Alex de Minaur has made it into the last-eight in the defence of his Eastbourne International title by beating Lorenzo Sonego.
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Thu, Jun 23, 2022
Nick Kyrgios, who's confident of being at Wimbledon after pulling out of his warm-up in Mallorca, has slammed the ATP over its plans for off-court coaching.
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Wed, Jun 22, 2022Seven women have won their opening Wimbledon qualifying matches in the best result from the Australian female contingent in almost 30 years.
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Wed, Jun 22, 2022
James Duckworth has been beaten by Italy's Lorenzo Sonego in the first round at Eastbourne.
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Wed, Jun 22, 2022
Nick Kyrgios has pulled out of his last tournament before Wimbledon, complaining of an abdominal injury.
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Tue, Jun 21, 2022
Jason Kubler, Rinky Hijikata and Max Purcell have all won their opening Wimbledon qualifying matches but there was disappointment for Andrew Harris.
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Tue, Jun 21, 2022
Australian duo Alex de Minaur and John Millman have made good starts to the final Wimbledon warm-up with first round victories at Eastbourne.
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Tue, Jun 21, 2022
Ons Jabeur has withdrawn from the singles event at Eastbourne after her success in Berlin but will still play doubles with Serena Williams.
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Tue, Jun 21, 2022
Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic is through to the second round at Eastbourne after a three-set victory over Aleksandra Krunic of Serbia.
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Mon, Jun 20, 2022
Max Purcell feels at home on the green, green grass of Wimbledon and is aiming to come through qualifying to make his main draw bow.
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Sun, Jun 19, 2022Nick Kyrgios has lost a battle of the big servers as his dream of making a first grass-court final at the Halle ATP event was scuppered by Hubert Hurkacz.
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Sat, Jun 18, 2022Nick Kyrgios has powered into the semi-finals of the Halle grass-court tournament in Germany with an emphatic win over Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta.
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Tue, Jun 14, 2022
Alex de Minaur has made an encouraging start to the Wimbledon warm-up tournament with a straight-sets victory over Reilly Opelka.
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Tue, Jun 14, 2022Former Australian tennis ace Jelena Dokic has said she is on the road to recovery after her mental health deteriorated earlier this year.
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Mon, Jun 13, 2022
Australian Jordan Thompson's remarkable fortnight has ended in anti-climax after he fell short in his bid to win a second straight grass-court final.
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Sun, Jun 12, 2022
Jordan Thompson's striking run of grass-court wins has continued as he won an all-Aussie battle to make his second final in England in the space of a week.
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Sun, Jun 12, 2022
Retired tennis star Ash Barty says she's humbled to be among a group of Australian sports greats included in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.
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Sun, Jun 12, 2022
Nick Kyrgios says he was racially abused during his racquet-smashing, umpire-berating defeat to Andy Murray in the Stuttgart Open semi-final.
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Fri, Jun 10, 2022
Nick Kyrgios has made it into the quarter-finals of the Stuttgart Open after overcoming the challenge of the dangerous Nikoloz Basilashvili.
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Wed, Jun 08, 2022
Nick Kyrgios has moved into the second round in Stuttgart but Chris O'Connell is out despite taking an early lead against former world No.1 Andy Murray.
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Wed, Jun 08, 2022
Ajla Tomljanovic began her build-up to Wimbledon in style but British favourite Emma Raducanu's participation is in jeopardy after another injury.
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Tue, Jun 07, 2022
Chris O'Connell will face Andy Murray, and James Duckworth is a win away from meeting Daniil Medvedev, as the grasscourt season picks up.
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Mon, Jun 06, 2022
Jordan Thompson has won his first singles tournament in three-and-a-half years, lifting the pre-Wimbledon Surbiton Trophy on grass in London.
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Mon, Jun 06, 2022
Rafael Nadal has beaten Casper Ruud 6-3 6-3 6-0 in the French Open final for his 14th championship at Roland Garros and 22nd grand slam title overall.
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Sun, Jun 05, 2022
Australian Jordan Thompson has made his first tournament final for three years but won't get a grasscourt rematch with Andy Murray, who lost his semi-final.
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Thu, Jun 02, 2022Australian Heath Davidson has made a successful Roland Garros debut as he follows the Dylan Alcott path, reaching the French Open quad wheelchair doubles final.
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Thu, Jun 02, 2022
Sam Kerr's amazing garlanded year for Chelsea could culminate in her being selected as the Professional Footballers' Association player of the year.
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Thu, Jun 02, 2022
It could be Sam Stosur's last year in tennis - but the popular and evergreen Australian may still have a big part to play in the nation's tennis future.
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Wed, Jun 01, 2022
Rafael Nadal has beaten world No.1 Novak Djokovic to reach the French Open semi-finals at Roland Garros and set up a clash with German Alexander Zverev.
2022 May
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Tue, May 31, 2022Veronika Kudermetova and Daria Kasatkina have set up an all-Russian quarter-final at the French Open while favourite Iga Swiatek will face Jessica Pegula.
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Mon, May 30, 2022
Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have had contrasting French Open journeys to reach a highly anticipated quarter-final at Roland Garros.
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Mon, May 30, 2022Teenagers Leylah Fernandez and Coco Gauff have both moved impressively into the quarterfinals at Roland Garros.
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Sun, May 29, 2022
Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas have brushed aside Miomir Kecmanovic and Mikael Ymer to reach the fourth round at Roland Garros.
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Sun, May 29, 2022
John Millman says Australians don't understand how competitive world tennis is - and believes the top players are the sporting equivalent of the AFL's best.
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Sun, May 29, 2022
Italian Martina Trevisan will face Leylah Fernandez in the quarter-finals of the French Open.
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Sat, May 28, 2022Daria Saville was upset after both she and her other half lost at Roland Garros - but husband Luke believes she'll rebound by making the world's top 20.
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Sat, May 28, 2022
Novak Djokovic has spoken of his desire to return to Australia next year and regain his Open title, stating he holds no grudges against the country.
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Fri, May 27, 2022Daria Saville is ready for another stellar day in her rousing grand slam comeback at the French Open, with husband Luke a quiet voice of support at courtside.
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Fri, May 27, 2022
Thanasi Kokkinakis has a new doubles partner at the French Open who's even more unpredictable and eccentric than his old mate Nick Kyrgios.
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Fri, May 27, 2022
Daniil Medvedev has shown how he has really got to grips with the Paris clay in a straight sets victory over Serbia's Laslo Djere.
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Fri, May 27, 2022
The cull of the top women's seeds has continued at Roland Garros, with Karolina Pliskova, Simona Halep, Danielle Collins and Jelena Ostapenko tumbling out.
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Fri, May 27, 2022Daria Saville has found an old friend Martina Trevisan too hot to handle as Australia's last singles hope at the French Open bowed out at Roland Garros.
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Thu, May 26, 2022
A crestfallen Ajla Tomljanovic reckons her second-round loss to Russia's Varvara Gracheva felt like the end of the world after her brilliant French Open start.
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Thu, May 26, 2022American teenager Coco Gauff is through to the third round in Paris but Britain's Emma Raducanu has been knocked out.
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Thu, May 26, 2022
John Millman accepts he's on the home straight of his distinguished career but already has his sights set on his life after tennis.
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Thu, May 26, 2022
Rafael Nadal has breezed into the French Open third round at Roland Garros but Alexander Zverev needed five sets to beat Sebastian Baez and book his passage.
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Thu, May 26, 2022
Daria Saville is now the last Australian singles player left in the French Open draw after making the third round with a big win over Petra Kvitova.
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Thu, May 26, 2022
Sam Stosur used to mentor a young Daria Saville, Australia's lone French Open singles survivor, and is tipping her to get back to the top after injury.
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Wed, May 25, 2022
Battling qualifier Jason Kubler, the last man standing for Australia at the French Open, has been knocked out by the rising British 10th seed Cameron Norrie.
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Wed, May 25, 2022
Alex de Minaur has been left upset that some home fans went over the line amid a bearpit atmosphere during his dramatic French Open defeat.
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Wed, May 25, 2022
There will be three former French Open women's singles winners in the second round after Simona Halep and Jelena Ostapenko joined Iga Swiatek.
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Wed, May 25, 2022
John Millman believes Wimbledon could stop him from playing after he condemned the tournament's "unilateral" decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players.
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Wed, May 25, 2022
Leading tennis players are divided by Wimbledon's ban on Russians and Belarusians, and the tours' subsequent decision to strip the event of ranking points.
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Wed, May 25, 2022
2021 French Open finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas has come from two sets down to reach the second round at Roland Garros while Daniil Medvedev breezed through.
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Tue, May 24, 2022
Australian tennis star Alex de Minaur reckons he can answer the clay-courters' blistering artillery with weapons all of his own - speed, spirit and a big heart.
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Tue, May 24, 2022Moscow-born Australian Daria Saville has revealed her conflicting emotions over Wimbledon's ban on Russian players as she reiterated her support for Ukraine.
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Tue, May 24, 2022
Defending champion Barbora Krejcikova and four-time grand slam winner Naomi Osaka have both exited the French Open at Roland Garros in the opening round.
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Tue, May 24, 2022
John Millman's nightmare run at the French Open has continued with the Queenslander going down to another first-round defeat against Sebastian Korda.
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Tue, May 24, 2022
Jordan Thompson gave it his all but the Australian's French Open date with Rafael Nadal ended, predictably, with him feeling nothing but resigned helplessness.
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Tue, May 24, 2022
Ajla Tomljanovic has beaten world No.5 Anett Kontaveit while Daria Saville also won at the French Open on a great day for Australia's top two women players.
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Tue, May 24, 2022
Stan Wawrinka, the 2015 French Open champion, is out of this year's competition, and so is Wimbledon semi-finalist Denis Shapovalov.
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Mon, May 23, 2022
Australian Chris O'Connell has become the first player to say publicly that he might miss this year's Wimbledon because of its ranking points ban.
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Mon, May 23, 2022
Qualifier Jason Kubler was the unlikely saviour for Australian tennis at the French Open, winning a late-night thriller after four of his compatriots had lost.
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Mon, May 23, 2022
Jason Kubler's unlikely Parisian tennis adventure is becoming as much fun as when he reached the Australian Open mixed doubles final.
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Mon, May 23, 2022Daria Saville is back as Australia's No.2 woman player after racing to a quick win at the French Open over Greek qualifier Valentini Grammatikopoulou.
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Mon, May 23, 2022
Ajla Tomljanovic wants to prove herself worthy of taking over the Australian No.1 spot from Ash Barty at the French Open.
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Mon, May 23, 2022
World No.87 Hugo Dellien of Bolivia has ousted two-time finalist Dominic Thiem on the opening day of the French Open, but rising star Carlos Alcaraz is through.
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Sun, May 22, 2022
Chris O'Connell was left bitterly disappointed about being the first Australian casualty at the French Open following his four-set loss to Aljaz Bedene.
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Sun, May 22, 2022
Astra Sharma, the first Australian woman in action at the French Open, still can't quite believe how she turned herself into a late-blooming tennis champion.
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Sun, May 22, 2022
Getting ready to face Rafael Nadal in his French Open torture chamber can do things to a player - as Aussie Jordan Thompson may be finding out.
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Sun, May 22, 2022
Australian No.1 Ajla Tomljanovic is one of the players who'll get hit hardest by Wimbledon's ranking points ban - and she thinks it is "very unfair".
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Sat, May 21, 2022
The French Open is the first grand slam since Ash Barty took her leave of tennis, but the show must go on for her Australian colleagues in Paris.
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Sat, May 21, 2022
Alex de Minaur has been beaten in the semi-final of the Lyon Open but feels another deep run in a clay-court tournament bodes well for his French Open hopes.
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Sat, May 21, 2022
Thanasi Kokkinakis is refusing to put any pressure on himself at the French Open as he continues his warming return to form.
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Sat, May 21, 2022
Thanasi Kokkinakis hopes he'll team up again with Nick Kyrgios at Wimbledon in a bid to lift a second grand slam doubles title of the year.
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Fri, May 20, 2022
Jordan Thompson has landed the French Open dream draw - or should that be nightmare draw - with an opening match against 13-time champion Rafael Nadal.
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Fri, May 20, 2022
Alex de Minaur has made the semi-finals of the Lyon Open but Thanasi Kokkinakis has been knocked out in Geneva.
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Fri, May 20, 2022
Australian Jason Kubler has made it into his first-ever main draw at the French Open after winning his final qualifying match - on his 29th birthday.
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Fri, May 20, 2022How the leading men's French Open contenders shape up ahead of the Paris grand slam starting on Sunday.
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Fri, May 20, 2022How the leading women's French Open contenders and best Aussie hope shape up ahead of the Paris grand slam starting on Sunday.
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Thu, May 19, 2022
Australian Jason Kubler has made it into his first-ever main draw at the French Open after winning his final qualifying match - on his birthday.
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Thu, May 19, 2022
Thanasi Kokkinakis has earned a second notable win in two days at the Geneva Open to reach the quarter-finals but compatriot Chris O'Connell bowed out.
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Thu, May 19, 2022
Australian No.1 Ajla Tomljanovic has pulled out injured during her quarter-final match at the Morocco Open, just four days before the start of the French Open.
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Wed, May 18, 2022
There have been fine victories on the European circuit for Australians Christopher O'Connell and Thanasi Kokkinakis in Geneva, and Alex de Minaur in Lyon.
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Wed, May 18, 2022Lizette Cabrera has become the seventh Australian player to make it through the first round of qualifying at the French Open.
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Wed, May 18, 2022
Australian duo Ajla Tomljanovic and Astra Sharma have moved into the quarter-finals of the WTA250 Morocco Open in Rabat but Daria Saville lost in Strasbourg.
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Tue, May 17, 2022
There were contrasting opening day victories for Ajla Tomljanovic and Astra Sharma as the Morocco Open got underway in Rabat.
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Tue, May 17, 2022
Dominic Thiem has lost his sixth successive match since returning from injury with Australia's John Millman also beaten on the first day of the Geneva Open.
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Mon, May 16, 2022
Sam Stosur has come out of retirement from singles action to play in the Strasbourg International - but promised after her defeat it was just a one-off.
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Fri, May 13, 2022
Alex de Minaur gave Alexander Zverev a battle in the Italian Open but ended up having to give best to Germany's Olympic champion once more.
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Thu, May 12, 2022
Alex de Minaur has earned another hard-fought clay-court triumph in the Italian Open, reaching the last-16 with his win over American Tommy Paul.
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Thu, May 12, 2022
Wildcards for Daria Saville and Chris O'Connell will boost Australian singles representation to at least 10 at this month's French Open.
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Wed, May 11, 2022Emma Raducanu has been forced to retire in the first round of the Italian Open, handing fellow US Open champion Bianca Andreescu victory.
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Tue, May 10, 2022
Two ex-grand slam champs returning from injury had contrasting fortunes on the opening day in Rome, Stan Wawrinka winning but Dominic Thiem losing again.
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Mon, May 09, 2022
Australian wheelchair tennis youngsters have followed in the world-beating tracks of Dylan Alcott, winning the ITF's World Team Cup junior title in Portugal.
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Thu, May 05, 2022
Australian No.1 Alex de Minaur has lost for a fourth time to one of the game's rising stars, Jannik Sinner, at the Madrid Open.
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Wed, May 04, 2022
Ukraine's Anhelina Kalinina has defeated a second grand slam winner in successive rounds in Madrid, beating US Open champion Emma Raducanu.
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Tue, May 03, 2022
Australian No.1 Alex de Minaur has made a solid start to the Madrid Open defeating Spanish opposition on red clay, and now faces Jannik Sinner.
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Mon, May 02, 2022
Spanish star has said the war in Ukraine is not the fault of Russian and Belarusian players, who have been banned by Wimbledon.
2022 April
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Sat, Apr 30, 2022
Australian Ajla Tomljanovic had hopes of toppling returning Spanish favourite Garbine Muguruza on home clay in Madrid but ended up being knocked out 7-5 6-2.
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Thu, Apr 28, 2022
There'll be no further Australian interest in the ATP's Munich clay-court tournament after John Millman was beaten by a qualifier Egor Gerasimov.
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Wed, Apr 27, 2022
Australia's Jordan Thompson has lost a tight three-setter to Spain's Albert Ramos-Vinolas in Estoril, extending his run of middling form.
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Mon, Apr 25, 2022
Australian Alex de Minaur held two match points in the Barcelona Open semi-final but was still edged by teen star Carlos Alcaraz, who went on to win the title.
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Sun, Apr 24, 2022
Australian Alex de Minaur held two match points but was still edged out by Spanish wonder boy Carlos Alcaraz in an epic Barcelona Open semi-final.
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Sat, Apr 23, 2022
Australian No.1 Alex de Minaur has advanced to a Barcelona Open semi-final showdown with Carloz Alcaraz after winning two matches in a day on the Spanish clay.
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Sat, Apr 23, 2022
Australian No.1 Ajla Tomljanovic has missed her opportunity to reach her first semi-final in a WTA event in two-and-a-half years at the Istanbul Cup.
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Fri, Apr 22, 2022
Ajla Tomljanovic has reached her first tournament quarter-final since Wimbledon last year after beating Ukraine's Lesia Tsurenko in the Istanbul Cup.
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Fri, Apr 22, 2022
Alex de Minaur has had his last-16 tie at the Barcelona Open held over because of rain stoppages and may now face two matches in a day.
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Thu, Apr 21, 2022
Alex de Minaur has earned an encouraging see-saw victory over Ugo Humbert at the Barcelona Open but John Millman has been knocked out of the Serbia Open.
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Thu, Apr 21, 2022
Australian Storm Sanders has found Emma Raducanu too tough a hurdle as the US Open champ made her tour-level debut on clay at the Stuttgart Open.
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Wed, Apr 20, 2022
Australia's John Millman has ended the return to court of former world No.3 Dominic Thiem with a three-set victory in the Serbia Open.
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Sun, Apr 10, 2022
Nick Kyrgios has bowed out amid ugly scenes at a third tournament in a row, losing to Reilly Opelka in their semi-final at the US Men's Clay Court Championship.
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Wed, Apr 06, 2022
Australia's Nick Kyrgios and Jordan Thompson have made it through to the last 16 of the ATP 250 tournament in Houston but compatriot Max Purcell was beaten.
2022 March
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Wed, Mar 30, 2022
Nick Kyrgios has had another meltdown, coming close to being defaulted as he suffered a straight-sets defeat to Jannik Sinner at the Miami Open.
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Wed, Mar 30, 2022
Daria Saville's outstanding form at the Miami Open has deserted her as the Australian won just three games in her quarter-final exit to Belinda Bencic.
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Tue, Mar 29, 2022Daria Saville has continued her recent outstanding form, gaining a hard-fought victory over Lucia Bronzetti to reach the last eight of the Miami Open.
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Mon, Mar 28, 2022
Australian pair Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis have continued their stellar 2022 seasons to advance to the last 16 at the Miami Open.
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Sun, Mar 27, 2022Australian Daria Saville has continued her tremendous career comeback in Miami, reaching the last-16 of a second successive big event in the US.
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Sun, Mar 27, 2022
Iwa Swiatek has risen to the world No.1 spot and Ash Barty, the champ she's replaced, couldn't be happier for her young successor.
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Sun, Mar 27, 2022
Alex de Minaur has won his all-Australian duel with Jordan Thompson in straight sets in the second round of the Miami Open.
