In 2015, the Australian Open organisers had an idea to involve amateur players in the tournament.
So the “Win a Wildcard” competition was dreamt up. Pairs of amateur mixed doubles players from around Australia competed for the wildcard to enter … continue reading
The rain poured down on the opening day of Opening Week. Matches were delayed and delayed and delayed again until the schedulers gave up.
Happily, the rest of the week’s weather was perfect and the qualifying event could make up … continue reading
Alexander Bublik was not the favourite to win the Terra Wortmann Open in Halle.
For the 30th anniversary of the tournament, the field included Daniil Medvedev, Stefano Tsitsipas, Andrey Rublev, Jannik Sinner, Alexander Zverev and last year’s champion Hubert Hurkacz.
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin has become a practitioner of Spanish philosopher George Santayana’s maxim – “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”. On February 24th he launched a “Special Operation” in Ukraine purportedly to protect people … continue reading
A selection of comments by Ukrainian and Russian players on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
