This week’s French Open marks a welcome return to tennis in Australia’s mainstream media, with 12 Australians in the main draw, the biggest contingent since 1999. For the last two weeks the excitement at the prospect of so many Aussies running around Roland Garros has been building, although it is unlikely an Australian will win […] READ MORE
Author: Kate Smart
Ash Barty, a Tennis Timeout
On Friday it emerged that Australian teenage tennis player, Ash Barty, is taking an indefinite break from tennis. The announcement via the Tennis Australia website has obviously produced a lot of conversation among tennis fans. So what does this indefinite break mean and should we really be speculating past the official announcement? There is always […] READ MORE
Federer Reliable Among the Unreliable US Open Field
The men’s draw for the final Grand Slam of the year, the US Open, is wide open. Trying to pick a winner is a lot like trying to find a needle in a large collection of dried grass. Never-the-less, I’m going to brave looking at the top ten male players and try to make some […] READ MORE
Calling Australia home: Ajla Tomljanović
The idea of tennis federations in bidding wars to attract top young players to switch national allegiances leaves nothing but a bad taste in the mouths of tennis fans. There will undoubtedly be some who will accuse Tennis Australia and Croatian tennis player, Ajla Tomljanović of such a thing, but so far there has been […] READ MORE
Just the tonic Tomic needs
Over the weekend, Australia’s Bernard Tomic defeated defending champion Ivo Karlovic in three sets at the Claro Open in Bogota, Colombia. Tomic made the most of his wildcard entry and there is no doubt this result will only prove a positive step in his comeback, but just as attributable to his success may well be […] READ MORE
The Fog of Fabio Fognini
Italy’s Fabio Fognini was true to form on Wednesday; throwing away a match, karate kicking a racquet and quite frankly taking another monumental dump on tennis fans. Fog is a common metaphor in literature for a character having lost their way and it is with the clearing of the fog that they have transformed and […] READ MORE
