#1 Becoming the oldest Australian Open champion As of now, the record belongs to former Australian player Ken Rosewall who claimed the Grand Slam back in 1972 at the age of 37 years and 62 days. However, if Federer –… Read More ›
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#Tennis: #SerenaWilliams Wins First Title In Three Years, Donates Prize Money To #Australian Bushfire Relief
As the calendar turned to 2020, Serena Williams hadn’t won a tennis tournament in three years. Her last win came at the 2017 Australian Open, where she beat her older sister Venus in the final while Serena was pregnant with… Read More ›
#Tennis: #RogerFederer on course to join billionaire athlete club
Roger Federer has made a career of piling up records on court, but he’s also approaching some big numbers off the court. The 20-time Grand Slam champion appears likely to break the $100 million mark in annual earnings for the first… Read More ›
#Tennis champ Maria #Sharapova tells us how she lives life to the fullest
Maria Sharapova has one of the most recognisable faces in the world. The Grand Slam winner, Olympic medallist and now, entrepreneur, Sharapova is known as one of the most successful women of the tennis world. The tennis champion really knows… Read More ›
#Tennis: #Canadians, #Americans poised for #AO2020 breakthrough
Todd Woodbridge, a 22-time Grand Slam doubles champion, believes a pair of Canadian stars – Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime – could achieve similar feats, exciting new tennis stars are unearthed, later this month. Read more at: https://ausopen.com/articles/news/canadians-americans-poised-ao2020-breakthrough
#BBC Sports – #Tennis – #AndyMurray: Will 2020 #Olympics bring surprise happy ending?
The 2020 Olympics start very soon after the strawberries and cream are packed away. In a less taxing best-of-three-set format, could the champion from London and Rio strike gold again in Tokyo? The good thing about the Murray story, in… Read More ›
#Tennis: ATP Cup – Innovation is the name of the game
The inaugural ATP Cup will kick off the 2020 tennis season in Australia on Friday and the tournament managing director, Ross Hutchins, says it will be a chance to showcase innovation in the sport. ‘This ground-breaking new tournament has given… Read More ›
#Rafael #Nadal to become first #Tennis player to be ranked No.1 in 3 different decades
Spanish tennis pro Rafael Nadal will end 2019 as the ranked No. 1 player and with it comes a new, first-time accolade. When the clock strikes midnight, Nadal will become the first tennis player – male or female — to… Read More ›
#Tennis – #RogerFederer: ‘I want to chase gold medal in #Tokyo’
“I need to train hard and get ready for Tokyo,” said Federer. “Obviously, I will enter the draw with the gold medal on my mind, that’s why I’m traveling to Japan. I want to grasp this opportunity; it feels excellent… Read More ›
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