All posts tagged "Tennis"
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/ 1 month agoHow Coco Gauff came to the Australian Open with a new serve and forehand
MELBOURNE, Australia — There’s a young woman who looks a lot like Coco Gauff at Melbourne Park for the Australian Open....
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/ 1 month agoCarlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner play tennis. Their Australian Open rivals see a different sport
MELBOURNE, Australia — Just as it did 12 months ago, the tennis gods gave the Australian Open the men’s singles draw...
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/ 1 month agoAustralian Open storylines: Carlos Alcaraz’s serve motion and late finishes in Melbourne
If you would like to follow The Athletic’s Australian Open coverage, click here and follow our tennis page. Are 5g of...
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/ 1 month agoBelinda Bencic’s tennis comeback and the challenge of returning to the WTA Tour after pregnancy
A dominant win in the last warm-up tournament before a Grand Slam doesn’t sound like an occasion for an Olympic gold...
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/ 1 month agoThe Young Talent of Tennis Takes Aim at the Established Stars
Coming off a 2024 season of major breakthroughs — from 27-year-old Taylor Fritz cracking the top five to 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva...
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/ 1 month agoAustralian Open: John Newcombe, Jimmy Connors and the 1975 Final
John Newcombe never planned to play the 1975 Australian Open. At 30 years old, Newcombe was nearing retirement. He had played...
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/ 1 month agoGrand Slam prize money is enormous. The economics of tennis tournaments is complicated
Four times a year, one of the biggest and most important tennis tournaments in the world sends out an announcement full...
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/ 2 months agoAryna Sabalenka’s remarkable Australia record continues, injury retirements spoil ATP, WTA finals
Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories from the past week on...
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/ 2 months agoCoco Gauff beats Iga Swiatek to help USA win United Cup title over Poland in Australia
Coco Gauff moved her head-to-head with Iga Swiatek one small step in the right direction with a 6-4, 6-4 win of...
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/ 2 months agoTennis players, the ATP, WTA and the Grand Slams are on a collision course as season begins
It became clear that the fractured dysfunction that courses through professional tennis was getting worse on a bright November morning in...
