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Journeymen pros crowd fund, couch surf to chase tour dream
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Aspiring tennis professionals are washing their shirts in hotel baths, sleeping on couches and relying on crowd funding to chase their Grand Slam dreams, a stark contrast with the top tier players that some fear could fuel corruption in the sport. Tennis was rocked on Monday following reports that authorities had failed […]
Groth’s good wishes to Murray extend to early arrival of baby
Andy Murray has received good wishes about the impending birth of his first child, but Sam Groth is the only one who wants the baby to come earlier.
Sublime Verdasco sends Nadal to early Melbourne exit
Fernando Verdasco sent shockwaves through the Australian Open on Tuesday by defeating Rafa Nadal.
Raonic takes guard against grand slam grind
Canada's Milos Raonic has found a novel way to help alleviate the tension that inevitability surrounds a grand slam tennis tournament.
Konta resists Australian overtures after Venus upset
Johanna Konta did not have to wait long before having to field the inevitable questions about her national allegiance.
Murray proves too strong for bloodied and beaten Zverev
Second seed Andy Murray advanced into the second round of the Australian Open after a comfortable victory over Germany's Alexander Zverev.
Federer wants names in match-fixing allegations
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Roger Federer called for ‘concrete’ facts while Novak Djokovic spoke of his team once being offered $200,000 to fix a match as the multiple grand slam champions reacted to claims of widespread match-rigging in tennis on Monday. The opening day of the Australian Open was overshadowed by reports in the BBC and […]
Corruption unit battling to stay ahead of the game
Professional tennis's anti-corruption unit, accused of failing to pursue allegations of match-fixing by leading past and current players.
Konta flows to halt Venus progress in Melbourne
Venus Williams's dreams of winning a first Australian Open title at the age of 35 were shattered on Tuesday when she was beaten in the first round.
Top 5: Unexpected Australian Open champions
With the Australian Open 2016 just on the horizon, we at ES take a look at 5 players who defied all odds to raise the trophy at Melbourne
Federer storms into Australian Open second round
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A rampaging Roger Federer kicked off his 17th Australian Open campaign with a 6-2 6-1 6-2 demolition of Georgian battler Nikoloz Basilashvili to reach the second round on Monday. The 17-times grand slam champion shone under the lights of Rod Laver Arena to wrap up the match in one hour and 12 […]
Ousted Wozniacki laments aiding Putintseva comeback
REUTERS – Caroline Wozniacki was left ruing her inability to see off Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva after the unseeded 21-year-old rallied back from a set down to knock out her more established opponent in the first round of the Australian Open on Monday. Putintseva notched the tournament’s first upset by beating Wozniacki 1-6 7-6(3) 6-4 at […]
