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- Tennis Australia
Australian tennis stars push Sam Groth for senior leadership role
Alex de Minaur heads a list of Australian players lobbying for the former player and parliamentarian to score a role that would cover player engagement, high performance and the Australian Open.
- Marc McGowan
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- Tennis Australia
The Brits didn’t have a top-100 player. They dominated Australia at Melbourne Park anyway
Australia have suffered a humiliating 3-0 wipeout to Great Britain in their Billie Jean King Cup qualifying tie to miss out on making the finals in consecutive years.
- Marc McGowan
Top-line tennis back in Melbourne during AFL’s Gather Round; Tennis Australia in tug of war over young Turk
Australia will host a Billie Jean King Cup tie in Melbourne for the first time in 15 years in April. Meanwhile, Tennis Australia is in a tug of war with the Turkish federation over a rising star.
- Marc McGowan
No Sinner. No Alcaraz. No worries, as de Minaur finally claims Rotterdam trophy
Australia’s torch-bearer scored an early birthday present with his triumph in the Netherlands, a singles title to match the one his bride-to-be won in Ostrava just a week earlier.
- Marc McGowan
De Minaur has just created history, but this is why his next match is so important
Rotterdam has been a happy hunting ground, to a point, for Alex de Minaur. If he can finally secure the title, it will have a major bearing on his prospects for the rest of this year.
- Marc McGowan
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- Tennis
Tiley laughed off our question, but no one’s laughing after this embarrassing defeat
Let’s not beat around the bush: Alex de Minaur assumed Australia would not need him to beat Ecuador in the Davis Cup despite it being an away tie and on clay. He was wrong.
- Marc McGowan
The ‘rock bottom’ moment that nearly forced Alex de Minaur to quit tennis
Australia’s best tennis player, Alex de Minaur, reflects on his dogged rise to the world’s top 10 – and his greatest demon.
- Konrad Marshall
‘It was a brutal decision’: Why Alex de Minaur is ditching Davis Cup
The Australian No.1 will sit out next month’s qualifying tie against Ecuador in an attempt to balance his schedule following an injury-plagued 2025.
- Billie Eder
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- The Ashes
Memo England: Perth was sublime entertainment ... as a one-off. We’d prefer a third day in Brissie
I am all for whupping the English like a convict caught with the governor’s wife. But it would be nice if they could put up a little fight next time.
- Peter FitzSimons
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- Lleyton Hewitt
Hewitt says video of incident with anti-doping official was ‘manipulated’
Lleyton Hewitt alleges that “manipulated” video evidence was used to depict an incident where he shoved a doping official. Tennis’ anti-doping watchdog rejects the claim and says Hewitt “had the opportunity to raise this allegation at [his] hearing”.
- Marc McGowan