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Alexander Zverev keeps winning. But nobody wants to talk about his domestic abuse trial

[ad_1] This is getting awkward. Alexander Zverev, the German tennis star set to face trial in May on a domestic abuse charge, keeps dicing with elimination from the Australian Open, which would save the sport from a subject that no one wants to talk about. Then the world No 6 staves off defeat, escaping tight…

Coco Gauff is enjoying a very different kind of Grand Slam

[ad_1] Coco Gauff walks onto the court in the middle of the day. The stadium is half-full, if that. So far, she mostly takes care of her main business in a little over an hour. A couple of television interviews follow her warm-down. Not much more than that. Sometimes there are just two or three…

Medvedev’s 3.40am finish is latest absurd example of why tennis has to change

[ad_1] It happened again. Of course it did. Two tennis players, starting near midnight, battling nearly to sunrise in front of a scattering of fans, with a squad of kids in their early teenage years scurrying after balls at nearly four in the morning. Last year it was Andy Murray duelling with Thanasi Kokkinakis until…

Mirra Andreeva manages one teenage tennis miracle after another

[ad_1] Mirra Andreeva showed up to tennis in the middle of last season, like the new kid at school whose mother or father has just been transferred into the local branch office. One day, no one had ever heard of her, the next, she’s all anyone is talking about: 16 years old, three days into…

Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez, the teen stars of 2021 who are starting all over again

[ad_1] There may come a time when Leylah Fernandez and Emma Raducanu are in the draw of a major tournament and one of their names does not immediately follow the other in the tennis consciousness. Maybe, but not yet. One of them has been grinding her way up and down and back up the ever-shifting…

Naomi Osaka and the cruelty of tennis comebacks

[ad_1] Naomi Osaka’s Grand Slam comeback started a little after 9.30pm local time on Monday with a slow and purposeful stroll onto the court at Rod Laver Arena in a technicolor warm-up jacket that demanded attention, just as she always did. Within two minutes of the start, she had two aces. A minute after that,…

Naomi Osaka, The Comeback Interview: A tale of pregnancy, fear and a ballerina

[ad_1] It was late September when Naomi Osaka, the four-time Grand Slam champion and transcendent star of her sport, finally got on the phone with her former coach to talk about her next comeback. Wim Fissette is a cerebral Belgian who thinks long and hard before taking on a player, even one with a resume…

Elina Svitolina: Ukraine’s unbreakable spirit is a big motivation for me

[ad_1] By now, nearly two years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there is a familiar rhythm to Elina Svitolina’s days. The missile attacks from Russia generally happen overnight, so in the morning, just after she opens her eyes, she grabs her phone to see where the bombs have fallen. There is a call to…

How Novak Djokovic changed his game to become the GOAT

[ad_1] Goran Ivanisevic has seen it happen so many times over the past four years. His star pupil, Novak Djokovic, shows up to the practice court in a foul mood, griping that his game is a disaster, that he needs to get better… at everything. His serve, his attacking play, even his backhand — one of…

Nadal’s focused on clay – and other things we learned from the first Australian Open warm-up week

[ad_1] For months, Rafael Nadal has been trying to temper expectations for his comeback, telling the world that he had little sense of whether he would ever return to his championship form or anything approaching it. On Sunday, Nadal showed the world why he was so cautious. At 37 years old, he knows how brittle…