If this month’s Australian Open is anything to go by, 2024 promises to be a high-octane year. The first Grand Slam of the season delivered.
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They are in a hurry, this younger cohort of tennis stars, with no interest in waiting their turn to take over their sport, or respecting
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
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
On a cloudy, gusty morning last month, three dozen students, teachers, construction workers, electricians and bartenders wore helmets and shoulder pads and boomed torpedoes, banana
The Women’s World Cup is by most estimates the biggest sporting event to be staged in Australia since the Sydney Olympics. FIFA, the tournament’s organizer,
One car ended its day in a spray of gravel on the first lap. A second sent its driver scrambling to safety after it caught
MELBOURNE, Australia — It felt like a full-circle occasion as Novak Djokovic celebrated on Sunday in the same city where he had been deported on
MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic came to Australia with a mission, or, really, a series of them. To win the championship he had won nine
It was tennis reminiscent of the big-serving, high-velocity duels between Serena and Venus Williams. It was also a significant departure from last year’s Australian Open,