ANDY MURRAY was spotted leaving the clinic as he walked freely despite the hip surgery that forced him out of the Australian Open. The British ace, 30, looked comfortable as he strolled out of his latest rehabilitation session. Murray spent two hours at a spinal and sports clinic on Tuesday morning, before hitting the gym, […]
HEATHER WATSON had her chances but failed to complete a first-round clean sweep for British players. Watson seemed on course at least to force a decider against Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva when she led 3-0 and 4-1 with a break in the second set. And even after she had spurned that lead to go the distance […]
ROGER FEDERER denied being a VAMPIRE after cruising through to the Australian Open second round. The Melbourne champion beat one-time Brit Aljaz Bedene 6-3 6-4 6-3 in 99 minutes to earn a second-round clash with Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff. He was “interviewed” after the match by film star Will Ferrell, who asked whether his supreme form […]
NOVAK DJOKOVIC has denied calling for a boycott of next year’s Australian Open if player demands for more cash are not met. And the six-time Melbourne champion insists ending equal pay for women players at Grand Slams was not among the issues raised at the meeting he led last week. But former world No1 Djokovic […]
MARIA SHARAPOVA made a happy return to the Australian Open. The Russian star, banned from tennis for 15 months after testing positive for a banned substance on her last visit to Melbourne in 2016, beat Tatjana Maria 6-1 6-4 to cruise into the second round. Sharapova walked back straight into controversy Down Under last week […]