In and around the courts… Wimbledon Diary
READ MOREMelbourne | Barty’s protégée, Gadecki, wins opener
by Barbara Wancke | Jan 16, 2023 | Australian Open
Ash Barty is not defending her Australian Open title, having resigned from the tour almost a year ago, but she is at Melbourne Park undertaking personal appearances and...
Brisbane | Barty is pregnant
by Barbara Wancke | Jan 6, 2023 | Off Court
Just one year short of winning the Australian Open, Ash Barty has announced that she and husband, Garry Kissick, are expecting a child.
Melbourne | Record AO purse as Grand Slam repels boarders
by Barbara Wancke | Dec 31, 2022 | Australian Open
The Australian Open is just around the corner and the prize money on offer is reaching a record high, following a 3.4% boost in the total purse of Aus $76.5 million, which...
London | Djoko pips Iga at the post…
by Barbara Wancke | Nov 23, 2022 | Off Court
Novak Djokovic won the ATP Finals and narrowly pipped Iga Swiatek as the top earner in tennis when he pocketed a cool $4.7 million for his efforts in Turin, Italy, on...
London | Swiatek secures top year-end WTA Ranking
by Barbara Wancke | Nov 18, 2022 | WTA Tour
The year-end Hologic WTA Tour rankings for 2022 have been published and, no surprise, Iga Swiatek finishes as the World No 1 with 11,085 ranking points, the second highest...
Further Reading

Manchester | Smith calls for strong vocal support to clinch crucial win
Sep 17, 2023
Australia beat Switzerland 3-0 and have secured one of the two places available from Group B for November’s Davis Cup Finals in Malaga, Spain, leaving Great Britain with the task of defeating France on Sunday in the last of the pool matches being played in Manchester...

Manchester | Murray overcomes Riedl in Davis Cup while his beloved Gran is buried
Sep 16, 2023
For Britain’s second tie in Group A of the Davis Cup Finals playoffs being staged in Manchester, captain Leon Smith opted for Andy Murray and Cameron Norrie for the singles against Switzerland, no doubt giving Jack Draper and Dan Evans extra time to recover from their...

Manchester | Draper makes excellent Davis Cup debut
Sep 15, 2023
In the race for the top two spots in Group B and a place in next November’s knockout stages of the Davis Cup Finals in Malaga, France was beaten by Australia in the second of the pool matches being played in Manchester.

Manchester | Murray makes the British Davis Cup squad
Sep 12, 2023
Great Britain will launch their 2023 Davis Cup campaign in Manchester tomorrow (Wednesday) when they face Australia in the first of three pool matches with the top two teams from the group going forward for the knockout stage in Malaga, Spain, this coming November.

New York | Dabrowski & Routliffe win US Open Women’s Double title
Sep 11, 2023
Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski & Erin Routliffe from New Zealand defeated former champions Laura Siegemund & Vera Zvonareva, 7-6(9) 6-3, to win the US Open women's doubles final on Sunday in New York.