Category: Tennis
Neale Fraser obituary
Although the Australian tennis player Neale Fraser, who has died aged 91, won three grand slam singles titles including Wimbledon in 1960, it is as [more…]
Neale Fraser, Australian tennis great and Davis Cup captain, dies aged 91
Australian tennis is mourning the loss of legendary player and Davis Cup captain Neale Fraser AO, MBE. Fraser, who won 19 grand slam titles, has [more…]
Jack Draper: ‘A lot of good things have come from trying to be a better man’
Deep inside the Vienna Ice Skating Club, an enormous ice rink temporarily adapted into indoor tennis courts in October, Jack Draper was hard at work [more…]
Novak Djokovic admits Andy Murray did not expect coaching call
Novak Djokovic has revealed Andy Murray was caught off guard when asked to be his new coach, but feels the link-up can only be good [more…]
Halep hits out at ‘difference’ in anti-doping cases after one-month Swiatek ban
Simona Halep questioned the “big difference” in how doping cases are treated after the world No 2, Iga Swiatek, was handed a one-month drugs ban [more…]
Coach Andy Murray could make all the difference in Novak Djokovic’s push for history
In June 1990, just minutes after his shocking first-round defeat to upset specialist Derrick Rostagno at Wimbledon, a suddenly aging and forlorn John McEnroe sat [more…]
Why has Iga Swiatek been banned and how serious is the offence?
What is the one-month ban for? Iga Swiatek tested positive for trimetazidine (TMZ) in an out-of-competition urine sample taken on 12 August, three days before [more…]
‘I was shocked’: Iga Swiatek explains positive trimetazidine result – video
Source: theguardian.com
Iga Swiatek accepts one-month ban after testing positive for trimetazidine
Iga Swiatek, the world No 2, has received a one-month ban after testing positive for the banned substance trimetazidine (TMZ) in August 2024. In a [more…]