Thursday November 12, 2009
Molik's Hobart sojourn
Alicia Molik is guaranteed to make her WTA tour-level comeback in January.
Tuesday November 10, 2009
Wounds from Hewitt's serve on TA will heal, says Tiley
National director of tennis confident that strained relationship between the national federation and its best player will eventually be repaired.
Saturday November 7, 2009
Agassi says he needed help
Andre Agassi has pleaded for compassion from critics over his taking of crystal methamphetamine, saying he 'needed help' to fight depression in 1997.
Friday November 6, 2009
Andre Agassi pleads for compassion in TV interview
Andre Agassi is responding to criticism of his crystal meth use with a plea for compassion, telling US TV show 60 Minutes he needed help when he took the drug while depressed in 1997.
Belgian tennis pair banned for doping regulations breach
US Open tennis semi-finalist Yanina Wickmayer and her Belgian compatriot Xavier Malisse were handed one-year bans for falling foul of doping regulations.
Stosur can win slam: Stubbs
Rennae Stubbs believes that Sam Stosur can win a grand slam singles
title and that it may come as soon as January at Melbourne Park.
Confessed rug user Agassi brings shame on his bald brethren
Tennis officials in damage control after shock confession by Andre Agassi that he used "recreational" wigs and lied about it at the height of his illustrious career.
Thursday November 5, 2009
Luczak slump deepens
Australian sinks deeper into first-round rut, losing for third straight week.
Wednesday November 4, 2009
WADA wants Agassi probe
World Anti-Doping Agency asks tennis authorities to investigate
Andre Agassi's admission that he took crystal meth in 1997.
Tuesday November 3, 2009
Serena back on top of the world
Serena Williams will carry the No. 1 ranking to Australia in
January and prepare in Sydney for her grand slam defence.
Monday November 2, 2009
Agassi reveals another drug incident
Andre Agassi. Sequel to Andre Agassi's explosive drugs revelation emerges, with suggestion that his father supplied amphetamines to Agassi before match in Chicago.
Safin loses out to Stakhovsky
Ukraine's Sergiy Stakhovsky battles into final of the St Petersburg Open after defeating Russia's Marat Safin.
Sunday November 1, 2009
Stosur's coaching dilemma resolved
Tennis Australia has found an enterprising solution to enable Samantha Stosur to continue working with coach David Taylor.
Wozniacki leads way as new guard challenges
At 19, Caroline Wozniacki is a fresh-faced grand slam finalist and,
at No. 4, the only teenager in the women's top 10.
Friday October 30, 2009
Injured Safina in doubt for Open
Australian Open finalist Dinara Safina's return to Melbourne Park is in doubt due to a painful lower-back injury.
Agassi drug case serves up concern
The World Anti-Doping Agency is unimpressed. So, too, the International Tennis Federation.
Thursday October 29, 2009
Injury threat to Safina's Australian campaign
Having already lost the year-end No.1 ranking to Serena Williams, Australian Open finalist Dinara Safina may also be denied a return to Melbourne Park in January.
Agassi admits to drug use and lies
Andre Agassi risked a significant jail term if he had been caught
using crystal methamphetamine 12 years ago.
Australia to see less of Jankovic
Jelena Jankovic will return to Australia this summer without the many kilograms of muscular excess she has shed since her last visit.
Wednesday October 28, 2009
Andre Agassi to reveal he used crystal meth
Former tennis star Andre Agassi is set to confirm he used crystal meth in a book due out in early November.
Serena wins, Venus loses at WTA Championships
Serena Williams overcomes Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-6 7-5 in the group stage of the Sony Ericsson Championships, improving her chance of ending the year as world No.1.
McNamee to maintain rage for change
Paul McNamee disappointed about the way his challenge was portrayed by incumbent Geoff Pollard and will remain vocal critic of establishment unless changes are made.
No. 1 a legacy of drama
Jelena Jankovic claims to feel empathy for her struggling Serbian rival Ana Ivanovic, while stopping short of predicting a dramatic recovery for another deposed world No. 1.
Williams duo plan to play on, and on
Williams sisters welcome return of Belgian stars Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters from truncated retirements.
Tuesday October 27, 2009
Hewitt puts Tennis Australia 'on notice'
Lleyton Hewitt says Tennis Australia has been "put on notice"
following the controversial re-election of long-serving president
Geoff Pollard.
