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Sydney boy Alex de Minaur reaches Wimbledon final
Linda Pearce 10:25 PM Alex de Minaur has become the first Australian to reach a Wimbledon junior singles final since Luke Saville in 2012.
Australian junior soars into Wimbledon semis
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8:42 AM The Sydney-born Spain-based all-courter has now reached the semi-finals at all four grand slam events, after making the last four at the Australian and French Opens in 2016 and in New York last year.
Mystery virus behind Marion Bartoli's dramatic weight loss
![Private battle: Marion Bartoli in action in Adelaide in January.](/web/20160708153453im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/q/1/5/z/9/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gq154u.png/1467928250429.jpg)
Linda Pearce 7:50 AM A mystery virus has reduced the former champion to eating only organic salad leaves and skinless cucumbers, washing in mineral water and wearing gloves to use her mobile phone.
Serena 'herself' again, says coach
![Simply too good: Serena Williams.](/web/20160708153453im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/q/1/5/m/r/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gq150j.png/1467990542316.jpg)
Linda Pearce 6:47 AM The coach who has guided Serena Williams to eight titles from her past 16 grand slam tournaments is seeing something at Wimbledon that had been missing for a while. "I feel she's ready now. She's ready," says Patrick Mouratolgou. "She's back to herself."
Kyrgios 'will not end up in a good place'
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Andrew Webster 6:16 AM Deidre Anderson worked with two of our most successful Olympians. Now she wants to work with the bad boy of Australian tennis.
Serena Williams sets up record attempt
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Linda Pearce 3:20 AM What was a horrible semi-final mismatch at Wimbledon was also the best indication yet that Serena Williams is on the brink of equalling Steffi Graf's Open era record of 22 major singles titles at last.
Hawks, Federer: two eras, no end
![Roger Federer is the Hawthorn of tennis.](/web/20160708153453im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/q/0/6/c/d/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gq0wbn.png/1467893332013.jpg)
Greg Baum Either Roger Federer is the Hawthorn of tennis, or the Hawks are the Federer of the AFL. As in a quinella, either way round wins.
Federer's theft a tournament gift
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Linda Pearce Theft, John McEnroe called it, Roger Federer having "stolen" his quarter-final against Marin Cilic by recovering from a two-sets-to-love deficit and saving three match points.
Murray survives Tsonga comeback to book semi
![Andy Murray remains on course for a second Wimbledon title to go with the historic, drought-breaking championship from 2013.](/web/20160708153453im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/q/0/7/8/z/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gq06i3.png/1467841574722.jpg)
Linda Pearce Title favourite Andy Murray ended a remarkable day of centre court tennis at Wimbledon with the quarter-final victory that was expected, but having dropped not just his first set of the tournament but his first two.
Federer comes back from two sets down to win epic
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Linda Pearce Federer faced three match points to battle back and become the oldest Wimbledon semi-finalist since Ken Rosewall in 1974.
It's ''hard to defend'' Kyrgios' antics: Scud
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Jon Tuxworth Mark Philippoussis has urged Nick Kyrgios to seriously ponder whether he has the motivation to turn raw talent into results before it's too late.Â
Nick Kyrgios 'sad' and it's Tennis Australia's problem: Olympic chief
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Samantha Lane Australia's Olympic team chief, Kitty Chiller, has described the latest instalments in Nick Kyrgios' chequered life and times as "sad". She has put responsibility squarely on Tennis Australia to ensure that future home grown talents don't land in such a "wrong" place.
Jack family dramas not a patch on Dokic or Tomic
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Peter FitzSimons The family breakdown between Sydney Swans, Kieren and Brandon Jack, and their parents Gary and Donna Jack? I don't know, and to a certain extent, I don't want to know.
Williams' long road back
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Linda Pearce It was pointed out to Venus Williams soon after the 36-year-old had confirmed her place in her first grand slam semi-final in six years that, if this was Hollywood, she would surely go on and win the title. Triumph over adversity. Always a winner.
Murray shrugs off favourite tag
![No nonsense: Andy Murray.](/web/20160708153453im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/z/k/d/y/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpzdg0.png/1467769834366.jpg)
Simon Briggs You hear some peculiar questions in the Wimbledon interview room. After his fourth-round victory over Nick Kyrgios, Andy Murray was asked what kind of melon he had eaten for breakfast.
The most inspirational player at Wimbledon
![Making no excuses: Francesca Jones of Great Britain.](/web/20160708153453im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/z/g/9/y/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpzebm.png/1467844581369.jpg)
Despite her defeat in the second round of the girls' singles championship on Tuesday, Jones, who has just a thumb and three fingers on each hand as well as seven toes, has her sights set on emulating her role model Serena Williams in becoming world No 1.
Who is potential Serena-slayer Elena Vesnina?
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Linda Pearce To address the obvious immediately, yes, Elena Vesnina is surprised - very - to be playing her first grand slam semi-final at Wimbledon on Thursday.
Serena Williams joins Venus in semis
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Linda Pearce Despite few having entertained the prospect in recent years of Wimbledon ever hosting a fifth all-Williams singles final, the odds for 2016 have been dramatically slashed by the presence of the two great Americans among the tournament's last four.
Kerber and Venus Williams will meet in Wimbledon semi-finals
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Linda Pearce The surprise Australian Open champion will take on the oldest semi-finalist since Navratilova in 1994.
This time Kyrgios is in a social stoush with Morgan
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Val Febbo Nick Kyrgios has found himself in another social media stoush, this time with British media personality Piers Morgan.
Kyrgios: What's love got to do with it anyway?
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Greg Baum If you are reading this, possibly it means you love sport more than some of your favourite sportspeople do. If your sport is tennis, almost certainly you love it more than Nick Kyrgios does. We know this because he tells us he doesn't love it all, often, but usually after defeats. He did again at Wimbledon on Monday.
Behave, Kyrgios, and you'll get to No 1, says etiquette guru
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Carolyn Webb The head of a Melbourne etiquette school has offered free lessons to hot-headed Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios, who was described by a British journalist as behaving "like a petulant little brat".
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Where are Canberra's sporting crowds?
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Kyle Mackey-Laws The Raiders are knocking on the top four door, the Brumbies are just two games from finals. Where's the support?
Cibulkova's wedding plans uncertain post win
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Clare Lovell Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova may have to postpone her wedding on Saturday after reaching the quarter-finals at Wimbledon with a rip-roaring victory over third seed Agnieszka Radwanska.
Kyrgios: Wimbledon over, where to next?
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Linda Pearce Where to now for Nick Kyrgios? Not off to prepare for the Rio Olympics, obviously, and nor to urgently draw up a short list of coaching candidates, it would seem. But if Kyrgios appears to be at a critical junction in his career, which way will he go?
Collapse against Murray 'soft': Kyrgios
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Linda Pearce Nick Kyrgios has declared himself "a little bit soft" as a competitor and described as "pretty pathetic" two of his three sets against Andy Murray in a centre court fizzer at Wimbledon.
Sullen Kyrgios is throwing his career away
![Australia's Nick Kyrgios losing his fourth-round match at Wimbledon against British player Andy Murray.](/web/20160708153453im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/y/l/j/o/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpyl4e.png/1467766926755.jpg)
Oliver Brown ​In spite of his latest unravelling, ​Nick Kyrgios' adolescent rebellion goes on. Ultimately, however, there is no helping one who shows no interest in being helped​.
'If I get hurt, I'm suing': Serena blows up
![Not happy: Serena Williams discusses the state of play with Tournament Referee Andrew Jarrett.](/web/20160708153453im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/y/k/9/a/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpyjcm.png/1467724760836.jpg)
Tom Morgan Serena Williams threatened to sue a referee over slippery playing conditions as two other players erupted with rage after being refused a lavatory break.
Tomic loses five-setter at Wimbledon
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Linda Pearce The Australian departs, disappointingly, against a player who had never won a tour level match on grass until last week.
'Look in the mirror': Kyrgios' effort questioned after Murray thrashing
![Nick Kyrgios was utterly outplayed after a critical forehand volley cost him a close first set.](/web/20160708153453im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/y/i/k/m/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpyijo.png/1467673812750.jpg)
Linda Pearce The Australian was utterly outplayed - and lost both intensity and interest - after losing a close first set.