No Kyrgios, but Tomic joins Davis Cup preparations at Kooyong
Bernard Tomic has joined a Davis Cup squad missing the injury-challenged Nick Kyrgios, in Melbourne, to prepare for next week's Davis Cup tie. In Sydney.
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Linda Pearce
Linda Pearce is the Chief Tennis Writer and general sports reporter for The Age. She writes about a range of sports, including football, netball, and gymnastics. Linda has twice been named Australian tennis writer of the year.
Collingwood poach new recruit from rivals
Fears that new the birth of powerful new rival Collingwood would diminish the nine-year-old Melbourne Vixens have been realised, with captain Madi Robinson set to defect to the Magpies for the inaugural national league season.
Diamonds beat Silver Ferns to sweep Quad Series
The ANZ Championship may exist no longer, but the trans-Tasman rivalry has entered its next exciting phase, Diamonds shooter Caitlin Bassett logging an international best 52 goals in Australia's 60-55 win over New Zealand in Melbourne.
Not Geitz, but captain McMeniman next best thing
If the question is which tenacious blonde Queensland Firebirds triple-premiership defender has captained the Diamonds with distinction this year, the answer is not the one you might think. No, not the feted and decorated Laura Geitz, but her lower-profile teammate and close friend Clare McMeniman.
Diamonds coach calls for a 20 per cent improvement
Lisa Alexander, maths teacher, is wary of using numbers to measure sporting performance. But Lisa Alexander, Australian Diamonds head coach, estimates the amount of improvement needed to beat New Zealand in Sunday's inaugural Quad Series decider is a minimum of 20 per cent.
A long-serving Australian Open figure will be missing next year
After more than two decades, the distinctive Australian Open logo has made its last centre court appearance.
Collingwood chases McMahon for specialist coaching role
The Melbourne Vixens' greatest player, Sharelle McMahon, is among Collingwood's latest recruiting targets, as clubs unable to officially finalise player contracts continue to assemble coaching teams for next year's revamped national league.
Laver Cup adds to the tennis calendar, but what will it bring to the game?
If the Laver Cup was played next week rather than next September, a strong European team potentially featuring Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray would be favoured to beat a rest-of-the world outfit. Would anyone care?
Robinson all dressed up, with somewhere to go
When the mother of self-confessed neat freak Madi Robinson dropped in for a recent visit, Chris Browne was surprised to see an untidy riot of gold and green. A new Australian Diamonds uniform had just been tried on and paraded, ecstatically, two years after the last had been worn.
Kokkinakis to miss US Open, Davis Cup in doubt
Two narratives tend to recur with depressing regularity in Australian men's tennis: Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic's behavioural issues, and Thanasi Kokkinakis' injury woes.
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