Greg Baum is chief sports columnist and associate editor with The Age
Synchronicity saw to it that Michael Klinger and Will Pucovski played virtual lockstep Sheffield Shield innings in Adelaide and Melbourne on Wednesday. It was the day Pucovski received his first Victorian cap and Klinger his long overdue Australian cap.
Did Donald Trump push the nuclear button overnight? Do tell, because it wouldn't have registered here, not while Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were playing each other to such a standstill on centre court.
Serena Williams insists she has given no thought to the calendar-year grand slam that would complete her fabulous CV, having just marked off another achievement that she believes adds to the discussion about who is the Greatest Of All Time.
Rafa Nadal has fended off Grigor Dimitrov in a marathon semi-final on Friday to set up a dream Australian Open decider against great rival Roger Federer
Roger Federer first tried to qualify for the Australian Open in 1999. He lost in the first round, in straight sets, to tour veteran Olivier Delaitre. Yes, Virginia, there wasn't a Santa Claus.
What defines a great sportsperson? Arguably, it can be narrowed down to three precepts: achievement, style and graciousness. Some possess some of these qualities, but in my experience, only in one man are they combined peerlessly and inimitably.
The Dasha is a doer. Late Saturday night, Daria Gavrilova edged past Switzerland's Timea Bacsinzky in three sets to move into the fourth round of the Australian Open for the second year in a row.
Rafael Nadal says you return to the tennis circuit, but you don't really feel back on it until you begin to string wins together.
The match of the tournament, in quality and drama, a titanic battle played throughout on another-worldly plane, produced a shock for the ages.
Nick Kyrgios, enough. This has to stop. He has to stop. For his own sake, for tennis's, for ours.
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