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Comeback kid Jason Kubler rewarded with Australian Open wildcard
Nominated alongside Novak Djokovic for the ATP Comeback Player of the Year award, Jason Kubler’s remarkable year has been rewarded with a discretionary Australian Open wildcard.
- by Scott Spits
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Australian Open
Final-set tie-breakers somewhere on the Australian Open horizon
Little more than five weeks out from the Australian Open, it’s unclear whether the tournament will become the latest grand slam to adopt deciding set tie-breaks.
- by Scott Spits
Australian Open
Australian Open could get deciding-set tie-breakers as soon as 2019
The Australian Open could get deciding-set tie-breakers as soon as 2019.
Alex de Minaur
Alex De Minaur ready for Brisbane International drawcard Rafael Nadal
By his own admission Alex de Minaur was a star struck teen when he took on Rafael Nadal in Wimbledon earlier this year.
- by Ed Jackson
Australian Open
Tomic picks Kooyong for Australian Open lead-up
Bernard Tomic will warm up for the Australian Open at Kooyong, eschewing rankings tournaments at home and abroad for the invitational event.
- by Ben McKay
Nick Kyrgios
Kyrgios says lighter load and better mental health gives him balance
The Canberra tennis ace won a major award on Friday night and detailed his plans to get back on the court next season.
- by Chris Dutton
ACT sport
Chloe Hosking and Nick Kyrgios the real big deals at Canberra awards
The cyclist and tennis gun won the top individual prizes at the awards function after massive years for both.
- by Chris Dutton & David Polkinghorne
Nick Kyrgios
Use it, don't lose it: Champion duo's message to Kyrgios
First it was John McEnroe, and now Australian tennis greats John Newcombe and Lleyton Hewitt are giving Nick Kyrgios the hurry up.
Samantha Stosur
Sam Stosur hires childhood coach to recapture early magic
Turning 35 in March, Stosur has no plans on scaling back her singles schedule in favour of a cruisy, lucrative life on the doubles circuit.
- by Darren Walton
Andy Murray
'Tournament director rinsed me': Murray unlikely to return to Citi Open
He didn't say anything at the time, but Andy Murray has this week said he will not return to the Washington tournament following director's comments in August.
- by Eleanor Crooks
Hewitt urges de Minaur to embrace the hype
Lleyton Hewitt is urging Alex de Minaur to embrace the "suffocating" pressure of entering an Australian summer as the country's top-ranked men's tennis star.
- by Darren Walton