Tennis
Heavy rain disrupts day one at Australian Open
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Saturday, 11 January 2025 20:45
The first day of the Australian Open has been disrupted by heavy rain and thunderstorms in Melbourne.Matches at the season-opening Grand Slam tournament started as scheduled at 11:00 local time (00:00 GMT) on Sunday.But players on the outer courts were forced off about an hour later.Play will not resume at Melbourne Park until at least 17:00 (06:00 GMT).The wet weather…
Swiatek 'grateful' for player support after ban
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Friday, 10 January 2025 02:01
The handling of Swiatek's ban and the case of world number one Jannik Sinner - who received no ban and was cleared of wrongdoing after testing positive for a banned substance - have drawn criticism.Nick Kyrgios described the two high-profile cases as "disgusting" for tennis.Italy's Sinner says he still does not know when the hearing to settle his ongoing doping…
Sinner doping case to be heard by Cas in April
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Friday, 10 January 2025 07:50
Sinner twice tested positive for clostebol - a steroid that can be used to build muscle mass - during the Indian Wells tournament last year.He did not dispute traces of clostebol were found in his urine test and successfully argued that he had been inadvertently contaminated with the substance by his physiotherapist.The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA), accepted there was…
Raducanu 'ready to go' after back injury
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Friday, 10 January 2025 02:03
Raducanu is looking to build on a 2024 season in which she made encouraging progress following surgeries on her wrists and ankle.However, the injury issues which have blighted her - for most of the time since she stunned the world to win the 2021 US Open as a teenage qualifier - also continued. At last year's US Open, a lack…
Tennis has become mundane without me - Kyrgios
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Thursday, 09 January 2025 22:40
When Kyrgios returned to action at the recent Brisbane International after an 18-month absence, it completed a comeback which even his wrist surgeon doubted was possible.Kyrgios suffered a full rupture of the scapholunate ligament, which often leaves patients unable to regain normal function even after surgery."In the past, our ability to restore such a wrist after such severe injuries has…
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