At a time when all the top tennis stars will be tuning up for the Australian Open 2022 in WTA and ATP tournaments, World No.1 Novak Djokovic has still not confirmed his participation for the year's first Grand Slam.
Serena Williams hasn't played since retiring from her first-round match at Wimbledon with a right hamstring injury and her ranking has slipped to No. 41. She won the last of her 23 Grand Slam singles titles at the 2017 Australian Open.
Bianca Andreescu’s decision to take mental health break means the Canadian will miss the Australian Open in New Year. Andreescu had earlier opted out of Tokyo Olympics due to Covid concerns.
Australian Open chief Craig Tiley confirmed on Saturday that every person will need to be fully vaccinated while in the tournament.
Djokovic needs one more victory to go 28-0 at Grand Slam tournaments and claim all four trophies in a single season
Raducanu also is the youngest player to claim a women’s major title since Maria Sharapova was 17 at Wimbledon in 2004
Everyone knows they can't play forever, of course, and that this grand era will end at some point
Williams hasn't competed since injuring her right leg in the first set of her first-round match at Wimbledon in late June.
After Serena Williams and Adrian Mannarino retired hurt on the second day of Wimbledon 2021, players share their concerns
Officially, it will go in the books as only the second first-round Grand Slam exit of Serena Williams' career
Andy Murray is making a return, while Coco Gauff hopes to make an impression again even as Wimbledon rings in a host of changes
The 39-year-old Williams has won four gold medals in past for the United States in Olympics
Tennis players are not represented by a union; instead, each player is considered an independent contractor
In 2019, the last time Wimbledon was played, Simona Halep beat Serena Williams 6-2, 6-2 in the final
With 50 per cent capacity attendance at the outset and a full Centre Court of 15,000 allowed for the singles finals, things are moving closer to normal
At Roland Garros, Novak Djokovic earned his 19th Grand Slam title to leave him one short of the record co-held by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal
She suffered a shock defeat to Elena Rybakina on Sunday, but Serena Williams was in no mood to feel sorry for herself
Serena Williams looked well off the pace against an opponent who certainly made the most of her first appearance in the fourth round of a Grand Sam tournament
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