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The Grand Slam year ends with a touch of John Donne like reflection. For the first time since 1988 the Men’s and Women’s singles...

When Novak Djokovic won the Olympic Gold Medal in Paris, he declared it was “his greatest achievement in tennis.”  Not an idle claim from...

It probably is a shock to all other than the most ardent of tennis fans that the US Open starts next Sunday with its qualifying rounds....

“Speaking of Serena, America’s Coco Gauff, fresh from an indifferent summer won the Women’s title at Cincinnati. Often touted as...

The forthcoming first day of September in the southern hemisphere is heralded as the first day of spring, whilst for Americans it is the...

Well, the last thing I should have thought was that the 2022 US Open might be another predictable chapter in the game’s history. Too many...

Can you have two epiphanies in a week when writing about politics and tennis? As we prepare for the beginning of the final Grand Slam of...

What a 24 hours it has been in sport! Australia’s Rugby team after been humiliated by the All Blacks in recent weeks beat World Cup...

Sometimes, you just cannot believe the timeliness of events and poignancy of words. Tonight, (Australian time) the US Open commences. All...

Start spreading the news I'm leaving today I want to be a part of it New York, New York And If I can make it there I'll make it...

Until Dominic Thiem’s victory last week in the US Open, the last man to win the title outside of “the great three” was Switzerland’s Stan...

On reflection I suppose that most people thought that the only way Novak Djokovic would not win the US Open was if he beat himself. And...

One week of the US Tennis Open left in New York. One week left of the latest lockdown in Melbourne, but suddenly a two week extension…...

As the Grand Slam season of 2019 ends there is a wonderful symmetry in the Men’s game between the numerals of the year and the statistics.

Having sought to establish a connection between tennis and patterns of social and political conduct in the wider arenas of life....

Some may accuse me of searching too hard for metaphorical meanings within the game of tennis that explain and/or illustrate the real world.

I am often accused of still living in the Cold War, which is an entirely comfortable accusation because at least way back then the West knew