First wildcards announced for Melbourne Slam
Tennis Australia has announced its first tranche of Australian Open singles wildcards, with Aussie players Daria Saville, Maddison Inglis, Sam Stosur and Storm Sanders all
‘Small’ number of exemptions issued for Australian Open
A small number of players and staff will be granted medical exemptions from vaccination to come to Australia for the first Slam of 2022 next
Raducanu flying high
BBC Sports Personality of the Year and US Open singles champion Emma Raducaunu has been named as British Airways’ newest global brand ambassador. The airline
Russian out of AO with ‘wrong’ vaccination
Russian player Natalia Vikhlyantseva has confirmed she will not be at the Australian Open because her covid vaccination is not recognised by Australian health authorities.
WTA questions latest Peng statement
WTA chief executive Steve Simon has questioned the legitimacy of a statement attributed to Chinese player Peng Shuai, that stated she was never sexually assaulted
Emma Raducanu is BBC SPOTY 2021
Shock US Open winner Emma Raducanu was tonight voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2021. Raducanu,, now just turned 19, ended Britain’s 44-year drought
Missing Peng footage posted on social media
New unverified footage of missing Chines player Peng Shuai has been posted online by a Chinese government ‘journalist’ today, with the player appearing with basketballer
Williams will struggle to win another slam: Henin
Justine Henin believes Serena Williams will struggle to win another Grand Slam title as younger players are not afraid of her anymore. Williams will not
A week in review – and Rafa’s still undecided
RAFA Nadal has only played 29 matches this year. It has been enough to keep him in the ATP top ten, despite a niggling foot
And the winner is …
Grand Slam Tennis Editor Peter Rowe has watched on as fellow contributors have reviewed the year. Now, he offers his insight into 2021, the good,