Say what? The best quotes of AO 2024
Scary movies, beating idols, crowd motivation and – yes – hanging upside down from trees … there really was no topic off-limits when the players met the press in Melbourne this fortnight.
29 January 2024
Scary movies, beating idols, crowd motivation and – yes – hanging upside down from trees … there really was no topic off-limits when the players met the press in Melbourne this fortnight.
29 January 2024
Diede de Groot won her 13th consecutive Grand Slam singles title – and fourth straight AO trophy – with a hard-fought victory over Yui Kamiji in the women’s wheelchair singles final.
27 January 2024
Diede de Groot has the social media handle “Diedethegreat”. It’s a bold claim but the 27-year-old Dutch wheelchair star is just that; an all-time great.
23 January 2024
Diede de Groot's Grand Slam-winning ways are well-known, but the Dutchwoman says Shingo Kunieda's achievements are in another category altogether.
24 January 2023
Dutchman spoils local hero's quest to end his career with an eighth straight quad wheelchair singles crown, while top seeds Diede de Groot and Shingo Kunieda win their respective women's and men's singles finals.
27 January 2022
With retirement beckoning, Dylan Alcott is just one win away from adding to his already legendary status in wheelchair competition – but Dutchman Sam Schroder will be determined to spoil the party.
25 January 2022
Wheelchair tennis stars Dylan Alcott and Diede De Groot completed extraordinary Golden Grand Slams on Sunday at the US Open, the same day Sam Stosur claimed her second women's doubles title – 16 years after her first.
13 September 2021
Daniil Medvedev broke through for his first major title with a stunning defeat of Novak Djokovic in Sunday's US Open final – ending the world No.1's bid for the Grand Slam.
13 September 2021
World No.1 Novak Djokovic is on the brink of tennis immortality after beating Alexander Zverev in five sets and now meets second-ranked Daniil Medvedev in a US Open final showdown.
11 September 2021
Leylah Fernandez’s magical US Open run has continued, with the 19-year-old upstaging No.2 seed Aryna Sabalenka to reach her first major final.
10 September 2021
On track for an historic Golden Grand Slam, world No.1 Dylan Alcott headlines the Tokyo Paralympics quad wheelchair event, bidding for a second consecutive singles gold.
26 August 2021
Roland Garros lost two of the sport’s biggest superstars on Sunday when Serena Williams lost her fourth-round match and Roger Federer announced his withdrawal.
6 June 2021
Joachim Gerard survives a late bought of nerves, Diede de Groot survives tie-break confusion to win AO2021 trophies.
17 February 2021