Alexander Zverev has ended the giant-killing run of British wildcard Arthur Fery in the Wimbledon semi-final, winning in straight sets. Zverev will face Jannik Sinner in the final, after the latter defeated Novak Djokovic also in straight sets.
It really does suck that the Wimbledon final is now after 1am, instead of the previously more friendly 11pm our time. Better for West Australians I suppose.
Bloody Yanks, always dictating everything. While often understandable, you’d think with tennis (whilst popular in America and obviously they have one of the Slams in NYC it is still not like the Olympics nor their dominant domestic sports) that the All England Club could cater a bit for us Aussies. Not only do we have one of the four majors as well, but Australia also love the sport and proportionally population-wise far more than the USA with both TV ratings and attendance 
The women’s game has been more interesting of late because there’s been different winners,not the same names in Grand Finals apart from Aryna Sabalenka.
Congrats to Linda Noskova
on her first Grand Slam title at only 21
I agree. The 11pm aest start has been a better suit down under. Not a fan of it being pushed back to 1am either. But it is what it is.
Another Women’s Champion. Linda Noskova played well, in her young career.
Australian Cruz Hewitt lost to American Jordan Lee in the boy’s final in three sets.
Also annoying given the fact the US Open men’s final is on an earlier in the morning time as well.
It’s watch it the next morning on replay for me.
Alex de Minaur and Katie Boulter are now officially married.
To become the first Philippines player with a WTA title, Eala has to produce a stunning upset.
And that’s just what happened. Keep in mind the DC Open final was pushed back by one day due to weather.
The 7th National Indigenous Tennis Carnival kicked off in Darwin this week. There was a report on SBS World News tonight including a chat with Ash Barty.
Novak Djokovic has spoken of his bitterness at being made “villain of the world” by Australians who kicked him out of the country for refusing to be vaccinated during the Covid-19 crisis.
Ten-time Australian Open champion Djokovic has opened up about the “bad experience’’ of being deported on “health and good order grounds’’ in 2022, blaming politicians for the furore and doubling down on his “freedom’’ to avoid vaccination.
In a documentary to be released this week the world’s most successful male tennis ace speaks candidly about the pain of being turfed out of Australia, suggesting “it was all political’’.
In an exclusive interview with the Herald Sun, Djokovic also opened up about the insult of later being booed at Melbourne Park, on a court where he has enjoyed more success than anyone.
Novak Djokovic: The Wolf in Winter premieres on Prime Video this Thursday, August 20.
Nick Kyrgios has been provisionally suspended from tennis after testing positive for cocaine.
The Australian submitted a sample during the Mallorca Open on 22 June that was later found to contain benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine.
Former world number 13 Kyrgios has been provisionally suspended, external since 4 August.
Well that explains a few things…
Sympathy is not something he will be able to count on. Oh wait, that’s most of his career anyway.
The US Open's prize money increase today leaves the other majors completely in the dust; none of them even matched what the US Open had done last year, and now it's fully a blowout. https://t.co/Ci7866mx5O pic.twitter.com/AEoqmrmhKF
— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) August 20, 2026