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Grand Slam inequality cheats fans and players

How different would tennis Grand Slams be if men and women played the same number of sets, ponders Toni Bruce.

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Ash Barty’s emotional Australian Open victory tops our favourite videos of the week

What a week it has been for Australian sport, with plenty of iconic moments captured in video format, including Ash Barty's historic Australian Open win.

The New Daily

Barty, McKeon up for world athlete award

Tennis great Ash Barty and multi-Olympic swimming champ Emma McKeon have both been shortlisted for the honour of world sportswoman of the year.

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Nick Kyrgios calls Australian Open final opponent a 'donut' in outburst after Ash Barty claim

Kyrgios was livid as he took aim at Australian Open doubles final opponent Max Purcell and the media over separate issues

Daily Mirror

Novak Djokovic drama eclipsed by Australian Open’s uplifting finale

While Djokovic threatened to overshadow proceedings, he rapidly faded into the background of an epic tournament

The Guardian - UK

Australian stars shine to erase off-court drama and create ‘dream’ grand slam

Thanks to Ash Barty, the Special Ks and Dylan Alcott, Tennis Australia chief Craig Tiley is celebrating an extraordinary event

The Guardian - AU

The sporting weekend in pictures

All eyes were Down Under where Rafael Nadal and Ashleigh Barty made history.

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Novak Djokovic congratulates Australian Open winners after deportation denied him a shot at being first to 21 major titles

Novak Djokovic has congratulated the two Australian Open singles winners, Ash Barty and Rafael Nadal, after he was deported from Australia and not allowed to compete for his 21st major title.

ABC News

Nick Kyrgios hits out at fellow Australian tennis player Max Purcell on social media

Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios blasts the media and Max Purcell in a heated social media post.

ABC News

CMO says Omicron subvariant ‘not cause for concern’ – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Barty and Nadal symbolise the very best Australian Open ever

The Novak Djokovic saga feels like another country. Just 15 days ago the Serb was yet to fly home yet the furore now is almost as if it never happened.

The New Daily

Barty's a Fed-like game changer: Wilander

Former great Mats Wilander believes Ash Barty can take tennis to a new level like Roger Federer and spark the dreams of a new tennis generation in Australia.

AAP

Barty boost as Aust Open runs in the red

Australian Open boss Craig Tiley is confident Tennis Australia will emerge from the pandemic debt free despite the Melbourne Park slam running at another loss.

AAP

What the Ash Barty and 'Special K' tennis triumphs say about Australia and the buttoned-up sport industry

The lead-up to the 2022 Australian Open was dominated by the unvaccinated top-ranked male tennis player Novak Djokovic’s ignominious deportation from Australia.

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Barty and Djokovic keep No.1 ranking; Collins into top 10

Novak Djokovic, with 20 grand slam titles, will continue as No. 1 despite missing the Australian Open

The Independent UK

Record TV audience tuned in to watch Ashleigh Barty’s Australian Open victory

Barty’s victory over Danielle Collins attracted peak viewing figures of 4.2million people in Australia

The Times of India

All-rounder Ash Barty: Cricketer, golfer and Australian Open tennis champion

When Ashleigh Barty was scorching the tennis courts at the 2022 Australian Open en route to a historic title win on home soil, some of her pals, who happen to be cricketers and golfers, were glued to TV screens -- rooting for their once teammate around the 22-yard cricket pitch…

The Guardian - AU

All-conquering Ash Barty remains humble despite joining greats in exclusive club

The versatile Australian has won grand slams on three different surfaces but says she is still learning and refining her craft

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Queenslanders celebrate homegrown Ash Barty's historic Australian Open victory

Fans, families and children in Barty's hometown of Ipswich gather to cheer on the world number one's victory, while the Mayor sounds out a possible statue of the 25-year-old.

AAP

Jubilant Barty recalls hitting rock bottom

Ash Barty candidly admits she could never have won the Australian Open if she hadn't taken time out from tennis after hitting rock bottom in late 2014.

AAP

How Ash Barty avoided major Open threat

Newly crowned Australian Open champion Ash Barty has revealed the lengths she went to in order to avoid the disaster of catching COVID-19 during the tournament.

The Times of India

Australian Open: Ashleigh Barty ends Australia's wait for a woman champion from home

Ashleigh Barty leapt into the Melbourne night, eyes closed and fists clenched, she exulted, 'yes!' It reverberated through the city, a country, signaling the end of an anxious 44-year wait for an Aussie to clinch the Australian Open.

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Ash Barty enjoys 'pretty quiet' celebration as Australian Open victory sinks in

The freshly crowned Australian Open champion chooses to have a low-key celebration following her stunning victory in the women's singles final, admitting she felt "pretty wrecked".

Tribune News Service

John Romano: Australian Open loss is a beginning, not the end, for Danielle Collins

The tournament has ended, but the story goes on. Danielle Collins is not the Australian Open champion — Ash Barty beat her 6-3, 7-6 (7-2) early Saturday morning — but that’s just a minor plot twist. It arrives somewhere after the struggle but shortly before the breakthrough.

The Guardian - AU

NT chief minister says Omicron ‘too infectious’ for lockdowns to work as nation records at least 88 Covid deaths – As it happened

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