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On the eve of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of 2023, tennis finds itself at a crossroads. In August, Serena Williams rocked the sports world when she announced she would retire following the 2022 U.S. Open. One month later, Roger Federer announced his retirement. It will be the first season without both of them since 1999. The absence…

The first Grand Slam tournament of the season, the Australian Open, gets under way on Monday in Melbourne. A year after being deported from the country, Novak Djokovic is back in Oz looking to claim a record 10th men's singles title. In the women's event, world no 1 Iga Swiatek starts favourite but otherwise the draw looks wide open - could we have…

By winning his first ITF juniors title, 13-year-old Cruz Hewitt, son of Australian tennis great Lleyton Hewitt, is beginning to create his own waves in the sport. Cruz was a charming toddler who used to wow the audience in Melbourne Park every summer with his shockingly bright blonde curls a few years ago, but now, the son of the Australian Legend…

Tennis great Martina Navratilova still remembers the moment when, at age 53, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The athlete had always been fit, eaten a nutritious diet and led a healthy lifestyle, but it had been four years since her last mammogram. "I was so shocked that there was anything going on with my body," Navratilova, now 65, told…

Serena Williams has been a professional tennis player since October 1995, when she was 14. But she will soon be turning her attention elsewhere. Williams is set to step away from tennis following the 2022 US Open. She has been hesitant to use the word "retirement" and instead has referred to it as an "evolution" into the next stage of her…

The official Twitter of the US Open is ramping up the suspense as Serena Williams prepares for her second round match against world No. 2 Anett Kontaveit of Estonia. "Tell us what you're watching tonight instead of #Serena," the US Open tweeted along with a GOAT emoji. The match is scheduled to begin soon. Twitter officially launched a GOAT (that's…