#Margaret Court

Women's tennis is facing its first big litmus test of 2023-who has come out of the off-season ready to grab this year by the horns? Xiyu Wang and Karolina Pliskova face off on Tuesday in what will be another excellent test of which women has the best form heading into the new season. These odds from Ladbrokes were correct at the time of…

This first-round match sees the 12th seed, Belinda Bencic, taking on the number 91 in the world, Viktoriya Tomova. Here are my top two betting tips prior to the match starting: These odds from Ladbrokes were correct at the time of writing. The 2023 Australian Open is officially underway, and many first-round matches for the women's singles have…

These two dishes are sold at the pop-up shop "Hella Good", which is located at the premises of the Australian Open and cooperates with the well-known restaurant "Stalactites", which created the famous "Tsitsipas Souvlaki", which also had a charitable character. Speaking with reporters on Saturday 14 outside the Hella Good pop-up opposite Margaret…

Australian tennis champion Sam Stosur reached the pinnacle of her career in 2011 when she dethroned former Serena Williams to take the US Open crown - and she has revealed she was almost certain she'd win the night before the match. On Saturday, Stosur announced via Instagram that this year's Australian Open will be her last professional…

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…

Tennis is one of the most popular games in the world today. While not nearly on the same level as football, cricket, or basketball, tennis still gets millions of views per match, and has an estimated 1 billion fans worldwide. It is played on a national, international, and Olympic level. The sport is also massively popular in the amateur circuit.…

The world of tennis was shaken when Serena Williams announced she would be retiring this year. The tennis legend was a huge price at the start of the tournament but now has been cut into 14/1 with Betfair to win the US Open on her swansong as she progresses into the third round. Williams, 40, also revealed that the US Open would be her last…

At her best, Serena Williams is maybe the greatest ever to pick up a tennis racket. At her worst, she's a legend we aren't quite ready to admit is done winning - a walking monument many believe still has the potential to squeeze out one last Grand Slam victory to tie Margaret Court for the most all-time. That's how she'll go out in her final…

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…

Serena Williams attempts to extend her legendary career when she takes on World No. 2 Anett Kontaveit on Wednesday in the second-round of the 2022 U.S. Open at Flushing Meadows. Williams, who is expected to retire at the conclusion of the tournament, is seeking her seventh U.S. Open title and a record-tying 24th career Grand Slam championship as…