
Tennis clubs face early end to play
Club tennis players will have to down rackets at 6pm if a little-known clause in Auckland Council's draft Unitary Plan makes it through to the final document.
Club tennis players will have to down rackets at 6pm if a little-known clause in Auckland Council's draft Unitary Plan makes it through to the final document.
Pete Sampras suspects it's inevitable Spaniard Rafael Nadal will match the American's Grand Slam tally and catch Swiss leader Roger Federer too.
Staggered. Jesse Ryder is too good, and New Zealand not good enough, for the gifted leftie to be left out of the test squad against India.
Roger Federer went on the offensive midway through Friday night's Australian Open semifinal - but only when he was sitting down.
Li Na had a date with the Australian Open title. She had let it slip in heartbreakingly in 2011, 2012 and 2013 but 2014 was her year, winning 7-6, 6-0 against Dominika Cibulkova last night.
Just when it becomes tempting to talk about a changing of the guard, along comes a revival of the greatest modern classic: Roger Federer
New Zealand's remaining representative at the Australian Open was knocked out of the men's doubles yesterday afternoon.
Chris Rattue asks: Is that the sound of a bear with a sore head, or is it Phoenix co-owner Gareth Morgan winding up?
The New Zealand flag continues to be flown at the Australian Open with Auckland's Michael Venus scoring an upset win in the doubles second round.