Tennis: Thanasi Kokkinakis is racing the clock to be fit for his Australian Open opener after having to retire hurt in Adelaide.
“Some coaches were a bit sceptical at first, but then they sat down and said, ‘This is great’,” Tiley told theMen’s star Stefanos Tsitsipas has long been an advocate for less restrictions on coaching but even he admitted it will take some getting used to.
Serbia's Novak Djokovic and his coach Andy Murray talk during a practice session ahead of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 11, 2025. / -- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE --Novak Djokovic has hosed down claims of a feud or any ill-feeling towards world No.1 Jannik Sinner.
“Sinner’s name came up and I had this image in my head of him skiing, because I saw he was skiing somewhere. Also, the two of us talk about skiing always, how we’re going to ski together, et cetera.” Top Australian hope Alex de Minaur is rated a 26.2% chance of making the quarter-finals but just a 0.6% hope of winning the event, with Nick Kyrgios given zero chance of lifting the trophy.
The Belarusian world number one headlines the evening session on the main Rod Laver Arena in a potentially tricky encounter with 2017 US Open champion Sloane Stephens.
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