Greg Baum

Tomic again makes 2+2 = 5

Greg Baum In the necessary mythology of the advance of Bernard Tomic at the Australian Open, there had to be somewhere along the way a Daniel Brands.

Rough track for grassroots tennis

Greg Baum Cororooke's pitted and pockmarked courts fit into a vivid anecdotal picture.

Burn, baby, Bernie

Greg Baum Bernard Tomic made such a thumping start to the 2013 Australian Open on Tuesday night that the country again will dare to imagine that he will still be there somewhere near the end.

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Federer back as precise as a Swiss watch

Greg Baum Despite a lay-off, Roger Federer kept his first-round record intact.

Tennis

Nation dares dream that Tomic has a way to run

Greg Baum The dwelling has begun again. Bernard Tomic made such a thumping start to the 2013 Australian Open on Tuesday night that the country will again dare to imagine he will still be there near the end.

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Tennis

Sam discovers winning beats trying not to lose

Greg Baum The best that can be said about Sam Stosur’s first match at this year’s Australian Open is that she won it.

Early exit as Hewitt trips at first hurdle

Greg Baum It is hard to remember the Australian Open before Lleyton Hewitt. It is hard to imagine it without him.

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Stosur survives hunger game

Greg Baum The best that can be said of Sam Stosur's first match at this year's Australian Open is that she won it.

Farewell to the insiders' outsider

Greg Baum It would be so much simpler to lampoon Tony Greig than to eulogise him. His chief reknown in the second half of his life was as a cricket commentator who often appeared to be playing up to a...

The end of an innings

Greg Baum It would be so much simpler to lampoon Tony Greig than to eulogise him.

Johnson revives Thommo terror days

Greg Baum Sri Lanka was rudely manhandled back to the beginning, suffering at Australia's hands its third heaviest defeat in Test cricket.

Clarke a force of nature with a fine repertoire

Greg Baum Michael Clarke made a hundred, and Shane Watson did not. In Australian cricket terms, this was as night follows day.

Bird rises in flying start

Greg Baum JACKSON BIRD'S first ball passed unremarkably, but the crowd clapped anyway because he was new to Test cricket and because this was Boxing Day at the MCG.

Bird gets early wickets, the MCG crowd gets what it wants

Greg Baum Jackson Bird's first ball passed unremarkably, but the crowd clapped anyway.

Much-loved commentator Charlton farewelled

Greg Baum Among pioneer broadcaster Tony Charlton's many legacies was a series of eulogies, always word and pitch perfect.

Siddle-handed demolition job masks inherent hallucination that all is not what it seems

Greg Baum Michael Clarke's work with smoke and mirrors was so deft that another sparse gathering of watchers at Bellerive could have sworn they saw wicketkeeper Matt Wade bowl an over of nippy medium pace.

Clarke reshuffle has cards fall Australia's way

Greg Baum For the second time in three Tests, Peter Siddle shoulders burden of leading threadbare attack.

Pitch in death roll as fate toys with skipper's men

Greg Baum The first Western sailors to find Sri Lanka called it the Isle of Serendipity. Serendipity is the faculty for making happy discoveries by accident.

Australia needs every last man to take charge

Greg Baum Cricket does not have to be synced to a teenager's temperament to be fulfilling.