Richard Hinds
Sam's sitcom no joke as Tomic takes lead role
Richard Hinds With apologies to James Duckworth, whose continued presence provides the welcome gift of cricket-related weather jokes, this Australian Open is now the Bernie Show.
No middle ground as Open inevitably hits annual flat spot
Richard Hinds The middle Sunday at the Australian Open is, traditionally, flatter than Geoff Boycott's vowels. It is the day after the Great Australian Hope has been eliminated in a heavily promoted...
Plenty left in tank for champagne Sharapova
Richard Hinds IF MARIA SHARAPOVA looks particularly fresh when she walks onto the court for her Australian Open semi-final against Li Na on Thursday, do not give credit to the lotions from which the lavishly...
Tennis
Getting bang for your buck never guaranteed, even on centre court
Richard Hinds As of Thursday afternoon, after four months, the women's final was still not sold out.
