players because of the rise of emma raducanu on the women s side and her break out major championship. draper s gone under the radar but is a very talented, big, strong lefty and is not someone who nadal wants to play right now. nadal has struggled, actually. it s one of the worst stretches of his career in terms of not winning many matches since last year s us open, losing match after match. some decent matches but really not in top form, so with the pressure a bit of defending a title, he ll be feeling it more than usual and maybe lower on confidence than usual. but at the same time, betting against rafael nadal has never won much for anyone during his career. ben rothenberg. before we go, earlier we reported on the catastrophic flooding in california, but let s show you something a bit lighter. this is a bear which decided to take a dip in a swimming pool in monrovia during one of storms. the homeowners spotted the bear enjoying itself in the pool and after a few lengths, casually c
he will launch his bid for a tenth aussie open title on tuesday, a year after he was deported from australia because he had not been vaccinated against covid 19. ben rothenberg from racquet magazine told me what we can expect from the next fortnight of tennis and, once again, it s all eyes on the serbian superstar. novak djokovic is the story of the australian open once again, any very different way than he was last year when he was subject of international attention and a media circus around his deportation saga, which wound up with him getting ousted from australia before the tournament began. this time, the tournament began. this time. he the tournament began. this time. he is the tournament began. this time, he is the the tournament began. this time, he is the story - the tournament began. ti 3 time, he is the story because he is favourite to win the tournament again, winning it nine times before, and he seems to be in pretty good shape to do it again. he won at the adelaide
vaccinated against covid 19. ben rothenberg from racquet magazine gave me his take on this year s australian open. novak djokovic is the story of the australian open once again in a very different way than he was last year, when he was a subject of international attention and sort of a media circus around his deportation saga, which wound up with him getting ousted from australia before the tournament began. this time, he s the story because he s the favourite to win the tournament once again. he s won the australian open nine times before and he seems to be in pretty good shape to do it again. he won the adelaide warm up tournament at the beginning of the month. he s been dealing with a bit of a hamstring issue that maybe could flare up but it does seem like maybe not forgiven but everything has been willing to be forgotten with djokovic. people seem ready to move on from the drama of last year and just focus on the tennis this time. you can follow that story and all of our other stor
off. sofia bettiza, bbc news. the australian open the first grand slam of the tennis season is underway in melbourne and novak djokovic has been granted a visa to take part. he will launch his bid for a 10th aussie open title on tuesday, a year after he was deported from australia because he had not been vaccinated against covid 19. ben rothenberg from racquet magazine gave me his take on this year s australian open. novak djokovic is the story of the australian open once again in a very different way than he was last year, when he was a subject of international attention and sort of a media circus around his deportation saga, which wound up with him getting ousted from australia before the tournament began. this time, he s the story because he s the favourite to win the tournament once again. he s won the australian open nine times before and he seems to be in pretty good shape to do it again. he won the adelaide warm up tournament at the beginning of the month. he s been dealing
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