Tennis

1/28/2026 |  Are tennis players being treated like zoo animals? Iga Swiatek thinks so (Associated Press (AP)) MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Iga Swiatek picked up a theme that Coco Gauff left the Australian Open with after the 21-year-old American’s racket-smashing, frustration-releasing moments away from the court went viral.
Gauff said “maybe conversations can be had” about the seemingly limitless access-all-areas cameras that track players from the locker room to the court and just about everywhere in between. 

1/22/2026 |  Australian Open Fans Struggle With ESPN’s Tiered Streaming (Front Office Sports) The Australian Open continues to draw big numbers in Melbourne, but the streaming coverage of the tournament has become a frustration for some U.S. viewers.
After ESPN rolled out its new direct-to-consumer streaming product last August, its broadcasts of the tennis major this year are split across two different tiers of the service.

1/15/2026 |  Possible Gauff-Williams Australian Open Match Sets Up Ratings Win (Front Office Sports) The Australian Open has set up a potential showdown between two American women’s singles stars.
Coco Gauff, 21, and Venus Williams, 45, will face off in a battle between American stars of two different generations—if both manage to win their opening-round match at the Grand Slam. The two are on the same side of the bracket and could meet in the round of 64.

1/15/2026 |  Australian Open’s Rising Popularity Also Brings Growing Pains (Front Office Sports) Much like the US Open, another tennis Grand Slam—the Australian Open—is becoming something of a victim of its own mushrooming success.
The initial days of Australian Open qualifying this week have seen unprecedented attendance as crowds have flocked to Melbourne Park, pushing facility capacity to the limit—just like at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. 

1/15/2026 |  Possible Gauff-Williams Australian Open Match Sets Up Ratings Win (Front Office Sports) The Australian Open has set up a potential showdown between two American women’s singles stars.
Coco Gauff, 21, and Venus Williams, 45, will face off in a battle between American stars of two different generations—if both manage to win their opening-round match at the Grand Slam. The two are on the same side of the bracket and could meet in the round of 64.