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Davis Cup form is good form as Djokovic is denied!
Reluctant as I am to use contemporary expressions that may not be understood by all, may I begin by offering the following ‘spoiler...
lydiajulian1
Jan 27, 20247 min read


The seeds have been drawn and now 'quartered'- what happens next at the Australian Open?
The Australian Open has six days to run and the openings for Australian success have closed in the Men’s and Women’s draws. Yesterday’s ...
lydiajulian1
Jan 22, 20246 min read


Let another Grand Slam year commence!
Isn’t it remarkable that, notwithstanding all that has come before, the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve generates a collective...
lydiajulian1
Jan 9, 20248 min read


For every action there are legacies
For my sins, but with constant delight, I have taught Australian students for over 30 years about the structures and processes of its...
lydiajulian1
Dec 2, 20236 min read


'Tis the season to be perturbed
The Christian season of Advent is nearly upon us, beginning on 3rd December, and marks the promise of something new and beginning with...
lydiajulian1
Nov 12, 20235 min read


A predictable, if overly one-sided result?
It is the fear of every tennis player to lose a set six games to love. If a player loses a traditional best of three sets match 0-6 0-6,...
lydiajulian1
Oct 15, 20236 min read


In the multitude of voices, wisdom is found or so we thought....
Tomorrow in Australia at 4.49 p.m. is the spring equinox in the southern hemisphere. After then, days south of the equator will have more...
lydiajulian1
Sep 22, 20237 min read


"Two dozen to go for one and one to start for another"
“Speaking of Serena, America’s Coco Gauff, fresh from an indifferent summer won the Women’s title at Cincinnati. Often touted as...
lydiajulian1
Sep 14, 20237 min read


The sweltering September slam awaits
The forthcoming first day of September in the southern hemisphere is heralded as the first day of spring, whilst for Americans it is the...
lydiajulian1
Aug 23, 20237 min read


Whenever I gaze at Centre Court, I am in paradise! (apologies to The Kinks)
So, another Wimbledon is about to begin! How it can be two years since Roger Federer played his final match on Centre Court, let alone...
lydiajulian1
Jun 26, 20236 min read


Giants, fallen and falling...
We are told there are very few certainties except the oft quipped duo of death and taxes. For what seems the living memory of most the...
lydiajulian1
Apr 24, 20236 min read


To say Yes or No, that is the question, but we have many a SUBtext to consider!
Halley’s comet have many across our stars once every 76 years. Its next scheduled appearance will be in 2061. Down here on earth there...
lydiajulian1
Apr 2, 20237 min read


And the hits keep coming...
After the self-serving outpourings of Harry and Meghan and Novak Djokovic’s demonstrative implosion after the Australian Open Men’s...
lydiajulian1
Mar 9, 20235 min read


Destiny, destiny- who is to know?
As a new year beckons, it is inevitable that individuals and societies consider what their destiny may be in the months ahead....
lydiajulian1
Dec 29, 20227 min read


And it's an end-of-year wrap!
This week Canada scored its first goal in World Cup history in Qatar and won its first ever Davis Cup in tennis in Malaga. The World Cup...
lydiajulian1
Nov 30, 20227 min read


Transitions- all aboard?
Was it only eighteen months ago that the world was living in a state of Covid anxiety without a war in Ukraine, England’s Queen was...
lydiajulian1
Nov 1, 20226 min read


Sixty years on-from the Cuban missile crisis to a crisis of faith
In one of the final scenes of the movie, The Queen, her late majesty is seen encouraging Tony Blair to conduct their weekly audience...
lydiajulian1
Oct 12, 20227 min read


Changes of crowns and games of thrones across the Atlantic
Well, the last thing I should have thought was that the 2022 US Open might be another predictable chapter in the game’s history. Too many...
lydiajulian1
Sep 12, 202210 min read


The US Open is about to start and when it closes much that is grand will be gone...
Can you have two epiphanies in a week when writing about politics and tennis? As we prepare for the beginning of the final Grand Slam of...
lydiajulian1
Aug 25, 20228 min read


We focus on Centre Court, but everywhere else the centre seems hard to find!
Wimbledon starts tonight. All eyes of tennis fans will turn to its famous Centre Court whose flawless grass surface, only played on in...
lydiajulian1
Jun 27, 20229 min read

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