"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...
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lydiajulian1
- Aug 23
- 7 min
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...
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lydiajulian1
- Sep 12, 2022
- 10 min
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...
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lydiajulian1
- Aug 25, 2022
- 8 min
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...
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lydiajulian1
- Sep 13, 2021
- 10 min
The Empire strikes back, destiny is denied, but there are still golden slams!
What a 24 hours it has been in sport! Australia’s Rugby team after been humiliated by the All Blacks in recent weeks beat World Cup...
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lydiajulian1
- Aug 30, 2021
- 6 min
When will all of US be OPEN?
Sometimes, you just cannot believe the timeliness of events and poignancy of words. Tonight, (Australian time) the US Open commences. All...
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lydiajulian1
- Aug 9, 2021
- 9 min
New York, here we come!
Start spreading the news I'm leaving today I want to be a part of it New York, New York And If I can make it there I'll make it...
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lydiajulian1
- Sep 20, 2020
- 10 min
It's Thiem's time, but he took his time about it!
Until Dominic Thiem’s victory last week in the US Open, the last man to win the title outside of “the great three” was Switzerland’s Stan...
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lydiajulian1
- Sep 13, 2020
- 10 min
One strike and you are out! Six state borders and you are locked in!
On reflection I suppose that most people thought that the only way Novak Djokovic would not win the US Open was if he beat himself. And...
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lydiajulian1
- Sep 6, 2020
- 7 min
A week to go in New York and Melbourne or so we thought...
One week of the US Tennis Open left in New York. One week left of the latest lockdown in Melbourne, but suddenly a two week extension…...
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Julian Dowse
- Sep 15, 2019
- 16 min
US Open 2019 - The numbers and the year fit
As the Grand Slam season of 2019 ends there is a wonderful symmetry in the Men’s game between the numerals of the year and the statistics.
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Julian Dowse
- Sep 16, 2018
- 16 min
US Open 2018
Having sought to establish a connection between tennis and patterns of social and political conduct in the wider arenas of life....
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Julian Dowse
- Sep 14, 2017
- 15 min
US Open 2017-Still more of the old and the new!
Some may accuse me of searching too hard for metaphorical meanings within the game of tennis that explain and/or illustrate the real world.
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Julian Dowse
- Sep 19, 2016
- 15 min
US Open 2016
I am often accused of still living in the Cold War, which is an entirely comfortable accusation because at least way back then the West knew
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