Tennis Today: Australian Open organisers cop plenty of flak while Margaret Court hits back

In Tennis Today, Australian Open organisers have come in for some criticism while Margaret Court is also unimpressed with the treatment she has received.
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The innovative fifth-set tie-break produced some epic moments at the 2020 Australian Open, and Kevin Palmer feels Wimbledon chiefs should consider introducing it at SW19.
About that “shoe-touching” incident from the Australian Open final and Novak Djokovic admits his emotions got the better of him and he is “sorry”.
No prizes for guessing who is back at world No 1 on the ATP Rankings following the Australian Open.
There was no change at the top of the WTA Rankings after the season-opening Grand Slam at Melbourne Park, but finalists Sofia Kenin and Garbine Muguruza were big movers.
Now that the Australian Open is done and dusted, the ATP Tour hits South America and Europe this week and our tennis betting expert Derek Bilton has some handy tips for you.
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Writing for The Telegraph, Vicki Hodges wants to know “Why was women’s draw treated like second-rate tournament at Australian Open?”
The 2020 Australian Open also cops flak in The Guardian with Kevin Mitchell saying it’s “the tournament that tarnished tennis’s image”.
“From bushfire smoke to the treatment of Navratilova and McEnroe to Djokovic’s meltdown in the final, tennis bounced from one PR disaster to the next in Melbourne,” reads the sub-header.
Staying with events Down Under, Margaret Court has hit back at Tennis Australia with The Age reporting the 24-time Grand Slam winner feels “she has been discriminated against for her views on same sex marriage and labelling the way she was treated at the Australian Open ‘very sad’.”
As for John McEnroe and Martina Navratilova’s on-court protest, Court said: “I think that was very, very wrong.”
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