United Cup to start new chapter of Australian tennis after trilogy of terrors | Courtney Walsh

Officials are hoping for a positive summer that serves as a full stop to an absurd run of shocking luck for the Australian Open When spruiking a summer starting on Thursday with the heavily promoted United Cup, Tennis Australia opted for a mantra pointing to an optimistic future for the sport. The story, the national federation proclaimed, starts here and over the past week the world's best players have begun arriving for the country's annual festival of tennis. While there is no exclamation mar...