China re-emerges on to tennis landscape in time for Australian Open

Despite a three-year absence of top-tier tournaments, appetite for the game remains strong with China's men on the rise On a searing Wednesday at Kooyong, groundbreaking Chinese player Zhang Zhizhen had dual-Wimbledon champion Andy Murray sweating despite the charming surroundings. In the time it took for one train on the Glen Waverley line to depart the adjoining station and the next to arrive, Zhang had swept the first five games of the exhibition match. A five-time Australian Open finalist, M...