- Updates from seventh day of tennis at Melbourne Park
- Raducanu plays Swiatek at 11.30am local/12.30am GMT
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There is plenty of action on the court to keep us entertained but it can be easy to forget the impact that tennis can have on families in the present day, let alone across generations.
Ruaridh Nicoll has a beautiful tale to tell about his grandmother Esna Boyd’s induction into Australia’s tennis hall of fame and learning more about the trailblazer that inspired women across the world. The words are well worth your time, but the old images will take you back to another age.
It’s been an odd experience. Esna died in 1966 so has always been an ethereal presence – a long-skirted woman with Princess Leia buns in an ageing photograph who my mother would chide me with when asking why I was so terrible at sport.