Four months out, and a first-round draw that asks the question straight away
Carlos Alcaraz returns from a wrist injury to defend the US Open, and opens against Roman Safiullin. Jannik Sinner and Jack Draper have both withdrawn injured.
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A first Grand Tour stage win, on the day Norway stopped
Andreas Leknessund attacked 7.5km from the summit finish at Aramón Valdelinares to win stage seven of the Vuelta a España, ahead of his Uno-X teammate Tobias Johannessen.
Serena and Venus Williams given a US Open doubles wildcard, four years on
The sisters will play a Grand Slam together for the first time since 2022. Stan Wawrinka was given a late singles wildcard for the last major of his career.
One wicket, 359 runs and the innings that keeps getting harder to explain
England were bowled out for 67 in the first innings at Headingley in 2019 and still won the Test. Ben Stokes finished 135 not out, with Jack Leach on one.
The chase at the Gabba that ended a 32-year record, with a team nobody picked
India arrived in Brisbane in January 2021 without four of their first-choice bowlers, chased 328 on the final day and ended Australia's unbeaten run at the ground.
A final that finished level twice and was decided by a counting rule
England and New Zealand tied at 241 at Lord's in 2019, tied the super over at 15, and the trophy went on boundaries. The rule was changed the following year.
Following on at Eden Gardens, and the 376 runs that stopped a great side
India were 232 behind and asked to bat again. VVS Laxman made 281, Rahul Dravid 180, and Australia's sixteen-match winning run ended three days later.
Thirteen hundred wickets between them, and a partnership built on being different
James Anderson and Stuart Broad shared a new ball for over a decade. The reason it worked was that almost nothing about how they bowled was the same.