Before this, Australian-born Jaxon Italiano had performed 8,008 pull-ups in 24 hours, which included breaking the 12-hour record with 5,900 reps in that timeframe. Italiano had been assisting ...

In recent times, its prestige has dimmed as other Australian Open warm-up tournaments have emerged in Asia. Often hit by player pull-outs, Kooyong's loose format is anathema to tennis purists ...