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From the first point of her fourth-round loss to Coco Vandeweghe, Angelique Kerber knew something was wrong. The world no.1 was dumped out of the Australian Open on Sunday night …

World No.1 and defending Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber has been bundled out of the tournament by unseeded American Coco Vandeweghe. Vandeweghe was irrepressible in Sunday night’s late-finishing match on …

Roger Federer’s march towards a first grand slam title in five years has continued at the Australian Open with a come-from-behind five-set defeat of Kei Nishikori. The world No.17 warmed …

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has prevailed where seeds Marin Cilic and Bernard Tomic failed, knocking out insurgent Brit Dan Evans from the Australian Open. Tsonga reached the last eight at Melbourne Park …

Before Sunday, Mischa Zverev was best known in Australia for his exceptionally talented younger brother and his bit part in Nick Kyrgios’ meltdown in Shanghai. But his fourth-round defeat of …

Spanish seventh seed Garbine Muguruza has booked a maiden Australian Open quarter-finals berth, cruising to a straight-sets win over Romanian Sorana Cirstea. Muguruza, who defeated Serena Williams in the final …

Stan Wawrinka found safe passage through to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Sunday, edging Italian Andreas Seppi in three tight sets. Wawrinka’s clutch efforts in tiebreaks were critical …

World No.1 Andy Murray has crashed out of the Australian Open, falling to German journeyman Mischa Zverev in a monumental fourth-round upset. The three-time grand slam champion struggled to handle …

Godolphin colt Astern will be the headline act at the Warwick Farm barrier trials with Omei Sword, who he defeated to win the Golden Rose, to be saved for later …

The Al Quoz Sprint in Dubai remains on the table for Group One-winner The Quarterback but he still has plenty of options at home. The Quarterback is scheduled to resume …

Grigor Dimitrov believes his midnight burner against Richard Gasquet will help, not hinder, his Australian Open title prospects. The Bulgarian world No.15 outclassed Gasquet 6-3 6-2 6-4 in the latest-starting …

Growing interest in the AFL women’s competition may force the league to move next month’s season opener between Carlton and Collingwood to a bigger venue. The traditional AFL club rivals …

MATCHES TO WATCH ON DAY EIGHT OF THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN *6-Gael Monfils (FRA) v 9-Rafael Nadal (ESP) It’s seemingly now or never for Monfils, the prodigiously gifted former world junior …

Bob and Mike Bryan are retiring from Davis Cup tennis play after 14 years representing the United States. The 38-year-old twin brothers made the announcement on their Instagram account, saying …

She’s the last local standing at Melbourne Park and now Daria Gavrilova has the chance to formalise her status as Australia’s new tennis queen. Gavrilova enters her Australian Open fourth-round …

The other Matthew Dellavedova has more motivation than most other aspiring tennis stars to make it to the top. The 16-year-old Victorian is looking forward to the day when he …

Grigor Dimitrov might finally be living up to the hype. The Bulgarian world No.15 has stormed into the Australian Open fourth round with a dominant win over Frenchman Richard Gasquet. …

No.24 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova has become the first player through to the Australian Open quarter-finals following a comprehensive 6-3 6-3 win over fellow-Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova. Pavlyuchenokova had won only six …