Another Australian teen sensation Alexei Popyrin is into the third round of the Australian Open after Dominic Thiem retired midway through the third set of their Melbourne Park clash. The …

SNAPSHOT FROM DAY FOUR AT THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN PLAYER OF THE DAY: Ashleigh Barty – the Aussie ironwoman continued her two-pronged title assault with a fighting three-set first-round doubles win …

MATCHES TO WATCH ON DAY FIVE OF THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN * 2-Rafael Nadal (ESP) v 27-Alex de Minaur (AUS), Rod Laver Arena, Night The 19-year-old Sydney fighter faces a challenge …

Canadian Milos Raonic has held his nerve to win three successive tiebreaks and send former Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka packing in the second round at Melbourne Park. In a …

Andre Agassi has a special reason to be on the Ashleigh Barty bandwagon as Australia’s new darling of tennis eyes a spot in the second week of her home grand …

Japanese No.8 seed Kei Nishikori has edged past towering Croatian Ivo Karlovic in a super-tiebreak to advance to the third round of the Australian Open. Karlovic served 59 aces in …

John McEnroe has paid Alex de Minaur the ultimate compliment ahead of the teenager’s box-office Australian Open showdown with Rafael Nadal, declaring the 19-year-old a grand slam champion in the …

Greek gun Stefanos Tsitsipas is set to follow in the footsteps of Marcos Baghdatis and have a a souvlaki named in his honour for his Australian Open deeds. The 20-year-old …

Elina Svitolina and Karolina Pliskova have each taken another step in their quests to ditch the unwanted tag of “best current female player yet to win a major” with second-round …

HOW KIMBERLY BIRRELL AND ANGELIQUE KERBER MATCH UP AHEAD OF THEIR AUSTRALIAN OPEN THIRD-ROUND MATCH ON FRIDAY (PREFIX DENOTES SEEDING): 2-ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER) v KIMBERLY BIRRELL (AUS) – first meeting …

She grew up idolising Samantha Stosur and now starry-eyed wildcard Kimberly Birrell dreams of matching the former US Open champion’s career-best run at Melbourne Park. Birrell will square off with …

No.6 seed Elina Svitolina has eased into the third round of the Australian Open with a straight-sets win over Slovakia’s Viktoria Kuzmova. After an undefeated run to win the WTA …

The crooked tennis players knew him as “Maestro”. To European investigators, the Armenian based in Belgium is emerging as the suspected ringleader of an organised gambling syndicate suspected of fixing …

Another Aussie teen could make his mark at Melbourne Park with Alexei Popyrin looking to join Alex de Minaur in the third round of the Australian Open. De Minaur withstood …

Six months after being handed a grand slam lesson by Rafael Nadal, Aussie fighter Alex de Minaur is hoping to turn the tables on the Spanish great. The 19-year-old Sydneysider …

Nick Kyrgios appears to have burnt his Davis Cup bridges by having a second dig at Australian captain Lleyton Hewitt. Kyrgios declined to back Bernard Tomic’s inflammatory criticism during the …

Andre Agassi senses a changing of the guard in tennis is coming. But the four-time champion doesn’t see it coming at Melbourne Park this Australian Open. This time last year, …

Past champions Caroline Wozniacki, Angelique Kerber and Maria Sharapova have added some punch to the Australian Open third round after sweeping past their round-two opponents. Reigning champion Wozniacki only lost …