Thanasi Kokkinakis has pointedly declined to pour more fuel on the raging Lleyton Hewitt firestorm after being forced out of the Australian Open in agony. Kokkinakis lasted only a set …

Young gun Alexei Popyrin has secured Australia’s equal-best start at Melbourne Park in 16 years after stunning German veteran Mischa Zverev in his grand-slam debut. The 19-year-old on on Tuesday …

Samantha Stosur’s lamentable record at Melbourne Park has continued with a first-round loss to rising Ukrainian star Dayana Yastremska, her fourth-straight defeat in the Australian Open’s opening round. Stosur, the …

A despondent Daria Gavrilova has revealed she’s still struggling with a lack of confidence that plagued her 2018 season. The feisty Gavrilova made her earliest Australian Open exit in four …

MATCHES TO WATCH ON DAY THREE OF THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN: * 15-Ashleigh Barty (AUS) v Wang Yafan (CHN), Rod Laver Arena – Day Session Australia’s great hope should have little …

Tennis Australia is standing behind Lleyton Hewitt as Davis Cup captain despite a blistering attack from outsider Bernard Tomic. Tomic, the world No.88, said Hewitt’s leadership of the Australian team …

Three years after having a break from tennis and taking up labouring, journeyman Alex Bolt has broken through for a maiden grand slam win on home soil in the opening …

Injury-plagued Thanasi Kokkinakis has been forced to withdraw midway through his Australian Open first-round match against Japan’s Taro Daniel due to a shoulder problem. Kokkinakis won the first set of …

Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt has dismissed claims of a damaging rift in Australian tennis ranks following an astonishing broadside from self-exiled star Bernard Tomic. In a bitter aftermath to …

German superstar Alexander Zverev and Japanese ace Kei Nishikori have led the big names safely through to the second round on day two of the Australian Open in Melbourne. Fourth-seeded …

Daria Gavrilova has made her earliest Australian Open exit in four years after being bounced out in the opening round by Tamara Zidansek from Slovenia. The feisty Gavrilova had reached …

Serena Williams treated herself to less than an hour on Rod Laver Arena in an emotional return to the scene of her greatest grand slam triumph on Tuesday. In a …

Luckless Ajla Tomljanovic has created her own small but unwanted piece of tennis history as the first Australian to bow out of a grand slam tournament in a super-tiebreaker. The …

WA young gun Astra Sharma dreams of a Friday night date with Ashleigh Barty after continuing her breakout Australian Open at Melbourne Park. Sharma, along with Aussie wildcards Kimberly Birrell …

Australian young gun Destanee Aiava admits she’s been struggling to find motivation amid the isolation of the women’s professional circuit. The 18-year-old was knocked out of the Australian Open on …

WA young gun Astra Sharma dreams of a Friday night date with Ashleigh Barty after continuing her breakout Australian Open at Melbourne Park. Sharma, along with Aussie wildcards Kimberly Birrell …

Japanese No.8 seed Kei Nishikori has come back from two sets down to book a spot in the second round of the Australian Open after his Polish opponent withdrew with …

Australian Ajla Tomljanovic has bowed out in the first round of the Australian Open in heartbreaking fashion, losing in a third-set super tiebreak to Britain’s Johanna Konta. Tomljanovic only dropped …