Despite a “two out of 10” performance, top seed Arina Rodionova has survived a scare and booked her place in the final four at the Australian Open wildcard play-off at …

Samantha Stosur knows how hot it can get at the top, but says newly crowned Australian No.1 Ashleigh Barty can handle it. Stosur will begin her 2018 campaign in new …

While his rivals sweltered in the Melbourne Park heat, Alex Bolt made short work of junior champion Alexander Crnokrak in their quarter-final meeting at the Australian Open wildcard playoff. Top …

Sam Stosur has returned to Queensland ahead of the summer of tennis in a training switch-up she hopes will bring more success at the Australian Open. Fully recovered from a …

At least one grand slam-winning mum will feature at Melbourne Park next month after Australian Open organisers handed Victoria Azarenka a wildcard to the year’s first major. As momentum grows …

Former world No.5 Eugenie Bouchard has been handed a Hobart International wildcard as she looks to move on from her dismal 2017 campaign. The world No.82 will contest the Australian …

The Tomics hopes of having a player at the Australian Open have taken another hit with Sara a first round casualty at the Australian Open wildcard playoff. Troubled older brother …

Former Davis Cup star Sam Groth remains hopeful of an Australian Open swan song despite sitting out of the wildcard playoff at Melbourne Park. Groth is retiring after next month’s …

A taste of the Australian Open second round has made Alex de Minaur hungry for more local grand slam action with the teenager the player to beat in this week’s …

Former Davis Cup star Sam Groth has played his last singles match after being forced to sit out the Australian Open wildcard playoff with a back injury. Groth is retiring …

Bernard Tomic may be having none of it but that won’t stop his sister Sara from trying her luck at the Australian Open wildcard playoff. Sara Tomic faces top seed …

Russia’s world No.12 Svetlana Kuznetsova will miss next month’s Australian Open as she recovers from wrist surgery, organisers say. The 32-year-old former French and US Open champion was already rated …

Ashleigh Barty is in line for a precious Australian Open top-16 seeding following the withdrawal of world No.12 Svetlana Kuznetsova. Russia’s two-time grand slam champion is out after undergoing wrist …

British world number nine Johanna Konta has named American Michael Joyce as her new coach for the 2018 season following her split from Belgian Wim Fisette. The 26-year-old enjoyed a …

Bernard Tomic must run the gauntlet of qualifying or miss his first home grand slam in a decade after choosing to skip the the Australian Open wildcard playoff. Tomic, ranked …

Tennis legend Evonne Goolagong Cawley believes Serena Williams will join her in one of the sport’s most exclusive clubs with a momentous Australian Open triumph as a doting mother. Goolagong …

In awe of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, retired great Lleyton Hewitt is refusing to discount the prospect of the two tennis titans continuing to defy history in 2018. At …

Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt has urged Bernard Tomic to take part in the Australian Open wildcard playoff that starts in Melbourne on Monday. But Hewitt remains unsure if the …