Tennis greats John Newcombe and Pat Cash believe Nick Kyrgios can win the Australian Open. Just probably not this one. Newcombe and Cash are bullish about the prospects of the …

Rising star Daria Gavrilova will be playing for a coveted grand slam seeding as well as a place in the last 16 at the Australian Open on Friday. The new …

Dogged Spaniard David Ferrer is happy to play the spoiler’s role but Nick Kyrgios is backing Lleyton Hewitt to spring an Australian Open boilover on Thursday night to once again …

World No.1 Novak Djokovic has reacted angrily to an international newspaper report claiming he “wanted to lose” a match in 2007. Italian sport newspaper Tuttosport made the front-page allegation on …

Daria Gavrilova continues to fly the flag for her newly adopted nation at the Australian Open, stunning sixth-seed Petra Kvitova to march on to the third round. Gavrilova upset the …

French ace Jo-Wilfried Tsonga showed both his caring side and his brute strength in dispatching emerging Melburnian Omar Jasika from the Australian Open. Tsonga bounced out the next-generation hopeful 7-5 …

Nick Kyrgios has beaten Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas in straight sets to reach the third round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park. Australia’s 29th seed took out Cuevas 6-4 7-5 …

Next-generation Australian hopeful Omar Jasika has been bounced out of the Australian Open, handed a straight-sets reality check by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Jasika was competitive but never in control against the …

Tennis Australia is on the hunt for three new directors after Janet Young, Peter Armstrong and Kerryn Pratt all tendered their resignations effective immediately. TA president Steve Healy thanked the …

Lleyton Hewitt and Sam Groth have been gifted passage into the second round of the Australian Open doubles. The Australian pair, combining in Hewitt’s farewell Open after their gut-wrenching Davis …

Defending Australian Open champion Serena Williams looked more exhausted by the post-match media conference than her second-round romp at Melbourne Park. After blitzing Taiwan’s Su-Wei Hsieh 6-1 6-2 in exactly …

Defending Australian Open champion Venus Williams looked more exhausted by the post-match media conference than her second-round romp at Melbourne Park. After blitzing Taiwan’s Su-Wei Hsieh 6-1 6-2 in exactly …

Bernard Tomic is happy to take a leaf out of Roger Federer’s book and fly solo in pursuit of Australian Open glory. Federer famously racked up a swag of grand …

Swiss Belinda Bencic remains on track to become the first teenager in a decade to win a women’s grand slam title after an impressive second round Australian Open showing. Bencic’s …

Australian Nick Kyrgios has been slugged with a $US3000 ($A4340) fine for uttering an audible obscenity in his opening-round victory over Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta at the Australian Open. The …

Roger Federer was near flawless as he marched into the third round of the Australian Open on Wednesday with a straight-sets victory over Ukraine’s Alexander Dolgopolov. At no stage in …

Not ready to bow out just yet, Lleyton Hewitt is eyeing a triumphant encore to his stirring first-round win at the Australian Open. Tennis fans will once again be glued …

Maria Sharapova hates to lose, even when it’s just in practice. But losing in practice may give the Russian fifth seed the edge needed to add an elusive second Australian …