Serena Williams admitted she was close to panicking after rolling her ankle in her crushing Australian Open first round victory. The third seed and former winner stumbled and fell during …

Andy Murray and Roger Federer, the winners of the last two grand slam titles, dropped only seven games apiece in making short work of their first-round opponents at the Australian …

Victoria Azarenka says Romanian Monica Niculescu tries to make her opponents feel “miserable” on court. And for a period during their Australian Open first round match the world No.1 Azarenka …

Australian John-Patrick Smith may be well educated but he admits as a tennis player he has plenty to learn. The Townsville-born 23-year-old was schooled by Portugal’s Joao Sousa in their …

Australian Open teenage wildcard Luke Saville’s tournament has ended in disappointment with a first round loss to Japan’s Go Soeda. Saville joined the growing list of local losers with a …

Caroline Wozniacki paid tribute to her mega-rich golfing boyfriend Rory McIlroy after fighting her way into the second round of the Australian Open on Tuesday. Pitted against Wimbledon semi-finalist Sabine …

While defending champion Victoria Azarenka won her way into the Australian Open second round, Serena Williams is under an injury cloud. Williams, the third seed, turned on her right ankle …

Andy Murray looked every inch a reigning major champion as he dispatched hapless Dutchman Robin Haase in the opening round of the Australian Open on Tuesday. Murray broke one of …

John-Patrick Smith continued Australia’s run of early exits from the Australian Open on Tuesday. The wildcard entry from Townsville lost in straight sets to Portugal’s Joao Sousa 6-4 6-1 6-4 …

Tournament favourite Serena Williams has fought off an ankle injury to breeze into the second round of the Australian Open. Williams, the third seed, turned her right ankle while chasing …

Lleyton Hewitt has loaded up his schedule in a bid to revive his battered world ranking after yet again suffering a deflating first-round defeat at the Australian Open. Rankings-wise, Hewitt’s …

Danish star Caroline Wozniacki has overcome a wildly erratic Sabine Lisicki to squeeze into the second round of the Australian Open. The former world No.1 and 10th seed was baffled …

Reigning US Open champion Andy Murray has made short work of hapless Dutchman Robin Haase in the opening round of the Australian Open. Murray, the world No.3, needed only one …

Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm has become the oldest woman in professional tennis to win a singles match at the Australian Open. The 42-year-old upset Russian 12th seed Nadia Petrova 6-2 …

Australian Brad Drewett has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease and is set to step down from his role as ATP World Tour executive chairman and president. The ATP said …

Big hair, big forehands and big opinions have ensured the Williams sisters are the most talked about players at the Australian Open, while Lleyton Hewitt is facing calls online to …

Bernard Tomic’s pressure load just got much bigger. With eight Australians – including Lleyton Hewitt – frogmarched out of the Australian Open on day one, Tomic becomes the nation’s spear …

Roger Federer is skipping Switzerland’s Davis Cup match against the defending champion Czech Republic next month. The winner of 17 Grand Slam titles was not in the Swiss lineup announced …