Not so much Puchkova as pushover. For hapless Russian Olga Puchkova, the Australian Open was all over – or maybe that should be all ova – before it started. Drawn …

American Venus Williams and China’s Li Na have joined second seed Maria Sharapova in the second round of the Australian Open. Williams took just one hour to dispose of Kazakhstan’s …

Thousands of tennis fans have rolled into Melbourne Park for the first day of action at the Australian Open. Lleyton Hewitt and Samantha Stosur are among Australians in action on …

American Venus Williams has joined second seed Maria Sharapova in the second round of the Australian Open. Williams took just one hour to dispose of Kazakhstan’s Galina Voskoboeva 6-1 6-0. …

Second seed Maria Sharapova cruised into the second round of the Australian Open on Monday in Melbourne. The reigning French Open champion scored the easiest possible win, crushing fellow Russian …

Australian tennis coach Brent Larkham would ordinarily be thrilled that two of his charges had received wildcards into the season-opening grand slam at Melbourne Park. Instead, a torn Larkham said …

Bernard Tomic has officially regained his Australian No.1 status following his breakthrough success in Sydney. Tomic soared 21 places in the rankings to No.43 in the world on Monday, leapfrogging …

Fuelled by adrenaline and with his confidence sky high, Bernard Tomic is poised to continue his white-hot summer form at the Australian Open. Roger Federer looms as a hazardous third-round …

Samantha Stosur’s coach says Martina Navratilova is wrong. Stosur is under immense pressure to deliver in her Australian Open first round match against Taiwan’s world No.84 Kai-Chen Chang on Monday. …

After getting one monkey off his back, Andy Murray now faces another. No first-time Grand Slam winner has ever gone on to triumph at their next Grand Slam event in …

Australian teenager Ashleigh Barty has vowed to grip it and rip it in her bid to cause the first big upset of the Australian Open on Monday. One of two …

Roger Federer will launch his bid for a record fifth Australian Open men’s crown buoyed by a poll that ranked the Swiss tennis ace the most admired athlete in the …

It’s rare that Maria Sharapova has ever flown under the radar, but that’s how it is for the world No.2 going into the Australian Open. With Serena Williams the hottest …

Some deem it another horror grand slam draw, but luckless Lleyton Hewitt sees his first-round Australian Open showdown with Serbian eighth seed Janko Tipsarevic as a golden opportunity. So often …

Roger Federer has lauded Lleyton Hewitt’s record-breaking longevity and condemned critics of the baseline warrior who is set for an unprecedented 17th consecutive Australian Open tilt. Heartened by his Kooyong …

Schedule of matches on show courts on the first day of the 2013 Australian Open on Monday (play begins at on all courts at 1100 AEDT):- Rod Laver Arena Olga …

Punters at Sportingbet Australia continue to rally behind Bernard Tomic to win the Australian Open and have slashed the 20 year old’s odds from $201 last October to his current …

Fresh from his fourth title in Auckland, David Ferrer faces a four-hour flight to Melbourne and a first-round Australian Open match on Monday, but he refuses to be upset with …