Third seed Victoria Azarenka overcame a shaky first set to scrape through to the semi-finals of the Australian Open. The Belarusian defeated Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska in just over two hours, …

Third seed Victoria Azarenka is into the semi-finals of the Australian Open. The Belarusian outlasted Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska in three sets on Tuesday to win 6-7 (0-7) 6-0 6-2. She …

They are separated by just a year in age but by a chasm in experience, ranking, success and wealth. Russian marketing dream Maria Sharapova and her slightly awkward and shy …

His heart pinned to his sleeve, Australia’s hopes pinned on his shoulders. Lleyton Hewitt’s default position at the Australian Open for a decade and a half wasn’t about to change …

Lleyton Hewitt’s run through the Australian Open is over, but not without giving world No.1 Novak Djokovic a post-midnight wake-up call. Hewitt was blown away by Djokovic in the opening …

Maria Sharapova grunted and Sabine Lisicki groaned as the 2008 Australian Open champion booked a quarter-final berth with a tension-packed win over the German on Monday night. Sharapova sent the …

Kei Nishikori doesn’t know the names of the two other Japanese tennis players to have achieved what he did at Melbourne Park on Monday. But after his fourth-round win at …

Australian Jack Schipanski has struck an early blow in the Australian Open juniors, knocking out one of the boys’ singles favourites. South Australia’s Schipanski, 17, beat No.2 seed Thiago Monteiro …

Russian Ekaterina Makarova switched off from tennis during her season break. Unfortunately, for Serena Williams, she flicked the ‘on’ switch at the wrong time. A lowly world No.56, Makarova rocked …

A perfect fourth-round result at the Australian Open has brought Britain’s Andy Murray a step closer to the grand slam title he so desperately seeks. But the fourth seed realises …

Roger Federer has challenged teenage sensation Bernard Tomic to deliver away from the spotlight as he tries to make good on his promise to become a genuine grand slam force. …

Kei Nishikori has become the first Japanese player in 80 years to reach the men’s quarter-finals of the Australian Open with a hard-fought win over sixth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of …

The Australian Open was rocked on Monday when five-times champion Serena Williams was sent packing in straight sets. Williams, 30, lost to unseeded Russian Ekaterina Makarova, the world No.56, who …

Roger Federer can’t guarantee he won’t weep once more at Rod Laver Arena when he attempts to book a blockbuster Australian Open semi-final with Rafael Nadal in his 1000th career …

Petra Kvitova might be endorsed as the true No.1 in women’s tennis by her childhood idol but it’s still a topic she wants nothing to do with. Kvitova on Monday …

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova has declared current world No.1 Caroline Wozniacki unworthy of the top ranking and condemned the system that put her there. “Clearly nobody feels that Wozniacki is …

Their past meetings might be a convenient haze but Agnieszka Radwanska doesn’t need details before she heads into her Australian Open quarter-final against Victoria Azarenka. Radwanska is well aware she …

It hasn’t quite taken on full-scale “bodyline” proportions, but the Australian Open quarter-final between Rafael Nadal and Tomas Berdych still has a whiff of one of cricket’s greatest controversies about …