Heartened by “massive improvements” in his injured knee, Nick Kyrgios is relishing a return to Hisense Arena to launch his latest Australian Open title bid. Australia’s highest seed this year, …

To a forecast 38-degree day for her first-round Australian Open match, Samantha Stosur says one thing. Bring it on. One of the tour’s supreme athletes, Stosur isn’t afraid to put …

Serena Williams has every respect for Belinda Bencic, but has no plans on being bossed about in what looms as an Australian Open danger match for the six-time champion. Unseeded …

American Jack Sock has won the Auckland Classic title with a 6-3 5-7 6-3 victory over Joao Sousa in the tournament decider on Saturday. There was little in the match …

No wins, no worries for Bernard Tomic. The beanpole Australian enters his ninth Melbourne Park campaign with perhaps his worst on-court preparation – and with clouds over his fitness – …

In every sense, Roger Federer admits he is entering uncharted territory. Not only is Federer at his lowest seeding in 61 grand slam tennis events stretching back to 2001, the …

Stan Wawrinka insists a potential fourth-round Australian Open showdown with Nick Kyrgios is far from his mind. The Swiss fourth seed will launch his campaign at Melbourne Park on Monday …

Of all the opponents reigning Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic could have drawn, Fernando Verdasco was among the very toughest. The world No.40 had match points against Djokovic earlier this …

Agnieszka Radwanska was overwhelmed in the Sydney International final but the world No.3 isn’t panicking ahead of the Australian Open. Radwanska had no answers to Sydney-born Brit Johanna Konta on …

Johanna Konta returns to Melbourne a wiser and more resilient tennis player compared to the unseeded sensation who reached the 2016 Australian Open semi-finals. Sydney-born Brit Konta, who was beaten …

Bernard Tomic is in unfamiliar territory, heading into the Australian Open without a summer win under his belt. The 24-year-old, looking to make it past the round of 16 for …

The Australian Open is currently the sole focus of most professional tennis players, but Luxembourg lefty Gilles Muller only has eyes on a maiden ATP title in Sydney. Muller on …

Johanna Konta was born at Royal North Shore hospital and raised on Sydney’s northern beaches but she will take the Sydney International title back to Britain. And, potentially, the Australian …

Olivia Rogowska has continued her march towards an eighth straight Australian Open appearance with a qualifying win. But there was no joy for Matthew Ebden, who became the latest Aussie …

Portuguese gun Joao Sousa’s aggressive approach in his ASB Classic semi-final has paid off, bulleting out of the blocks to beat Marcos Baghdatis 6-1, 7-5. The 27-year-old Sousa was unplayable …