Jelena Jankovic has continued the dominance of the seeded women players at the Australian Open with a convincing first-round victory over Japan’s Misaki Doi. On a day when the objective …

Luckless Marinko Matosevic extended his winless run at grand slam level to 12 matches with a heartbreaking Australian Open loss to Japan’s Kei Nishikori at Melbourne Park on Monday. In …

Australian teenager Storm Sanders has lost a tight three-setter to Italian Camila Giorgi in her grand slam singles debut at the Australian Open. Sanders, 19, started well before going down …

Roger Federer has broken another grand slam record while outclassing Australia’s James Duckworth in the first round of the Australian Open. The 17-time grand slam champion’s 6-4 6-4 6-2 win …

It has been tried before with limited success. But Caroline Wozniacki is confident a relationship between an elite tennis player and a top-ranked golfer might will be a lasting one …

World No.2 Victorian Azarenka has begun the defence of her Australian Open crown with a straight sets win on a blistering Rod Laver Arena. But the win proved far from …

The hottest player of the summer stands between Samantha Stosur and a place in the third round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Wednesday. And it’s not Serena …

Australia’s three highest-ranked men’s tennis players Lleyton Hewitt, Bernard Tomic and Marinko Matosevic will all face higher-ranked opponents when they start their Australian Open campaigns on Tuesday. Tomic faces the …

Ruthless world No.1 Serena Williams took less than an hour to end 17-year-old Australian Ashleigh Barty’s Australian Open on Monday night. Williams, the hot favourite to claim the Melbourne Park …

Wearing a Buddhist necklace for luck, Thai youngster Luksika Kumkhum up ended former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova in a huge day-one shock at the Australian Open. The 20-year-old world No.88 …

Australian Open defending champion Novak Djokovic couldn’t have asked for a better way to start his quest for a record fifth Melbourne Park title. The Serbian second seed’s 6-3 7-6 …

World No.6 Petra Kvitova has fallen to Thai youngster Luksika Kumkhum in a major Australian Open day one shock. Kumkhum, 20 years old and the world No.88, hadn’t won a …

She knows one swallow doesn’t make a summer, but that didn’t stop Samantha Stosur from breathing a big sigh of relief after safely progressing to the second round of the …

Drawing on all her knowledge of how hard it is to come back from major shoulder surgery, Casey Dellacqua powered past former world No.2 Vera Zvonareva on Monday and into …

Australian Matthew Ebden avoided a third-straight dramatic Australian Open fadeout on Monday, riding a wave of emotion and hanging tough in the deciding set to beat Frenchman Nicolas Mahut in …

The obstacle facing all but one woman at the Australian Open is as formidable and imposing as any in the history of the sport. Serena Williams is so strong, so …

Tennis legend Stefan Edberg has begun work as Roger Federer’s coach with a clear mission: to help the Swiss maestro win another grand slam. The partnership between Federer and his …

Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka won the easy way, leading a progression of the top men’s seeds into the second round on a hot first day at the Australian Open. The eighth-seeded …