Samantha Stosur embarks on tennis’s version of Mission Impossible on Monday when the big local hope launches her Australian Open campaign at Melbourne Park. As if opening up against an …

The new wave of teenage Australian men’s tennis players don’t plan on letting an absence of Australian Open experience stop them doing some damage. Last year Nick Kyrgios, 18, and …

He accepts the odds are stacked against him, but Bernard Tomic is vowing to take it to Rafael Nadal in their first-round Australian Open blockbuster at Melbourne Park. No time …

American Jamie Hampton has withdrawn from the Australian Open because of a hip injury. Tournament officials said on Saturday that Hampton will be replaced by another American, lucky loser Irina …

As if a horror Australian Open draw wasn’t enough, now Bernard Tomic has been stripped of his Sydney International crown as well. Clubbing winner after winner, a merciless Juan Martin …

Australian teenager Ashleigh Barty believes she can produce one of the greatest upsets in Australian Open history against world No.1 Serena Williams. Many would have treated drawing the 17-time grand …

AP – Rafael Nadal complained on Saturday that the Australian Open courts were too fast, while rivals Roger Federer and Andy Murray didn’t see a problem. Nadal, seeking his second …

Japan’s Kei Nishikori has joined his coach Michael Chang in illustrious company on the honour roll at Kooyong after upsetting world No.7 Tomas Berdych to win the AAMI Classic. Nishikori, …

Tiebreaks may give John Isner grey hair, but they usually give his opponents heart attacks. Two tiebreaks were enough to give the American his second Heineken Open in Auckland on …

Samantha Stosur is trying to embrace the weight of expectation as she seeks to end her history of Australian Open underachievement. Stosur, the 2011 US Open champion and 2010 French …

An Ana Ivanovic lookalike tipped to give the top 20 a shake this year has coasted to her first WTA title at the Hobart International. Qualifier Garbine Muguruza didn’t drop …

World No.1 Rafael Nadal knows his chequered Australian Open history could soon include another unhappy chapter if he can’t produce his best against Australia’s Bernard Tomic. The Open is the …

A masterclass in serving and tiebreakers from John Isner proved too much for Yen-Hsun Lu in Auckland on Saturday as he won his second Heineken Open title in Auckland. The …

Australian teenager Ashleigh Barty has made a big impression on Serena Williams even before she meets the world No.1 in the Australian Open first round. Williams is the hot favourite …

Spanish qualifier Garbine Muguruza has won her maiden WTA title, thrashing Czech seventh seed Klara Zakopalova 6-4 6-0 in the final of the Hobart International. Rising star Muguruza had too …

Australian Open dark horse Tsvetana Pironkova admits she almost gave tennis away. The unfancied Bulgarian cliched her fairytale maiden WTA title at the Sydney International on Friday night, blasting past …

Unfancied Tsvetana Pironkova broke down in tears after landing a fairytale maiden WTA title at the Sydney International on Friday night. Pironkova blasted her way past German fifth seed Angelique …

French 18th seed Gilles Simon’s Australian Open hangs on an x-ray to determine whether he has broken his foot. Simon is on crutches after suffering the injury in the semi-finals …