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Leander Paes and Martina Hingis in action at the Australian Open. (Photo: AP)

Leander Paes - Martina Hingis crash out of Australian Open

The Indo-Swiss pair of Leander Paes and Martina Hingis were knocked out of the Australian Open by Sam Groth and Samantha Stosur.

26 Jan 2017 3:31 PM

Serena Williams prepares to serve to Mirjana Lucic-Baroni. (Photo: AP)

Australian Open: Serena Williams thrashes Lucic-Baroni, to meet sister Venus in final

Serena Williams will meet her sister Venus in the Australian Open final after making short work of Mirjana Lucic-Baroni.

26 Jan 2017 2:47 PM

Venus Williams is in her first Grand Slam final since 2009. (Photo: AP)

Venus Williams reaches Australian Open final with win over Coco Vandeweghe

Venus Williams fought back from a set down to beat Coco Vandeweghe and reach the Australian Open final.

26 Jan 2017 12:25 PM

Spain’s Rafael Nadal celebrates his 6-4, 7-6 (9/7), 6-4 win over Milos Raonic of Canada in their Australian Open quarter-final in Melbourne on Wednesday. (Photo: AFP)

Australian Open: Rafael Nadal roars again as Serena Williams cruises

Williams, 35, has come a long way since her last meeting with Lucic-Baroni in the second round at Wimbledon in 1998.

26 Jan 2017 1:34 AM

Rafael Nadal exults after winning his quarterfinal against Milos Raonic at the Australian Open in Melbourne. (Photo: AP)

Australian Open: Nadal brushes aside Raonic to enter semis

Rafael Nadal eased past Milos Raonic in straight sets to enter his first Grand Slam semifinal since the 2014 French Open.

25 Jan 2017 5:35 PM

Sania Mirza won the Mixed Doubles title at the Australian Open in 2009. (Photo: AP)

Sania Mirza-Ivan Dodig in last four of Australian Open

Second seeds Sania Mirza and Ivan Dodig entered the semifinals of the Australian Open after beating Rohan Bopanna and Gabriela Dabrowski.

25 Jan 2017 12:18 PM

Serena Williams served up 10 aces and thumped 25 winners to register a 6-2, 6-3 triumph over Johanna Konta in a one-sided quarter-final. (Photo: AP)

Serena beats Konta to reach Aus Open semis

Serena Williams, who lost last year's Australian Open final to Angelique Kerber, came into the tournament with doubts over her form.

25 Jan 2017 10:39 AM

The draw has opened up invitingly for Roger Federer, a four-time winner in Melbourne, and 2014 champion Stanislas Wawrinka. (Photo: AP)

Australian Open: Roger Federer rolls into all-Swiss semi

Roger Federer made light of the challenge posed by German Mischa Zverev, who stunned top seed Andy Murray in the fourth round.

24 Jan 2017 7:19 PM

Kim Clijsters (L) and Andy Roddick have five Grand Slam titles betweem them. (Photo: AFP)

Roddick, Clijsters elected to Hall of Fame

Andy Roddick and Kim Clijsters will be the headline inductees into the International Tennis Hall of Fame this year.

24 Jan 2017 12:03 PM

Venus is into semifinals for the second time in three majors - after a six-year absence from the last four - and for the 21st time overall. (Photo: AP)

Venus Williams sets Australian record with run to semifinals

Venus Williams has become the oldest woman to reach the Australian Open semifinals in the Open era.

24 Jan 2017 9:07 AM

Rafael Nadal was rattled when Monfils rallied in the fourth set, but the 14-times grand slam champion was clinical when it counted to keep his pursuit of a 15th major title alive. (Photo: AP)

Rafael Nadal survives Gael Monfils fightback

Rafael Nadal had not reached the last eight in a major since the 2015 French Open, so he celebrated wildly after closing out the clash.

23 Jan 2017 8:16 PM

Leander Paes celebrates winning a point with Martina Hingis during their mixed double match at the Australian Open in Melbourne. (Photo: AP)

Australian Open: Paes-Hingis move into last eight

Leander Paes and Martina Hingis entered the quarterfinals of the Australian Open with a comfortable win over Matt Reid and Casey Dellacqua.

23 Jan 2017 4:55 PM

Sania Mirza and Ivan Dodig will now lock horns with the winners of another mixed doubles clash between Chinese-Austria team of Saisai Zheng and Alexander Peya and the Australian duo of Sally Peers and John Peers. (Photo: AFP)

Australian Open: Mirza-Dodig race into mixed doubles 2nd round

The Indo-Croatian pair produced a resilient performance throughout the match to record a comfortable 7-5, 6-4 win.

21 Jan 2017 7:02 PM

Djokovic was aiming to be the first man to win the Australian title seven times, and had never dropped a set in six previous meetings against Istomin. (Photo: AP)

Djokovic out in 2nd-round upset loss to Istomin in Australia

After 4 hours and 48 minutes, he sent a service return long to give No. 117-ranked Istomin a 7-6 (8), 5-7, 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 win.

19 Jan 2017 2:43 PM

Of Roger Federer, baby fed and kerber’s 29th birthday

The 17-time Grand Slam champion, will next face long-time rival Tomas Berdych.

19 Jan 2017 5:18 AM

Australia’s Nick Kyrgios takes a break during his second round match against Italy’s Andreas Seppi. Tennis legend John McEnroe called Kyrgios’ lack of effort in his 1-6, 6-7 (1/7), 6-4, 6-2, 10-8 loss a “black eye for the sport’’. (Photo: AP)

Australian Open: Murray magic as Kyrgios is booed

Kyrgios, who is returning from a ban for “lack of best efforts” in a match in Shanghai, played lethargically and casually.

19 Jan 2017 5:08 AM

Serena Williams will be attempting to break Steffi Graf's Open era-record of 22 Grand Slam singles titles as the year's first Grand Slam, the Australian Open, kicks off. (Photo: AP)

'Selfish' Serena says engagement hasn't sunk in

The American powerhouse got engaged to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian.

14 Jan 2017 11:06 AM

In recent years he has made the blue hardcourts near the centre of the city his own, winning the men's title five times in the last six years since 2011. (Photo: AP)

Djokovic. Novak Djokovic. Licensed to thrill

The 29-year-old Serbian joined Roy Emerson as the most successful men's champion at the Australian Open last year with his sixth title.

12 Jan 2017 3:29 PM

Andy Murray was knighted in Britain's New Year Honours list after a magnificent 2016 and tennis chiefs have been mulling what to call him. (Photo: AP/ File)

Sir Andy Murray to be treated like 'royalty' in Melbourne

Andy Murray's brother, Jamie, said it would be 'weird' to hear broadcasters and announcers in Melbourne call his sibling 'Sir'.

12 Jan 2017 9:37 AM

Martin del Potro staged a strong comeback to beat World No. 6 Marin Cilic of Croatia in a five-set clash to guide the Argentina to their first-ever Davis Cup crown last month. (Photo: AP)

Martin Del Potro ruled out of Australian Open

Martin Del Potro was also forced to withdraw from his warm up event, Auckland Classic.

25 Dec 2016 3:39 PM

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