Basil Zempilas sparked outrage on Saturday as he appeared to refer to the Australian Open women’s final as a “reserve game”. The Lord Mayor of Perth made the remark as he set up for a press conference. He later took to social
China’s Qinwen Zheng will bid to win the Australian Open a decade after her idol Li Na with the help of the Spanish coach who won the last US Open. Na became the first Chinese player to win a Grand Slam at
Daniil Medvedev stormed back from two sets down to reach his third Australian Open final. The world No. 3 needed more than four hours to pull off the comeback against Alexander Zverev, winning 5-7 3-6 7-6(4) 7-6(5) 6-3 after the German accused
Shellshocked Novak Djokovic admitted: “This is one of the worst Grand Slam matches I’ve ever played” after his surprise Australian Open semi-final defeat to Jannik Sinner. The world No.1 had been undefeated in 33 matches and six years at his favourite Grand
But world No.4 Sinner, from the Alpine region of Italy, was able to scale one of the toughest peaks world sport by beating the flat Wimbledon champion in his favourite Rod Laver Arena. The Italian raced to the first two sets in
Play was stopped during Novak Djokovic’s Australian Open semi-final match against Jannik Sinner as a fan in the stands was taken ill. After dropping the first two sets, Djokovic was serving at 5-5 deuce when a medical emergency was called in the
Novak Djokovic is facing a big scare at the Australian Open, as he looks to bounce back from behind against Jannik Sinner in the sem-final. The Serb has just taken the third set to keep him in the opening Grand Slam of
The manner of the defeat, coupled by Murray appearing to wave goodbye to the Melbourne crowd afterwards, again fuelled rumours he’s set to walk away from the sport. His career appeared over back in 2019, before a second bout of hip surgery
Coco Gauff refused to blame Aryna Sabalenka’s grunting after the defending champion returned to the Australian Open final. And the American claimed the world No. 2 is not like an unnamed fellow star who turns up the volume on big points in
Tennis legend Monica Seles has thanked Novak Djokovic after the 24-time Grand Slam champion matched her feat of winning 33 Australian Open matches in a row. Djokovic, who is unbeaten at the Melbourne tournament since 2018, has been in scintillating form once