Australian Open
19 Jan 2017
Venus Williams served her way into the third round of the Australian Open with a two-set victory over Swiss player, Stefanie Voegele, in the opening match at Rod Laver Arena, while Japanese, Kei Nishikori...
18 Jan 2017
Top seed Andy Murray battled an ankle injury as he advanced to the third round of the Australian Open on Wednesday with a quickfire straight sets win.
18 Jan 2017
Garbine Muguruza proved too strong for American Samantha Crawford as the seventh seed overcame a tough examination to make the third round of the Australian Open on Wednesday.
18 Jan 2017
Japan's Kei Nishikori urged Asia's young tennis players to head to Europe or the United States to realise their potential after reaching the third round of the Australian Open on Wednesday.
18 Jan 2017
Venus Williams rolled back the years to move smoothly into the Australian Open third round on Wednesday despite an elbow injury that forced her out of the doubles competition.
17 Jan 2017
Six-time champion Novak Djokovic doused big-hitting Spaniard Fernando Verdasco to win the opening match of his Australian Open title defence in Melbourne on Tuesday.
17 Jan 2017
Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki finally stopped the rot by winning her first-round match at the Australian Open Tuesday, breaking a depressing downward slide at the first Grand Slam of the year.
17 Jan 2017
Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal made light of scorching conditions and doubts over their form as they got off to sizzling starts at the Australian Open on Tuesday.
17 Jan 2017
Tennis superstar Serena Williams Tuesday said she was concerned about the fight for equality as she used Martin Luther King Day to spread the message at the Australian Open.
17 Jan 2017
World number nine Johanna Konta said she was taking it strictly one step at a time despite sweeping past Kirsten Flipkens to underline her Australian Open credentials on Tuesday.
17 Jan 2017
Fast-rising Czech star Karolina Pliskova played down her Australian Open chances Tuesday despite kick-starting her campaign with an ominous straight-sets rout.
17 Jan 2017
The tone of the day was set with the upset victory by American Shelby Rogers over the fourth seed, Simona Halep of Romania, in straight sets 6/3; 6/1. In the same Rod Laver Arena, “veteran” Venus Williams’...
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