australian open 2016

The Australian Open, tennis’s first Grand Slam of the year, will offer a record prize purse of A$50 million when it gets under way in…

The first Grand Slam of 2016 is over, and already the tour is off to pastures new. For the women, it will—literally—be new pastures at…

Not for the first time and probably not for the last, the final day of the Australian Open came down to the same two men:…

Hard as it is to believe, the week before the Australian Open began, there was talk of a below-par defending champion, Serena Williams. Many eyes…

It always had the makings of a gripping contest between world No2 and four-time Australian Open finalist Andy Murray and current No13 Milos Raonic. Six…

It is one of the finest rivalries in tennis, one that began this year’s Australian semi-final poised a 22-22 apiece between world No1 and five-time…

The renaissance of 28-year-old German Angelique Kerber continues apace. In the space of 82 minutes, she ended the dream run of Briton Johanna Konta and…

For the sixth time in seven years, the world No2 Andy Murray has reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open as he pursues his fifth…

Make no mistake. Johanna Konta, ranked 47 and destined to break into the top 30 in the post-Australian Open rankings, has always had the talent…

Before the Australian Open began, even before the draw had been made, there were a few worries resting on the shoulders of world No1 Serena…

The rise and rise of British No1 and world No47 continued with yet another ground-breaking victory for Johanna Konta at the Australian Open on Monday…

Rod Laver Arena had already seen one battle of the ages to round off the afternoon session, with 34-year-old Roger Federer beating 24-year-old Grigor Dimitrov…

Two of the biggest and brightest stars in the tennis firmament, Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova, brought some sunshine to a wet Australian Open on…

It must come as a surprise to many tennis fans that, with a combined age of 67, a combined 34 years on the pro tour,…

After the upset of opening Tuesday at the Australian Open, with No5 seed and former champion Rafael Nadal losing in five gripping sets to compatriot…

It was, by any measure, unseasonably early for two such players to meet: Round 2, Agnieszka Radwanska against Eugenie Bouchard. Both women have enjoyed top-five…

It seems like only yesterday, but it was seven years ago that Rafael Nadal and Fernando Verdasco playing one of the finest, longest, and most…

If the competition was looking for any sign of weakness in arguably the two men to beat in the top half of the Australian Open…

Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova may be current and former No1s, may be multiple Grand Slam champions, may have played 27 Australian Opens between them—with…

For a woman aged just 28 years old, and one who has faced and overcome so many injury time-outs in her tennis career, Maria Sharapova…

Right from the start, Australia and Roger Federer seemed to develop a rapport. It started in 2000, and the first of what is now a…