How has Alex de Minaur reached the top 10 when his serving stats are so average? He’s overtaken Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz as the best in the business at the crucial art of returning.
Alex de Minaur has leapt to the defence of under siege Australian teammate Thanasi Kokkinakis, as the top seeded Aussie put on another clinic to book a spot in the third round.
After a bright first round, the Aussie group of men have fallen away quickly at Melbourne Park, and one damning stat sticks out like a sore thumb for some of our brightest stars.
So many people at Melbourne Park have so many questions for Alex de Minaur that the kids who did the coin toss raided his press conference.
Tournament organisers have revealed why “Wii tennis” style animations of matches are being live streamed during the Aus Open which led to one player’s on-court tantrum going viral.
The football-like atmosphere created by fans at the Australian Open is under the spotlight after rowdy behaviour saw one clash abandoned mid-match. It’s left some players unimpressed and demanding better.
Thanasi Kokkinakis is out of the Australian Open after falling to Jack Draper in a classic, but the Aussie will be left to rue a blown chance to set up an all-Australian round three showdown.
Brit Jack Draper, the crusher of Australian grand slam dreams, says the more fans abuse him, the better he’ll be ahead of a third-round clash with another local hope.
They won the Australian Open doubles on a lark in 2022, but the reunion of two of Australian stars is on shaky ground.
Thanasi Kokkinakis says it is almost certain that he won’t be able to partner Nick Kyrgios in doubles at the Australian Open, revealing an excruciating injury suffered during his heartbreaking singles loss.
Alex de Minaur and Katie Boulter are shacked up in an Airbnb near the buzzy cafe where their courtship ignited in Melbourne five years ago – and both have since helped each other turbocharge their careers.
I clocked off work on Tuesday night to watch Joao Fonseca obliterate Andrey Rublev. Let me tell you something, folks. You’ve gotta watch Fonseca.
The controversial new coaching pods at the Australian Open have the full support of Novak Djokovic, but the Serbian is wary of its future and what it could entail for those on the court.
Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka is playing her best tennis in almost three years, and the sport is better for it, writes Callum Dick, as the Australian Open action heats up.
Canadian tennis star Gabriela Dabrowski says she’s been floored by the response of fans, as she makes her way back from battling breast cancer in 2024, to winning matches at the Australian Open.
An Aussie wildcard says he’ll have “nothing to lose” when he finds himself face-to-face with the world No. 1 on Thursday.
Last year’s Australian Open finalist has been knocked out by a low-profile tour veteran in the biggest upset of the tournament so far.
Daniil Medvedev’s rival has weighed in on his on-court tantrum as a huge fine from tournament organisers appears headed his way.
Tennis’ new overnight sensation — Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca — has gone from an unbackable unknown to a genuine contender for the Australian Open title.
The tennis star is known for doing things a little differently, like hauling around a personal hyperbaric chamber to a grand slam tournament and carrying a ‘magnetic disc’. Then there’s his diet and his specially designed shoes.
Alexei Popyrin has opened up on the disappointment of crashing out of the Australian Open in the first round, but refused to blame the hidden ailments he was battling for his demise.
Everything needs to go right to get grand slam success, and for Australia’s second-highest ranked player, that was anything but the case at Melbourne Park.
Something has changed in Nick Kyrgios. After years preferring his extracurricular activities to tennis, he cares. But as SCOTT GULLAN writes, it’s a case of too little, too late.
One of the all-time upsets has occurred at Melbourne Park thanks to an 18-year old from Brazil, but Alexei Popyrin won’t be as pleased with his performance.
A ridiculously talented Australian wildcard says his exhausting childhood was “quite tough”, but he’s revelling in the Aus Open spotlight.
Trophies aren’t won in the first week at Melbourne Park, but Alex de Minaur couldn’t have asked for a better start, even if he was on the wrong end of one of the greatest tennis highlights ever.
A landslide defeat was the risk when Tennis Australia gave the world’s best junior a wildcard into the Australian Open. She drew a thunderous opponent who wiped her away. Regardless, she was stoked for the experience.
Destanee Aiava likes being in the second round of the Australian Open. She no longer needs to sell her house to stay on tour. What doesn’t she like on social media? ‘It’s just the Average Joes being shit to people.’
France’s most exciting tennis prospect has been sent packing by a compatriot playing at his 19th Australian Open.
A cursory glance of the 33-page judgment dispels the many myths of this story. Anybody even vaguely familiar with Jannik Sinner’s case must understand he wasn’t lathering himself in an aura-enhancing steroid cream as Kyrgios claims.
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