Tennis

If Rafa Nadal's Australian Open semi-final win over Stefanos Tsitsipas was one-sided, Novak Djokovic showed he can be even more brutal in his win over Lucas Pouille.

Kei Nishikori has been forced to withdraw from his Australian Open quarter-final, handing world No.1 Novak Djokovic the simplest of passages into the last four at Melbourne Park.

Karolina Pliskova has saved four match points to send seven-times champion Serena Williams crashing out of the Australian Open.

A ruthless Petra Kvitova trampled on the hopes of the host nation at the Australian Open by thrashing Ashleigh Barty 6-1 6-4 to reach her first Grand Slam semi-finals in five years.

Rafa Nadal kept the flag flying for the old guard at the Australian Open with a 6-3 6-4 6-2 win over American Frances Tiafoe for a place in the semi-finals where he will meet another next generation…

Greek excitement machine Stefanos Tsitsipas is still "living the dream" at the Australian Open after backing up his stunning win against Roger Federer with a history-making quarter-final victory over…

Roger Federer's bid for a hat-trick of Australian Open titles was crushed as Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas who became his nation's first Grand Slam quarter-finalist.

Maria Sharapova scorched the Rod Laver Arena to eliminate defending Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki 6-4 4-6 6-3 in the third round in Melbourne last night.

Serena Williams treated herself to less than an hour on Rod Laver Arena in an emotional return to the scene of her greatest grand slam triumph.

Top seed Novak Djokovic looked every inch the Australian Open favourite as he kicked off his bid for a record seventh title at Melbourne Park with an emphatic 6-3 6-2 6-2 win over American qualifier…

New Zealand's top ranked doubles player Michael Venus and his partner have been seeded sixth for this week's Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne.

An emotional and drained Andy Murray left open the door to a return to Melbourne Park after falling to Roberto Bautista Agut in a gut-wrenching, five-set epic in the first round of the Australian…

Novak Djokovic says he is satisfied with how the grand slams are reacting to a player-led push for bigger paychecks.

Novak Djokovic is laying siege to Roger Federer's two-year rule of Rod Laver Arena, as the two tennis titans chase a record seventh Australian Open men's singles crown.

American Tennys Sandgren has defeated Auckland-raised Cameron Norrie 6-4 6-2 in the ASB Classic final, ending a disappointing day for hometown heroes.

Former champion Rafael Nadal shrugged off concerns about his fitness ahead of the Australian Open and paid tribute to fellow 'Big Four' rival Andy Murray.

Auckland-raised Cameron Norrie will meet American Tennys Sandgren in the ASB Classic final after defeating German Jan-Lennard Struff 7-5 4-6 6-3 in the semi.

The Spanish Civil Guard has made widespread arrests following an investigation into tennis match-fixing by an organised Armenian criminal gang.

The ASB Classic has been stripped of all its seeded players as Fabio Fognini and Pablo Carreno Busta both crashed out in the quarter-finals in Auckland.

The Spanish tennis star David Ferrer lasted just 20 minutes in his last ASB Classic tennis tournament in Auckland.