Japan's Naomi Osaka hits a return against Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova during their Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on February 8, 2021. (Photo by William WEST / AFP) World number three Naomi Osaka started her Australian Open in style Monday with an easy straight-sets victory...
WILDCARD - Fil-Aussie netter Lizette Cabrera hopes to make an impressive showing in the 2021 Australian Open. (Photo from Lizette Cabrera's Instagram account) Lizette Cabrera, an Australian born to Filipino parents, hopes to make her presence known at the 2021 Australian Open when she faces a tough...
'NO EXTRA PRESSUR E' - Australia's Ashleigh Barty poses with her trophy after winning the Yarra Valley Classic women's singles final tennis match against Spain's Garbine Muguruza in Melbourne on February 7, 2021. (AFP) World number one Ashleigh Barty insisted Sunday she felt "no extra pressure"...
WIN STREAK - World No. 4 Daniil Medvedev poses with the ATP Cup trophy after team Russia won its men's singles finals tennis matches against team Italy during a ceremony in Melbourne on February 7, 2021. (AFP) World number four Daniil Medvedev heads into the Australian Open on an ominous 14-match...
UNDISPUTED KING- Serbia's Novak Djokovic hits a return against Germany's Alexander Zverev during their ATP Cup group A men's singles tennis match in Melbourne on February 5, 2021. (AFP) Novak Djokovic has not endeared himself to fans over the past year, but the Australian Open's undisputed king...
Japan's Naomi Osaka hits a return against Romania's Irina Begu during their Gippsland Trophy women's singles quarter-final match in Melbourne on February 5, 2021. (Photo by David Gray / AFP) World number three Naomi Osaka and two-time major winner Victoria Azarenka pulled out of Australian Open...
Japan's Naomi Osaka hits a return against Britain's Katie Boulter during their Gippsland Trophy women's singles tennis match in Melbourne on February 3, 2021. (Photo by William WEST / AFP) Tennis action resumed at Melbourne Park Friday after almost all players and officials who had to be tested for...
Craig Tiley, chief executive officer and Australian Open tournament director, speaks during a press conference at Melbourne Park in Melbourne on February 4, 2021, as preparations for the Australian Open were thrown into chaos when up to 600 players and officials were told to isolate and get tested...
Sofia Kenin of the US hits a return against Italy's Camila Giorgi during their Yarra Valley Classic women's singles tennis match in Melbourne on February 2, 2021. (AFP) Sofia Kenin admitted Tuesday she was "very nervous" ahead of her Australian Open title defence, but returning to the site of her...
Serbia's Novak Djokovic (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP, File) World number one Novak Djokovic declared himself "home" Sunday as he gears up for an unprecedented ninth Australian Open title, warning he grows in confidence the more he plays at Melbourne Park. The Serbian star won the first of his 17...
Spanish Tennis player Rafael Nadal (center) smiles as he joins women's world number three Naomi Osaka (right) of Japan and men's world number one Novak Djokovic of Serbia at an event "A Day at the Drive" after two-weeks quarantine in Adelaide on January 29, 2021, ahead of their Australian Open warm...
Men's world number one tennis player Novak Djokovic of Serbia responds to fans from a hotel balcony in Adelaide, South Australia on January 20, 2021, one of the locations where players have quarantined for two weeks upon their arrival ahead of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne....