Sweeny defeated 6-3, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2, 2-6 by Francisco Cerúndolo Australian cult hero takes No 22 seed to the wire in brilliant AO debut His bloodied knuckles were better suited Read more

AO starts today in new 15-day format expected to generate $10m ASIC reveals Victorian government forgave $43m loan during Covid Australian Open director Craig Tiley has defended the health of Read more

World No 10 Alex de Minaur leads a new generation ready to make their mark, while it’s a different picture in the women’s singles A once-in-a-generation crop of male players Read more

For the first time in a long time, the British contingent at the Australian Open have realistic hopes of making deep runs Just a few hours before the new year Read more

Every morning she could awaken to ‘horrible’ news but the Ukrainian draws motivation from the support of her people Every day, Elina Svitolina wakes up and reaches for her phone, Read more

British No 4 beaten 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 by Czech world No 32 Draper will have to recover quickly for Australian Open Britain’s Jack Draper missed out on a first ATP Read more

Aryna Sabalenka will be aiming to defend her title at Melbourne Park but who from a wide open field will mount a challenge? No 1 Iga SwiatekPoland’s sensation has dominated Read more

Cult favourite to make main draw debut on John Cain Arena Australia’s male singles contingent the biggest since 1998 Lleyton Hewitt doppelganger Dane Sweeny is set to become a crowd Read more

British player heads into the Australian Open and the new season hopeful of putting together an injury-free run at last As the clay-court swing began to gather momentum at the Read more

Home favourite shares how his plans to beat the big guns by being more aggressive and feelings on being a leader of Australian tennis It was at Wimbledon last summer Read more