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  Australian Open 2020: Rafael Nadal, Nick Kyrgios move into Round 3

  January 23, 2020 19:33 IST

  Rafael Nadal defeated Federico Delbonis -3, 7-6, 6-1 while Nick Kyrgios got the better of Gilles Simon 6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 in the second round of Australian Open.

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  Australian Open 2020: Rafael Nadal's sweet gesture towards ball kid wins hearts. Watch

  January 23, 2020 19:14 IST

  Rafael Nadal's wayward forehad hit a ball kid on her head but Nadal kissed her on the cheek and gave his headband to her after the match.

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  Injured Sania Mirza exits Australian Open with calf injury

  January 23, 2020 12:43 IST

  Sania and her Ukrainian partner Nadiia Kichenok, who came into the major after winning the doubles title at the Hobart International, were trailing 2-6 0-1 against the Chinese team of Xinyun Han and Lin Zhu when the Indian called it quits.

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  Australian Open 2020: Rafael Nadal, Nick Kyrgios back in action on Day 4

  January 22, 2020 23:19 IST

  Rafael Nadal will take on Federico Delbonis while local boy Nick Kyrgios will play Gilles Simon in the second round of Australian Open 2020.

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  Australian Open 2020: Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka and Ash Barty ease into Round 3

  January 22, 2020 20:50 IST

  Serena Williams defeated Tamara Zidansek 6-2, 6-3 while Naomi Osaka and Ash Barty got the better of Zheng Saisai and Polona Hercog 6-2, 6-4 and 6-1, 6-4 respectively.

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  Australian Open 2020: Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic ease into Round 3; Grigor Dimitrov ousted

  January 22, 2020 20:01 IST

  Roger Federer defeated Filip Krajinovic 6-1, 6-4, 6-1 while Novak Djokovic got the better of wild-card entry Tatsuma Ito 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 in the second round of Australian Open.

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  Australian Open 2020: Divij Sharan advances to men's doubles second round

  January 22, 2020 14:24 IST

  Sharan and Sitak got the better of the Portuguese-Spanish duo 6-4, 7-5 in a thrilling one-hour 28-minute encounter.

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  Australian Open 2020: Novak Djokovic thumps Ito to enter 3rd round

  January 22, 2020 14:03 IST

  Djokovic needed just 95 minutes to advance as he defeated Ito 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 at Rod Laver Arena. He will next face another Japanese player Yoshihito Nishioka.

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  Ash Barty joins Naomi Osaka, Petra Kvitova in third round of Australian Open

  January 22, 2020 10:29 IST

  Naomi pulled it together quickly in a swirling breeze on Margaret Court Arena, though, and beat Zheng Saisai 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the third round of the Australian Open.

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  Alexander Zverev pledges $10,000 per win at Australian Open

  January 21, 2020 19:42 IST

  Nick Kyrgios promised to donate $1,000 to the bush fire recovery effort for every set the Aussie player wins at the Australian Open.

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  Nadal, Medvedev cruise into round 2 at Australian Open; Tsonga retires with injury

  January 21, 2020 19:30 IST

  The top-ranked Nadal is chasing his 20th major singles title, aiming to equal Roger Federer's men's record. He's also aiming to complete a collection by winning each of the four Grand Slam titles at least twice.

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  Angelique Kerber, Simona Halep move to 2nd round in Australian Open 2020

  January 21, 2020 18:39 IST

  Angelique Kerber, Simona Halep, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Garbine Muguruza, Karolina Pliskova all moved to round two of Australian Open 2020 while Mari Sharapova was eliminated in her opener.

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  A lot on mind at Australia Open, but not No. 20: Rafael Nadal after round 1 victory

  January 21, 2020 15:41 IST

  What he insists is not on his mind is the number 20 — as in Roger Federer's record 20 Grand Slam singles titles, which Nadal would equal by claiming the trophy at Melbourne Park.

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  Roger Federer, Serena Williams highlight Day 3 at Australian Open 2020

  January 21, 2020 15:13 IST

  Roger Federer plays his second-round match at Melbourne Park and, according to his line of thinking, the first few matches he plays in a Grand Slam tournament are as important as the ones at the pointy end.

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  Maria Sharapova can't say what's next after Australian Open loss

  January 21, 2020 15:09 IST

  Might this have been her last trip to the Australian Open, a tournament she won in 2008 as part of a career Grand Slam?

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  Australian Open: Maria Sharapova knocked out in first round

  January 21, 2020 9:51 IST

  Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova faced a first-round defeat to Croatia's Donna Vekic.

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  Australian Open: Prajnesh crashes out in opening round, misses out on clash against Djkokovic

  January 21, 2020 9:44 IST

  India's top-ranked tennis player Prajnesh Gunneswaran missed out on a clash with Novak Djokovic after he was knocked out in the opening round of Australian Open.

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  Australian Open 2020: Ashleigh Barty, Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka head to round 2; Venus ousted

  January 20, 2020 19:11 IST

  Top-ranked Ash Barty lost the first set of her first-round match at the Australian Open, where she's aiming to be the first homegrown winner in more than 40 years, before recovering to beat Leisa Tsurenko 5-7, 6-1, 6-1.

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  Australian Open: Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic off to winning starts; Denis Shapovalov bows out

  January 20, 2020 18:44 IST

  Roger Federer defeated Steve Johnson 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 while defending champion Novak Djokovic went past Jan-Lennard Struff 7-6, 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 in the first round of Australian Open.

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  Australian Open 2020: Top-seeded Rafael Nadal highlights 2nd day in Melbourne

  January 20, 2020 15:19 IST

  Nadal plays his first-round match against Hugo Dellien. Chances are Nadal won't have too many tough moments with Dellien, whose highest ranking has been 74 and who has never gone past the second round in four previous Grand Slams

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  Air quality 'seems totally fine' on Day 1 at Australian Open 2020

  January 20, 2020 15:15 IST

  Nine matches were suspended in progress in the afternoon on smaller courts and will resume Tuesday, while 23 others never got started Monday at all.

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  'My mission was to win': Coco Gauff tops Venus Williams at Australian Open 2020

  January 20, 2020 15:08 IST

  Just like at the All England Club, the youngest woman in the field got the better of the oldest woman in the field, with Gauff beating Williams 7-6 (5), 6-3 on Monday.

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  Prajnesh Gunneswaran's Australian Open first round match rescheduled due to rain

  January 20, 2020 14:58 IST

  Prajnesh Gunneswaran will take on Japan's Tatsuma Ito in the first round of the Australian Open.

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  Roger Federer reckons Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic will surpass his Grand Slam tally

  January 19, 2020 15:22 IST

  Entering the Australian Open, scheduled to begin Monday in Melbourne (Sunday EST), Federer leads the list with 20 majors, followed by Nadal with 19, then Djokovic with 16.

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  7 things to look out for at Australian Open 2020

  January 19, 2020 15:19 IST

  The 38-year-old Williams had lost her previous five finals, including four at Slams -- at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in 2018 and 2019.

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  2019 champion Djokovic eyes 5th post-30 Slam title in Australian Open 2020

  January 19, 2020 15:14 IST

  Djokovic, 32, already owns four major titles since he turned 30, the same number as Federer. Only one man has won more often at that stage of his career in the professional era: Nadal, 33, has five such championships.

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  I was not as rusty as I had thought, says Sania Mirza after annexing Hobart title

  January 18, 2020 19:48 IST

  Partnering Ukraine's Nadiia Kichenov, the trailblazing Indian tennis player annexed the Hobart International trophy with a straight set win over second seed Chinese pair of Shuai Peng and Shuai Zhang.

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  Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal seem sure all will be OK at Australian Open

  January 18, 2020 15:22 IST

  Federer and Nadal both said they marched themselves down to the tournament referee's office to understand what was going on when local news reports were saying people should stay indoors, yet qualifying rounds were taking place