The comfortable victory will come as a relief to the eighth seed and former U.S. Open finalist after he battled through consecutive five-set matches in the opening rounds. read more

The 21-year-old US Open champion, seeded fourth at Melbourne Park, won the all-Asian clash 7-5, 4-6, 6-1. read more

Osaka will now play Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei for a place in the fourth round. read more

Japanese fourth seed Naomi Osaka overcame a nervous start and distraction from flying bugs to ease into the Australian Open second round Tuesday read more

Frenchman Mouratoglou, who has guided Williams to the last 10 of her 23 Grand Slam titles, felt the American great was in “decent shape” when she reached last year’s finals at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. read more

Djokovic heads long-time rival Rafael Nadal and defending champion Roger Federer, with young-gun Alexander Zverev seeded four as he targets a maiden Grand Slam title. read more

Williams won her 23rd title and seventh at Melbourne Park while eight weeks pregnant two years ago, and now attempts to match Margaret Court’s mark of 24 singles majors on the Australian’s home soil. read more

Williams won her 23rd title and seventh at Melbourne Park while eight weeks pregnant two years ago, and now attempts to match Margaret Court’s mark of 24 singles majors on the Australian’s home soil. read more

Naomi Osaka went into the match as firm favourite but looked flat from the outset as Lesia Tsurenko raced through the match in just 65 minutes. read more

Naomi Osaka overhauled Anastasija Sevastova to win 3-6, 6-0, 6-4 and reach the semi-finals of the Brisbane International read more

Johanna Konta sent third seeded American Sloane Stephens packing with a straight sets win at the Brisbane International. read more

Karolina Pliskova, a former world number one, appeared headed for an early exit when she stumbled against Putintseva late in the first set. read more

The 37-year-old was rusty and down an early break but did enough to record a comfortable 7-6 (3), 6-2 victory in one hour and 44 minutes in the women’s singles match. read more

This change also ensures that no seed will get bumped as a result of a returning mother given a protected seeding. read more

Eight of the world’s top 10 have signed on for the January 6-12 event as they use it to warm up for the Australian Open Grand Slam the following week. read more