Australian Open

Emma Raducanu reached out to avoid ‘bad blood’ with Murray over withdrawal

Briton beat Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 7-5 to advance to third round meeting with Iga Swiatek

Australian Open women’s round-up: Coco Gauff made to work hard for win by Britain’s Jodie Burrage

Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka survives early test as Zheng Qinwen crashes out to Germany’s Laura Siegemund

Novak Djokovic breaks grand slam record before surviving scare against Portuguese qualifier

Naomi Osaka pulls off brilliant 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 win over Karolína Muchová, the 20th seed

Australian Open avatars helping tennis reach new audience

Animated coverage has video figures using real-time data

Daniil Medvedev smashes net camera in anger during five-set Australian Open win

Fourth seed Taylor Fritz and Gael Monfils both advance to next round

Nick Kyrgios crashes out of Australian Open in straight sets to Jacob Fearnley

Carlos Alcaraz begins bid to complete career grand slam with win over Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko

We have the rules to help referees, so why don’t we use them?

In all sports, players and managers tread a fine line with match officials, wondering how much they will tolerate. It needs to stop

Coco Gauff and Taylor Fritz give US a double threat at Australian Open

This year marks the first time in nearly 20 years that both an American man and woman are seeded in the top four of a major

Sabalenka starts bid for third straight Australian Open title with win over Stephens

Sabalenka looking to match Martina Hingis’s Melbourne hat-trick over the next fortnight

Novak Djokovic’s claim he ate ‘poisoned’ food in Melbourne detention ‘very unlikely’, experts say

Experts have cast doubt the tennis player’s claim about the food he ate in hotel immigration detention

Behind the scenes in Andy Murray’s first session as Novak Djokovic’s coach

The old rivals departed Margaret Court Arena side-by-side and deep in conversation

Cruz Hewitt takes expectation and Nick Kyrgios jokes in his stride ahead of Australian Open debut

The 16-year-old is the son of former world No 1 Lleyton Hewitt

Jannik Sinner’s biggest opponent may be Wada after astounding rise to the top

Italian has enjoyed a sublime 2024 on tour but Wada’s appeal after he was cleared over two positive doping tests looms ahead

Physios, psychologists and manicurists - how tennis entourages became a ‘travelling circus’

Venues such as Wimbledon are struggling to accommodate the backroom teams for professional tennis players amidst rapid growth

Jannik Sinner fights back from two sets down to win Australian Open final

Daniil Medvedev raced into a two-set lead but could not stop Sinner from winning the next three sets to take the crown

Zheng downcast after heavy defeat to Sabalenka in Australian Open final

21-year-old Zheng was blown off the Rod Laver Arena court by the defending champion in a 6-3 6-2 defeat in Melbourne

Zheng follows her idol to Australian Open final but Sabalenka is toughest test

Australian Open preview: Chinese player was inspired by Li Na’s 2014 triumph but Belarusian opponent is defending champion in Melbourne

Novak Djokovic calls Jannik Sinner loss one of his worst Grand Slam performances

World number one sees his 33-match winning streak at Australian Open ended in four sets, 6-1 6-2 6-7 (6) 6-3

Sonia O’Sullivan: Reflections from a day in the life of the Australian Open

Tennis is like slow cooking, athletics is more like fast food; games can — and do — run into the early hours

Aryna Sabalenka beats Coco Gauff to set up Australian Open final with Zheng Qinwen

Defending champion outplayed the fourth seed 7-6 (2) 6-4 to continue bid to become first player to defend Australian crown since 2013

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