The screw holding the net in place at the Australian Open’s main stadium has been jarred loose during defending champion Jannik Sinner’s fourth-round victory over Holger Rune.

Defending champion Jannik Sinner has moved into the quarterfinals at the Australian Open after beating Holger Rune in a match slowed down by medical timeouts for each player and a delay because the net got knocked loose.

Elina Svitolina has rallied from two breaks down in the first set and taken 11 of the next 12 games in a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Veronika Kudermetova to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals for the third time.

Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic have set up a quarterfinal showdown at the Australian Open.

Alexander Zverev has reached the Australian Open quarterfinals for the fourth time and will face Tommy Paul next.

Defending champion Jannik Sinner has defeated 46th-ranked Marcos Giron of the U.S. 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 at the Australian Open.

Coco Gauff and two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka have moved closer to another semifinal showdown at the Australian Open.

Danielle Collins has gotten into a back-and-forth with a booing crowd at the Australian Open after eliminating a local player.

American tennis player Taylor Fritz is donating the prize money he earned for his first-round victory at the Australian Open — about $82,000 — to relief funds to help people affected by the wildfires in the greater Los Angeles area.

The Australian Open is getting in on the newest trend in the sports world by re-creating tennis matches in video-game form.

Iga Swiatek has swept past Rebecca Sramkova in the second round of the Australian Open.

Coco Gauff has stretched her unbeaten start to 2025 to seven matches and 14 sets.

Novak Djokovic has added yet another record to his lengthy list of tennis accomplishments.

Naomi Osaka is back in the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time since 2022 and she got there with wins at the Australian Open over two women who blocked her path last year.

Daniil Medvedev has used his racket to smash a tiny camera attached to the net at the Australian Open while he was trailing in his first-round match in the main stadium.

American tennis player Jenson Brooksby has made his return to professional tennis after an eventful two years away.

Novak Djokovic and his new coach, Andy Murray, are taking advantage of a new setup at the Australian Open that gives players' entourages a chance to sit right next to the court in special four-seat pods.

The 38-year-old Gael Monfils has held off fellow Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in five sets to advance to the second round of the Australian Open.

Frances Tiafoe has thrown up during a first-round match at the Australian Open along the way to a five-set victory.

Jannik Sinner has started his Australian Open title defense with a challenging win over No. 35-ranked Nicolas Jarry.

Daniil Medvedev’s “Dead Fish” celebration at the end of the 2021 U.S. Open final stands out as among the most unusual and unexpected reactions to a major tennis championship.

Hady Habib’s history-making run at the Australian Open will continue.

Aryna Sabalenka has started her bid to become the first woman in a quarter-century to win three consecutive Australian Open titles with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over 2017 U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens.

There is just one member of the Big Three left in men's tennis.

Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen made the most of the indoor conditions under a roof at Rod Laver Arena to advance to the second round of the Australian Open in straight sets while it poured with rain outside.

Top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner will go to sport’s highest court in April for the World Anti-Doping Agency’s appeal that seeks to ban him from the sport for at least one year.

Iga Swiatek, a self-described “control freak,” is taking new precautions — including holding on to extra samples of medicine she takes, in case they need to be tested at some point — after a doping case she describes as probably the worst time in her life.

Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray have known each other for a quarter of a century.

Coco Gauff has made improvements to her serving and her forehand.

Defending champion Jannik Sinner and 10-time Australian Open winner Novak Djokovic have landed in opposite sides of the draw for the season’s first major, ruling out a replay of last year’s semifinal encounter.

The Australian Open women's semifinals will be Iga Swiatek of Poland against Madison Keys of the U.S., and Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus against Paula Badosa of Spain.

Four-time Grand Slam tennis champion Naomi Osaka says she and her partner, rapper Cordae, are no longer in a relationship.

Novak Djokovic says he still feels a bit of trauma when he travels to Australia.

Novak Djokovic was beaten 7-6 (6), 6-3 by big-serving Reilly Opelka in the Brisbane International quarterfinals.

Exchanging smiles, laughs and flashy shots, Novak Djokovic and Nick Kyrgios have teamed up in doubles as they both returned to the court in preparation for the Australian Open.

Talk about taking the road less traveled.

Unheralded American Ryggs Johnston has won his first professional title by claiming the Australian Open by three stokes, while South Korea’s Jiyai Shin claimed her second Women’s Australian Open which was played concurrently at two courses on the famed Melbourne sand belt.

Zheng Qinwen beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, advancing to the U.S. Open quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-2 victory in the latest finish of a women’s match in tournament history.

Naomi Osaka is at the U.S. Open to compete for the first time in two years, and she says returning to the site of two of her four Grand Slam titles gives her a boost — but not because she focuses on her past success there.

Wimbledon favorite Aryna Sabalenka has withdrawn because of an injured shoulder.

Top-ranked Jannik Sinner will compete in both singles and doubles at the Paris Olympics.

A French player at the French Open has been allowed to continue his first-round match without being penalized after hitting a ball angrily and accidentally striking a spectator in the stands at one of the event’s smaller courts.

Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner won his 20th match of the year to reach the Miami Open semifinals for the third time in the past four years with a victory over Tomas Machac.

Top-ranked Novak Djokovic has split with his coach Goran Ivanisevic to end an association that began in 2018 and included 12 Grand Slams for the Serbian tennis player.

Joaquin Niemann now has something money can't buy.

Jannik Sinner’s career so far can be defined by the choices he made and the freedom he had to make them.

Jannik Sinner has rallied from two sets down to win the Australian Open final against Daniil Medvedev and clinch his first Grand Slam title.

It might be tempting to see some tidy symbolism and greater significance in Novak Djokovic’s loss to Jannik Sinner in the Australian Open semifinals.

Novak Djokovic is certain his first Australian Open semifinal loss in 11 attempts is “not the beginning of the end.”.

Aryna Sabalenka has avenged a U.S. Open final loss to Coco Gauff and is the first woman since Serena Williams to reach back-to-back finals at the Australian Open.

Alexander Zverev took his second chance to close out a win over No. 2-ranked Carlos Alcaraz and moved into an Australian Open semifinal against two-time finalist Daniil Medvedev.

A protester threw papers onto an Australian Open court and briefly disrupted the fourth-round match between Olympic champion Alexander Zverev and Cameron Norrie of Britain.

The men's and women's quarterfinals are in contrast at the Australian Open.

Novak Djokovic has beaten Adrian Mannarino 6-0, 6-0, 6-3 to advance to the Australian Open quarterfinals and matched another of Roger Federer’s Grand Slam records.

Top-ranked Iga Swiatek is out of the Australian Open after an upset third-round loss to Czech teenager Linda Noskova.

A Ukrainian player refusing to shake the hand of a Russian or Belarusian at the net has become a common sight on the tennis tours over the past two years.

Why are there tennis matches finishing at nearly 4 a.m. at the Australian Open.

Danielle Collins has announced this season will be her last on the elite women's tour.

Pro tennis players have been wondering aloud whether arm injuries in their sport are related to the week-to-week changing of the tennis balls used by tournaments.

Naomi Osaka’s comeback to Grand Slam tennis after a 15-month break has ended in a 6-4, 7-6 (2) loss to 16th-seeded Caroline Garcia in the first round at the Australian Open.

Amanda Anisimova is showing the benefits of her extended break from tennis.

Defending champion and 24-time major winner Novak Djokovic needed four hours to fend off first-timer Dino Prizmic in a first-round Australian Open result that few could have predicted.

Novak Djokovic says his injured right wrist is OK and “it's all looking good” as he bids for a record-extending 11th Australian Open title.

The first ever 15-day Australian Open ended with Jannik Sinner winning his first Grand Slam title with a comeback from two sets down to beat Daniil Medvedev for the championship on the third Sunday of the tournament.

Top-ranked Iga Swiatek will face 2020 champion Sofia Kenin in the first round and potentially 2016 winner Angelique Kerber or Danielle Collins in the second in a tough start to her bid for a first Australian Open title.

The women’s and men’s professional tennis tours have introduced new scheduling guidelines to prevent matches from starting after 11 p.m. except with approval and recommending a 6:30 p.m. start for night sessions at tournaments.

Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the Australian Open with a hip injury after playing just one tournament in his comeback from 12 months on the sidelines.

Elena Rybakina claimed her sixth career title with a 6-0, 6-3 rout of top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka to win the the Brisbane International in a perfect tune-up for the first major of 2024.

Rafael Nadal has concerns over his surgically repaired left hip just two wins and a loss into his comeback from a year-long injury layoff and just over a week before the Australian Open.

Naomi Osaka’s first tournament at the elite level since becoming a mother has ended in a second-round loss to three-time champion Karolina Pliskova at the Brisbane International.

Naomi Osaka’s first win at the elite level since becoming a mother didn’t come easily.

Nick Kyrgios has confirmed he won’t compete at the Australian Open next month because of ongoing injury concerns.

Rafael Nadal says he will return to playing at the Brisbane International in Australia in January.

A four-year absence of elite women’s tennis in China is set to end with the Women’s Tennis Association holding seven tournaments in the next six weeks as part of the tour’s Asian swing.

Rinky Hijikata knows what he’s facing at the U.S. Open, and it’s more than just Frances Tiafoe.

The 2023 U.S. Open features several players who have made comebacks to tennis after being away for a while.

Caroline Wozniacki says that she is returning to competition three years after she retired from professional tennis to start a family.

Iga Swiatek is coming off her third title in the past four years on the French Open’s red clay.

Novak Djokovic will be trying to set the record for the most Grand Slam singles trophies won by a man when he goes for what would be No. 23 against Casper Ruud in the French Open final on Sunday.

Rafael Nadal says he won’t be able to play the Italian Open either as he remains hampered by a nagging hip injury.

Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios has helped police catch a man who allegedly stole his Tesla at gunpoint from a home in Australia’s capital city.

The International Tennis Federation will play tournaments this year in China.

Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the clay-court Monte Carlo Masters.

Sorana Cirstea advanced to her first semifinal of a WTA 1000 event in a decade, beating Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 6-4 at the Miami Open.

Tournament organizers say Rafael Nadal is aiming to make his comeback from a hip injury at the clay-court Monte Carlo Masters next month.

Novak Djokovic has broken the record for the most time spent at No. 1 in the professional tennis rankings by a man or woman.

The Australian Open tournament director says Novak Djokovic played with a tear in his left hamstring that was more than an inch long along the way to winning the championship.

Novak Djokovic’s Australian Open championship has returned him to No. 1 in the ATP rankings.

Novak Djokovic has claimed his 10th Australian Open championship and 22nd Grand Slam title overall by beating Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5).

Novak Djokovic has put aside some shaky early play to beat unseeded American Tommy Paul 7-5, 6-1, 6-2 and reach the Australian Open final.

Tennis Australia says Novak Djokovic’s father has decided to stay away from the 21-time Grand Slam champion’s semifinal after getting embroiled in a flap involving spectators who brought banned Russian flags to Melbourne Park.

Tommy Paul's run to the semifinals at the Australian Open is the latest in a series of signs that men from the United States are relevant again in tennis.

Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina has reached her second final in the past three Grand Slam tournaments by beating Victoria Azarenka 7-6 (4), 6-3 at the Australian Open.

Novak Djokovic is playing about as well as can be at the Australian Open.

Victoria Azarenka continues her quest for a third Australian Open title a decade after her last championship at Melbourne Park when she plays Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina in one of two night women’s semifinals.

Jessica Pegula is headed to the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament for the fifth time.

Two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka has made it back to the quarterfinals at Melbourne Park for the first time since 2016 by coming back to beat Zhu Lin 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Sebastian Korda has reached the first Grand Slam quarterfinal of his career by beating 10th-seeded Hubert Hurkacz in a fifth-set tiebreaker at the Australian Open.

Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina has eliminated No. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek and 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko has defeated Coco Gauff in the Australian Open's fourth round.

It’s been almost two full decades since this many U.S. men reached Week 2 at the Australian Open.