Thoughts of an unprecedented 25th major risk becoming all-consuming for Novak Djokovic as he limbers up, locks in and prepares to launch his 21st Australian Open campaign. At 38, the Serbian knows it ...

Carlos Alcaraz declared he is “hungry for the title” before his first outing at Australian Open 2026, and used that desire for a maiden trophy at Melbourne Park as fuel during a relatively stress-free ...

Squeezing through the pack from far-flung Court 22 at Melbourne Park, the world’s 49th-ranked women’s tennis player can barely keep up with her coach as they struggle to cut a swathe through the ...

Tennis great Venus Williams has let a golden opportunity to claim her first Australian Open win in five years slip, succumbing to a heartbreaking first-round exit to Olga Danilovic. The 45-year-old ...

Qualifier Zeynep Sonmez will remember the opening day at Australian Open 2026 for the rest of her life, pulling off the biggest win of her career to send 11th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova crashing out ...

Third seed Alexander Zverev made a winning start to his Australian Open 2026 campaign, overcoming a spirited Gabriel Diallo to secure entry to the second round at Melbourne Park for a tenth ...

First-round matches at Grand Slams – especially the Australian Open – can be tricky. Players have an entire off-season to store the nerves and anticipation of that first massive point of the season, ...

Day 1 of Australian Open 2026 has already produced a match for the history books. Elsa Jacquemot upset Marta Kostyuk in a three-and-a-half-hour thriller at ANZ Arena, where each of the three sets was ...

It marked the first time since October 2008 that three teens played in WTA finals on the same day (Caroline Wozniacki, Sabine Lisicki and the still active Sorana Cirstea). All three posted ...

Aryna Sabalenka is up and running – literally – at Australian Open 2026 after downing gutsy French wildcard Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah on Sunday night. The world No.1 – bidding to become the first ...

The dedicated team of ausopen.com editors and writers will be bringing you all the latest news and features from Australian Open 2026. But before they get too into the swing of things, they've been ...

We might have already seen the shot of the tournament on Day 1. A slice so good, even Maria Sakkari looked stunned. When Leolia Jeanjean’s serve spun wide, Sakkari raced forward and chopped the ball ...