Gordon Reid and Alfie Hewett claimed a British record-equalling 10th Grand Slam doubles title as a team when they successfully defended their men’s wheelchair title in Melbourne. The top seeds beat French pair Stephane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer 7-5 7-6 (7-3) to also extend to five their winning streak of victories in available Grand Slams. Hewett said: “To win back […]

Summary It’s Ashleigh Barty at the double Nadal and Tsitsipas to clash in quarters Meet the Aussie beat who beat Kenin Schedule for day nine Women’s singles quarter-finals: Hsieh Su-wei v Naomi Osaka, from 12.30pm at Rod Laver Arena. Serena Williams v Simona Halep, from 7pm at Rod Laver Arena. Men’s singles quarter-finals: Novak Djokovic v Alexander Zverev, from 8.15pm […]

Jake Michaels is a Melbourne-based sports writer who covers everything from Aussie Rules to Formula One, basketball to boxing. He joined ESPN in June, 2013 and works as an Associate Editor, covering sport in Australia and around the world. MELBOURNE, Australia — The grimace on Novak Djokovic’s face after slipping on the white “MELBOURNE” lettering behind the baseline at Rod […]

The woman carrying Alexander Zverev’s baby has dropped a bomb on his recent claims they’re harmoniously awaiting the impending arrival. Brenda Patea, a 27-year-old German model who dated Zverev for less than 12 months, is 36 weeks pregnant with his daughter. She has unloaded on the world number seven — who meets Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals on Tuesday night […]

Rafael Nadal has declared it would be “impossible” for Novak Djokovic to win the Australian Open if he “really, really” has an injury. Djokovic’s mystery abdominal strain has dominated discussion at Melbourne Park this week as the tennis world doubts the severity of an injury the world number one says would have forced to him pull out of any other […]

Last week before an Australian Open match, Naomi Osaka unveiled the new kit the North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League will wear in 2021. This was not entirely a marketing campaign — Osaka is an investor in the club.  She is not the only women's tennis star with an ownership stake in the league, as Serena Williams is part-owner of an […]

British duo Joe Salisbury and Jamie Murray stayed on course to meet in the semi-finals of the men’s doubles at the Australian Open. Salisbury and his American partner Rajeev Ram are the defending champions and the pair, who won their first Grand Slam title a year ago, squeezed through two tie-break sets against Australia’s John Peers and Michael Venus of […]

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Rafael Nadal sweeps past Fabio Fognini into Australian Open last eight and still hasn’t dropped a set as Spanish star dispels fears of a back problem Rafael Nadal beat Fabio Fognini in straight sets at the Australian Open  Second seed eased to a 6-3 6-4 6-2 victory to reach 43rd Grand Slam quarter Nadal entered the tournament with a back […]

Russian Daniil Medvedev extended his win streak to 18 matches on Monday by sweeping past Mackenzie McDonald 6-4 6-2 6-3 to secure his first ever Australian Open quarter-final spot. ATP Finals champion Medvedev will take on compatriot Andrey Rublev in the next round after the No. 7 seed’s opponent Casper Ruud retired injured. “At least one of us will be […]