The Australian Open retirements came early this year, and they came heavy. On the outer courts of Melbourne Park, far from the glamour of Rod Laver Arena, tennis reminded everyone of its most unforgiving side. There were tears, wheelchairs, unanswered questions and the kind of silence that only arri...

Sabalenka Holds Nerve in Front of Legends to Advance at Aus Open World number one Aryna Sabalenka launched her Australian Open title defence with a straight-sets victory over French wildcard Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah, winning 6-4, 6-1 in a star-studded opener on Rod Laver Arena. In attendance we...

Venus Williams Sets Age Record at Australian Open But Falls in Three Sets Venus Williams, aged 45, made history at the 2026 Australian Open by becoming the oldest woman to compete in the singles main draw during the Open Era. Despite a heroic effort and a 4-0 lead in the final set, she narrowly lost...

Moments of genuine humanity can sometimes eclipse the scoreline, and at the Australian Open, Turkey’s Zeynep Sonmez delivered one of the tournament’s most powerful reminders of that truth. In searing Melbourne conditions, the world number 112 paused her own match to help a distressed ball girl w...

Sleepless in Melbourne: How Tennis Stars Cope with Jetlag Down Under As the Australian Open kicks off, there’s one opponent every player must first face — jetlag. Crossing continents and time zones to reach Melbourne can wreck even the fittest athlete’s rhythm. And despite their elite status, ...

Emma Raducanu is no stranger to tight turnarounds and long days on tour, but even by professional tennis standards, her Australian Open schedule has left her scratching her head. As the British number one prepares for her first-round match in Melbourne, the 2021 US Open champion has openly questione...

Emma Raducanu’s first-round match at the 2026 Hobart International was suspended by heavy rain on Tuesday, forcing the Briton to return on Wednesday to complete her clash with Colombia’s Camila Osorio. Raducanu, who is seeking her first win of the 2026 season, led 6-3 2-4 when play was stopped d...

Oliver Anderson once stood atop junior tennis, claiming the 2016 Australian Open boys’ singles title against a field that featured future stars like Stefanos Tsitsipas, Felix Auger-Aliassime, and Alex de Minaur. But within a year, the rising Australian was embroiled in a match-fixing scandal that ...

How a junior Slam champion match-fixed to escape tennis – and found his way back The moment Oliver Anderson walked off court and locked eyes with undercover police officers, he knew his tennis career as he understood it was over. The Australian had just been knocked out in the second round of an A...

When Milos Raonic first stepped onto a tennis court as an eight-year-old, there was no grand plan, no carefully mapped-out future. It was, as he has often said, pure luck. Yet that chance introduction would eventually carry him all the way to Centre Court, a Wimbledon final, and a place among the ve...