Tennis

11:07 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley said Novak Djokovic played at the Grand Slam event with a muscle tear of 3 centimeters — a little more than an inch — in his left hamstring along the way to winning the championship. “He gets a bad rap, but

8:09 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — German tennis player Alexander Zverev will not face disciplinary action after an investigation into domestic abuse allegations against him found “insufficient evidence” to substantiate the claims, the men’s professional tour said Tuesday. The ATP had commissioned the investigation in October 2021 after Zverev’s former girlfriend, Olya Sharypova, accused

8:03 AM ET The Australian Open basically serves two primary purposes: Entertain us and set the table for the rest of the tennis season. Following a delightful two-week run that saw Aryna Sabalenka‘s first Slam title, plus some shocking mid-tournament plot twists, early-tournament Andy Murray heroics, strong showings from American males and — oh yeah,

7:44 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic‘s Australian Open championship returned him to a rather familiar spot on Monday: No. 1 in the ATP rankings. His four-place rise from No. 5 to replace Carlos Alcaraz at No. 1 is the largest jump to the top spot in the 50-year history of the

6:43 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic climbed into the Rod Laver Arena stands to celebrate his 10th Australian Open championship and record-tying 22nd Grand Slam title Sunday and, after jumping and pumping his fists with his team, he collapsed onto his back, crying. When he returned to the playing surface, Djokovic

8:02 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic is a 10-time Australian Open champion. He has drawn level with Rafael Nadal for the most Grand Slam titles won by a man (22). And he is still the king of Melbourne Park. Djokovic was clinical in defeating No. 3 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets Sunday

7:03 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — There’s an inevitability about Novak Djokovic playing tennis at Rod Laver Arena. It’s the feeling that regardless of what year we’re in, who stands on the other side of the net and just how lopsided the crowd support might be in favor of his opponent, it’s still Djokovic who

Jan 29, 2023 Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Katerina Siniakova and Barbora Krejcikova extended their Grand Slam winning streak to 24 matches with a 6-4, 6-3 decision over Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara to claim the Australian Open women’s doubles title on Sunday. It was the seventh Grand Slam doubles title by the Czech pair,

2:37 PM ET Jason Kubler and Rinky Hijikata have ensured an Australian Open trophy has remained in home hands, storming to a shock straight-sets win in the men’s doubles final. With singles champion Ash Barty retiring and Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis unable to defend their 2022 doubles crown due to injury, Kubler and Hijikata

6:43 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Sheer aggression and a high-risk, high-reward philosophy helped Aryna Sabalenka clinch an epic Australian Open final over Elena Rybakina. Sabalenka battered and bruised her way to the title at Melbourne Park, coming from a set down to overwhelm last year’s Wimbledon champion 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Editor’s Picks “We’ve been

Jan 28, 2023 Alfie Hewett claimed his first Australian Open men’s wheelchair singles title on Saturday as he beat 16-year-old Tokita Oda 6-3, 6-1. Hewett, 25, also won the men’s wheelchair doubles title on Friday, picking up his 16th major title with partner Gordon Reid. The men’s singles No. 1 found himself 3-1 down to

Jan 28, 2023 Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — The serves were big. So big. Other shots too. The points were over quickly. So quickly, including aces on seven of the first 13. And so it was immediately apparent in the Australian Open women’s final between Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina that the player who could

7:10 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — After Novak Djokovic‘s dominant fourth-round Australian Open win over Alex de Minaur, the 21-time Grand Slam champion was asked about the other seven men remaining in the draw. He zeroed in on Stefanos Tsitsipas. “Tsitsipas [is] probably the most experienced guy out of all the quarterfinalists. He has played

2:54 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Alexander Blockx of Belgium beat American Learner Tien 6-1, 2-6, 7-6 (9) to win the junior boys championship at the Australian Open on Saturday. “It was one of my hardest battles of my life,” the 17-year-old Blockx said. Editor’s Picks In the junior girls singles final, ninth-seeded

11:18 AM ET Associated Press WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Australian Open semifinalist Tommy Paul and the player who eliminated Rafael Nadal at Melbourne Park, Mackenzie McDonald, are among the players picked by interim captain David Nainkin for the U.S. Davis Cup team’s matches at Uzbekistan next week. Nainkin’s appointment was announced Friday, three weeks after

Jan 22, 2023 MELBOURNE, Australia — A first-time Australian Open champion will lift the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup on Saturday, regardless of whether it’s Elena Rybakina or Aryna Sabalenka. Editor’s Picks It’s Rybakina’s second final appearance in the past three Slams, and she’s 6-0 in major matches against seeded opponents since the start of Wimbledon

2:37 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Stefanos Tsitsipas had a harder time strictly following all of the rules than he did outplaying his opponent in the early going, then recovered after blowing two match points late in the third set, and eventually reached the final at the Australian Open for the first time

9:14 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Tommy Paul is the first American man since Andy Roddick in 2009 to make the Australian Open semifinals. He is the lone American left in either singles draw. But he’s still managing to fly under the radar at this tournament. So low is Paul flying, that just minutes after