Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from next week's Australian Open warm-up tournament in Adelaide to focus on being ready for the year's first Grand Slam at Melbourne Park.
World number eight Mirra Andreeva warmed up for the Australian Open with a comfortable 6-3, 6-1 victory over fellow teenager Victoria Mboko in the Adelaide International final on Saturday to claim her fourth WTA Tour title.
'The only reason I come back is because of the love you (fans) give me'
A defiant Novak Djokovic is adamant he can still beat any player on his day but at 38 the Serb is no longer focusing on the Grand Slam record, saying he does not need the pressure it brings.
Tough road for defending champion Keys
The Indians will now lock horns with top seeds Ivan Dodig of Croatia and Brazilian Marcelo Melo in the summit clash of the of the ATP 250 event.
Madison Keys fought through a leg injury to beat Jessica Pegula
Madison Keys is the second-oldest woman to claim her first Australian Open singles title in the Open era.
Images from Day 3 of the 2025 Australian Open in Melbourne on Tuesday.
Tommy Paul led a parade of seeded players into the quarterfinals on Wednesday at the Adelaide International in Australia.
Yuan broke Stephens when the American was serving for the match at 6-5. Stephens led 5-4 in the tie-break but could not hold on to her advantage and crashed out.
Dominic Thiem, U.S. Open winner in 2020, has secured a place in the main draw of the Australian Open after the withdrawal of Reilly Opelka, the tournament organisers confirmed on Friday.
Kyrgios expected to be fit for Australian Open despite latest withdrawal
World number three Elena Rybakina overcame Cristina Bucsa in two hard-fought sets to make the quarter-finals of the Adelaide International on Wednesday, while Jessica Pegula and Jelena Ostapenko had to work even harder to make the last eight.
Djokovic was deported on the eve of the 2022 Australian Open in January
India's Rohan Bopanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan registered a resounding straight-set win to cruise into the doubles semi-finals but it was the end of the road for compatriot Sania Mirza and her Ukrainian partner Nadiia Kichenok, in Adelaide, on Friday.
Novak Djokovic cruised through his first singles match in Australia since being deported last year.
A round-up of all tennis action on Saturday.
Medvedev moved a step closer to a potential semi-final showdown with Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open warm-up event.
A round-up of all tennis action on Friday.
Djokovic will next play Denis Shapovalov, who he has beaten in all seven of their meetings.
Holger Rune crashed out to Yoshihito Nishioka in the ATP 250 Adelaide International 1 first round.
Fritz delivers as US win inaugural United Cup crown
Andreescu back from the brink to down Muguruza
China's Zhu Lin, who outlasted Venus Williams 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 in a rain-hit match that ran two hours and 23 minutes.
Belinda Bencic of Switzerland and Danielle Collins were among those to win their first-round matches at the Adelaide International
The Indian pair defeated Dodig and Melo in straight sets to win the tournament.
The women's Grand Slams were all won by different players for a fifth straight year in 2021
Playing in his first competitive singles match on the ATP Tour since August 5, the 20-times Grand Slam champion showed no signs of rust in his second round win against Lithuanian qualifier Ricardas Berankis.
Images from Day 2 of the 2023 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Tuesday.
Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka will join Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic in playing a pre-Australian Open warm-up exhibition
In a rematch of last year's French Open final, Barty prevailed once again, winning 6-3, 6-3 for a 4-0 head-to-head lead over the Czech.
Images from Day 6 of the 2023 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Saturday.
'I think it's a great competition but ... I can't change my mind that two world cups (within two months) is not real'
Images from Day 1 of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Monday.
Penpix of the top women's contenders at the 2021 French Open which begins on Sunday
India's Ankita Raina on Friday won her maiden WTA title as she and her Russian partner Kamilla Rakhimova clinched the doubles event in the Phillip Island Trophy in Melbourne.
World number one Ash Barty delighted the Memorial Drive crowd by breezing through to the Adelaide International semi-finals with a comfortable 6-3, 6-4 victory over Sofia Kenin on Friday.
Images from Day 2 of the 2022 Australian Open in Melbourne on Tuesday.
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