Nick Kyrgios will only feature in the doubles at the Australian Open, which begins at Melbourne Park on January 18.
Elena Rybakina put on a brilliant performance to defeat favourite Aryna Sabalenka 64, 46, 64 and lift her first Australian Open trophy.
Serena Williams set Flushing Meadows abuzz on Saturday as the 23-time major winner appeared at the US Open - as a fan
Jannik Sinner bounced back after losing the first set to beat Tallon Griekspoor in the third round of the Miami Open.
Ash Barty ended Australia's 44-year wait for a home winner at the Australian Open when the world number one staved off a fightback from American Danielle Collins to complete a 6-3, 7-6(2) win on Saturday and pick up her third Grand Slam title.
Barty staved off a fightback from Collins to pick up her third Grand Slam title
Ash Barty has become the first local woman to reach the final of an Australian Open in 42 years.
How sweet it is: Eubanks's climb up the ranks is 'icing on the cake'
Stars made their way to the Australian Open to cheer on Rafael Nadal.
Ash Barty ended Australia's 44-year wait for a home winner at the Australian Open when the world number one staved off a fightback from American Danielle Collins to complete a 6-3, 7-6(2) win.
Barty's athleticism is remarkable.
Barty is primed to become the first local since Chris O'Neil in 1978 to win the Australian Open.
The 2011 US Open champion could not wait to join her friend for the 'Barty Party'.
Emma Raducanu says she is not worried about her poor form and will play without pressure at the Australian Open.
Barty says she hopes to earn a more coveted medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Images from Day 7 of the 2022 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Sunday.
With the 2011 edition of the prestigious tournament getting underway, Senior Associate Editor Bikash Mohapatra takes a look at a few players whose lone claim to fame came at the grass courts of the All England Club.
Images from Day 9 of the 2022 Australian Open, at Melbourne Park, on Tuesday.
Barty is seen as Australia's best hope to end its long wait for a first home-grown women's champion.
Penpix of the top women's contenders at the 2021 Australian Open
Ash Barty's dream of ending her nation's 42-year wait for a homegrown Australian Open champion lay in tatters on Thursday after the world number one crumbled on the big points in a straight-sets semi-final defeat to Sofia Kenin. The 23-year-old Queenslander beat a hasty retreat from Rod Laver Arena after losing her first Melbourne semi-final 7-6(6), 7-5, shaking her head ruefully as she walked down the player's tunnel.
'I felt comfortable knowing that I just needed to change a few things, to adjust, to try and bring the match back in my favour'
Ash Barty's bid to end the host nation's long wait for a homegrown Australian Open champion will begin against Ukraine's Lesia Tsurenko
Ash Barty carries a nation's hopes of ending the long wait for a home champion into the Australian Open
Images from Day 4 of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Thursday.
Forty years have passed since Chris O'Neil held the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup aloft as the last Australian women's champion in 1978.
The Program documents the dark side of professional cycling, which still struggles to shake off suspicions of cheating amid a culture of loyalty to a team's star
List of Australian Open women's singles champions since the event began in 1922 (Australian unless stated):
Arsenal beat Brighton and Hove Albion 3-2 to reach the FA Cup fifth round.
A young Arnold Schwarzenegger in swimwear, Cary Grant setting airport chic standards, a socialite even the Kardashians can't keep with and other vintage moments from the film festival on La Croisette!
List of Australian Open women's singles champions since the event began in 1922 (Australian unless stated):
The Hinduja Group, in partnership with a Spanish industrial company, has acquired UK's iconic Old War Office building that was once occupied by the country's war-time Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
'It was a spectacular crime, wasn't it? Sepp is on the same scale. He's up there with Lance.' Director Stephen Frears, in an exclusive interview with Rediff.com
Rediff.com gives you a look at films in the past that have captured the lives of sporting icons, and their rise to glory, on the silver screen.
The Australian Open has seen many unheralded players punching above their weight. Rediff.com takes a look at a few such unseeded players who went the distance in the new millennium.
A round-up of all the results from the 16th World Athletic Championships in London
On Back To The Future Day, Raja Sen lists his favourite movies on time travel.
Following Serena Williams's 19th Grand Slam title, here is the list of Australian Open women's singles champions since the event began in 1922 (Australian unless stated)
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