Svetlana Kuznetsova overcame a dogged Shinobu Asagoe 6-1, 5-7, 7-5 on Sunday.
The former world number one has been granted a wildcard for the Sydney International tennis tournament.
Romania's Simona Halep pulled out of her final warm-up event before the Australian Open on Tuesday, saying she was suffering from gastroenteritis.
The defending champion withdrew from this year's Grand Slam tournament because of a knee injury.
The Olympic flame returned to Australia for the first leg of a six-week global relay leading up to the Athens Games.
Dokic's father Damir told a newspaper that he had spoken to his daughter "10 or 15 days ago" and she had told him she would not play in Australia.
The Australian summer claimed another victim when Russia's Elena Dementieva pulled out of the Sydney International because of heat illness.
The top-seeded Australian meets qualifier Ivo Minar, who beat fellow Czech Radek Stepanek 6-1, 6-2 to reach his first ATP final.
Indian ace Leander Paes and his Czech partner Martin Damm were beaten by Bob and Mike Bryan in the quarter-final of the Sydney International.
Garbine Muguruza's preparations for next week's Australian Open were thrown into disarray when the world number three pulled out of the Sydney International with a thigh injury on Wednesday.
The world number two is doubtful for the the Australian Open starting next week.
The British No. 2 put aside his off-court troubles to beat Argentina's Juan Ignacio Chela at the Sydney international.
The 30-year-old is the first German woman to win Wimbledon since Steffi Graf in 1996.
The American's hopes of getting some quality practice matches before next week's first grand slam of the year were ruined when he was knocked out of the Sydney International by Korean qualifier Lee Hyung-taik.
Former US Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro underlined his status as a dark horse for next week's Australian Open by hammering Dmitry Tursunov to reach the final of the Sydney International on Friday.
They avenged their narrow loss in the first leg of the Hockey Australia Men's Challenge.
Svetlana Kuznetsova opened the defence of her Sydney International title with a comfortable 6-1, 6-4 victory over Irina-Camelia Begu on Sunday as the Australian Open warm-up event suffered a pair of big-name withdrawals.
De Minaur, 20, went the entire tournament without facing a break point, and the Australian fittingly clinched victory with a deft serve-and-volley backhand winner.
The Spaniard beat the rising Thai ace 6-3, 6-1 in brilliant fashion to enter the semis of the Sydney International.
Capriati, playing her first match of the year after receiving a first-round bye, blew a one-set lead in going down to Tatiana Panova in the second round of the Sydney International
Agassi thrashed South Korean Lee Hyung-taik 6-1, 6-0, 6-0, while the Russian was beaten 6-0, 6-1 by Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium.
A ball-tampering scandal that devastated Australia cast a dark cloud over a dramatic cricketing year
American tennis player Serena Williams is all set to make her comeback at the Australian Open, organisers confirmed.
'I take full responsibility ... There was a failure of leadership, of my leadership. I'll do everything I can to make up for my mistake and the damage it's caused.'
Germany's Angelique Kerber breezed past American Madison Keys in straight sets to enter the Australian Open semi-finals in Melbourne on Wednesday. The 2016 champion easily won 6-1, 6-2 in just 51 minutes.
Bernard Tomic ruled himself out of representing Australia at the Rio Olympics in August due to his 'extremely busy' playing schedule.
Bernard Tomic is set to sit out the Australian Open after Tennis Australia (TA) decided not to award him a wildcard to the main draw, the organisers said on Thursday.
A cheating scandal that has ripped through the core of Australia's most venerated pastime, cricket, prompted church leaders to provide guidance over the Easter weekend on how to emerge from the moral tailspin.
New coach Rainer Schuettler's experience as a former player at the top level has been invaluable for Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber and the world number two believes her poor end to last season is truly behind her.
Top seed Agnieszka Radwanska's title defence at the Sydney International lasted just 92 minutes when she was dumped out of the second round by Bethanie Mattek-Sands on Tuesday.
She is the second Swiss player to win the tournament after Martina Hingis won the inaugural edition in 2001.
Mischa still finds time to tease 'Sascha', despite his little brother's rapid ascent up the tennis rankings.
Huge upsets lit up the basketball World Cup on Wednesday as France beat hosts Spain 65-52 while Serbia thumped Brazil 84-56 to set up an intriguing semi-final clash.
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