Australia's Glenn Maxwell produced an unbeaten half-century in a tense chase to help the hosts edge out South Africa by two wickets in the third and final Twenty20 International and complete a 2-1 series victory in Cairns on Saturday.
Sania Mirza and Rajeev Ram needed an hour and 27 minutes to defeat the Dutch-Aussie pair of Ellen Perez and Matwe Middelkoop 7-6(4), 6-4.
Images from Day 5 of the 2023 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Friday.
Officials said he was one of a 'handful' of successful applicants among 26 people who sought exemptions.
Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic won their second Australian Open women's doubles crown in three years on Friday, beating top seeds Hsieh Su-Wei and Barbora Strycova 6-2, 6-1. The duo claimed their third Grand Slam doubles crown as a pair, having won last year's French Open.
IMAGES from the action from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Thursday.
Konstas has been drafted in to replace Marnus Labuschagne, who opened in the World Test Championship final alongside Khawaja but failed to impress as Australia lost to South Africa by five wickets.
Robin Soderling and Andy Murray served up reminders that there are more than two contenders for the men's title at the Australian Open with dominant third-round victories on Saturday.
French Open champion Stan Wawrinka blamed a lingering cold for his exit from the fourth round of the Australian Open at the hands of Canada's Milos Raonic on Monday.
Fifth seeds Barbora Krejcikova and Nikola Mektic completed a remarkable comeback win over American Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Briton Jamie Murray to clinch the mixed doubles title at the Australian Open.
Images from Day 8 of the 2022 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Monday.
'I don't see an end date with the way he's training, the way he's preparing, the way he's moving.'
India A left-arm spinner Manav Suthar picked up three wickets to leave Australia A reeling, on Day 1 of the second unofficial Test.
'The prospect of Konstas facing Jofra Archer with the first ball of the Ashes on November 21 -- potentially delivered at 155km/h -- doesn't feel like a fair fight.'
Images from Day 9 of the 2022 Australian Open, at Melbourne Park, on Tuesday.
India's Divij Sharan and Ankita Raina crashed out of the Australian Open men's and women's doubles events respectively, after suffering straight set defeats in the opening round in Melbourne on Thursday.
Defending champion and world number one Novak Djokovic won his third-straight Australian Open crown, his ninth in total.
Kenin, who was seeded 14th last year, came back from a set down to beat Spain's twice Grand Slam champion Garbine Muguruza in the Australian Open final.
Daniil Medvedev has tapped into the energy of the crowd at Melbourne Park by playing both hero and villain.
Australia openers Sam Konstas and Nathan McSweeney were on Thursday named in the 'A' squad bound to India to play two four-day matches in Lucknow in September, with an eye on the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2026-27.
American Rajeev Ram picked up his first tennis men's doubles title at a Grand Slam on Sunday with partner Joe Salisbury of Britain, taming the local wild card pairing of Max Purcell and Luke Saville in straight sets at the Australian Open
Australian Open champion Roger Federer is set to continue defying Father Time after announcing he will return to defend his title next year.
IMAGES from the Australian Open matches played on Wednesday.
Australia will look to seal the three-match T20 series against South Africa with another win in Darwin on Tuesday.
While Shreyanka's participation in the series against the Aussies will be subject to her getting clearance from the BCCI Centre of Excellence, Sadhu has obtained the same.
Coco Gauff claimed the biggest win of her young career on Friday with a stunning upset of defending champion Naomi Osaka at the Australian Open to reach the fourth round. Caroline Wozniacki and Serena Williams also lost their respective matches earlier in the day. Images from Day 5 of the Australian Open played at Melbourne Park on Friday.
Images from Day 4 of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Thursday.
'I surprised myself also today'
It was third time lucky for Wozniacki following her runner-up finishes at the 2009 and 2014 US Opens.
Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko came from a set down to win their first women's doubles title at the Australian Open.
Australian Open organisers have attempted to defend their controversial decision to allow the third-round match between Lleyton Hewitt and Marcos Baghdatis to start at 11.47 pm on Saturday night.
Images from the action on Day 2 at the Australian Open.
Delhi's Yuki Bhambri reached the boys' semi-final of the Australian Open on his maiden Grand Slam appearance.
Images from Sunday's action at the Australian Open.
Health authorities in Victoria state have now reported nine infections among passengers that arrived in Melbourne on charter flights for the February 8-21 Australian Open.
India's captain Harmanpreet Kaur says her team has the ability to put pressure on any side in the upcoming ICC Women's T20 World Cup if it stays in the right frame of mind.
'There will be guys that get opportunities. We've obviously got a few guys missing for this series (for) a well-earned rest.'
Their incredible run began at the US Open in 2019, and includes a silver medal at the Paralympics in Tokyo last year.
Novak Djokovic crushed Andy Murray 6-1, 7-5, 7-6(3) on Sunday to match Roy Emerson's record of six Australian Open titles and leave the Briton heartbroken again at Melbourne Park.
