Former champion Amelie Mauresmo suffered her earliest Australian Open defeat since 2000 when she was shocked by unseeded Australian Casey Dellacqua in the third round.
Hsieh Su-wei proudly flew the Taiwanese flag on Friday when she became the first player from her country to reach the last 16 of a Grand Slam tournament. The 22-year-old qualifier edged out France's Aravane Rezai 6-2, 6-7, 6-4 and now plays top seed and world number one Justine Henin of Belgium.
An innocuous stomach virus may be the advantage the rest of the men's field need to stop world number one Roger Federer winning his third successive Australian Open title.
World number one Roger Federer will begin the defence of his Australian Open title against Argentine Diego Hartfield after the draw was made at Melbourne Park on Friday.
Marcos Baghdatis set up a final against Andy Roddick at the Kooyong Classic with a 6-2, 7-5 win over Chilean Fernando Gonzalez on Friday, declaring himself ready for a good run at next week's Australian Open.
David Nalbandian is fighting to be fit for Australian Open after pulling out of the warm-up event at Kooyong because of a back injury.
As one of the most recognisable faces in India, Sania Mirza is already something of an expert when it comes to dealing with pressure.
World number one Roger Federer has withdrawn from the Kooyong Classic, the warm-up event for next week's Australian Open, because of a stomach virus.
Nadal said his back was still bothering him against world number 56 Djere
Players will allowed to question more line calls at the year's first Grand Slam.
Despite testing positive, the Grand Slam's tournament director said he will be allowed to play in the year's first Grand Slam event.
Roger Federer will miss the Australian Open in January and is unlikely to return to competition until mid-2022 as he recovers from multiple knee surgeries, the former world number one told Swiss media.
It was back in 2003 that Serena Williams first stamped her name on Australian Open history, the then 21-year-old taking down sister Venus to bring home her first title on the blue courts of Melbourne Park.
Serena Williams battled a misbehaving serve and scorching heat but stayed cool under pressure in a 7-5, 6-4 win over Czech Barbora Strycova to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals on Monday.
Britain's Johanna Konta has learned much from matches against Grand Slam champions and former world number ones over the last 18 months but on Wednesday her education will be complete when she faces Serena Williams in the Australian Open quarter-finals.
Australian Open champion Marat Safin withdrew from the Hopman Cup in Perth due to a long-standing knee injury
"She played some incredible points on match point, she reminded me a bit of myself," said Williams after the match.
Martina Hingis played spoilsport at the Australian Open on Monday by denying China another entry into the record books.
Fourth seed Kim Clijsters overcame a late wobble to beat Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova 6-1 7-5 on Monday and set up a mouth-watering Australian Open quarter-final against Martina Hingis.
Andy Roddick and Serena Williams scored contrasting wins to enter the Australian Open quarterfinals.
China's Na Li kept the Asian interest alive as she beat ninth seed Dinara Safina 6-2, 6-2.
He now faces Serbian 14th seed Novak Djokovic for a place in the Australian Open quarter-finals.
Mauresmo stayed on course to defend her Australian Open title with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Czech Eva Birnerova in the third round on Friday.
Australian Open organisers are on high alert amid fears ethnic clashes between Serbs and Croats that marred the opening day of the Grand Slam could erupt again.
The world number two believes he is ready to claim his maiden Australian Open crown.
The world number one eased past Russia's Marat Safin at the Kooyong Classic invitational event on Thursday.
After two years of injury frustration and bouts of depression, Victoria Azarenka is hoping a little bit of motorcycle riding and some street art will change people's perceptions and help her to a third Australian Open title. The 26-year-old Belarusian is one of the favourites for the year's opening grand slam that starts on Monday after proving her fitness following a nagging foot injury that has restricted her appearances over the past two years. Now injury free and fresh off her first title since August 2013 at the Brisbane International last week, she is looking forward to the courts she made her own in 2012 and 2013.
Agassi and Mauresmo, both seeded fourth, hammered their way into the third round of the opening Grand Slam of the year.
Second seed Andy Murray of Great Britian edged past Canadian Milos Raonic to set up a high-voltage final against World No. 1 Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open in Melbourne, on Friday.
The former French Davis Cup hero Nicolas Escude and 15-year-old Tatiana Golovin have been given wildcard entries to next year's Australian Open.
A prominent Hindu temple in Brisbane was attacked by Khalistan supporters on Saturday, in the latest incident of vandalism against Hindu temples in Australia.
Fernando Verdasco sent shockwaves through the Australian Open on Tuesday by defeating Rafael Nadal 7-6(6), 4-6, 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-2 to send the former world number one crashing out in the opening round.
After booking a much-anticipated semi-final with his Australian Open title usurper Stan Wawrinka on Wednesday, Novak Djokovic wasted little time reminding the Swiss of the heavy burden of being defending champion.
Serena Williams, with 21 grand slam titles in her trophy cabinet, thinks she has nothing left to prove to anyone and just wants to have fun for the remainder of her career.
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