Perhaps they remember her from Junior Orange Bowl tournaments at Salvadore Park and Biltmore Tennis Center in Coral Gables, or from the Crandon Park Tennis Center in Key Biscayne, where 5-foot-10 Keys dazzled spectators with her 114 mph serve as a 14-year-old in the Orange Bowl Under-18s division.

However, no tennis fan can deny that Osaka looks much stronger on the court this year. She is 6-2 and quietly racking up rankings points. On Monday, the WTA Rankings were updated after the Australian Open, and Osaka made huge strides.

Madison Keys’ Grand Slam window wasn’t just closing. It had been slammed shut. She has always been an excellent player, but it felt like women’s tennis had passed her by. Far from her peak in 2017, when she was ranked No.

Taylor Townsend of the United States has returned to the court on which her career first took flight, teaming with Katerina Siniakova to beat Hsieh Su-Wei and Jelena Ostapenko 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-3 in the women’s doubles final at the Australian Open.

What California is to America, Australia has often been for tennis — the lab where new stuff goes for a test drive

Jannik Sinner defeated Alexander Zverev 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-3, in the Australian Open final, becoming the first repeat men's champion since Novak

Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley said he is confident Novak Djokovic will return to the season-opening Grand Slam next year after injury ended the 37-year-old's latest challenge in the semi-finals at Melbourne Park.

MELBOURNE — There’s all sorts of ways beyond merely the score to measure just how dominant Jannik Sinner was while outplaying and frustrating Alexander Zverev during the 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3 victory Sunday that earned the 23-year-old Italian a second consecutive Australian Open championship.

The protester who shouted at Alexander Zverev after the men's final of the Australian Open has revealed why she decided to make her stand at Melbourne Park.

Novak Djokovic was forced to retire hurt from the Australian Open semifinals - and the Serbian may not be back in action until the French Open.

The RBA has maintained the Official Cash Rate (OCR) steady at 4.35% since November 2023, claiming inflation needs to “sustainably” return to its target band of 2% - 3% before considering a rate cut. The latest Board meeting took place in December, and officials claimed they were “gaining confidence” that inflation was moving in the right direction.