News & Photos

Follow the Australian Open in bite-sized chunks with our bemused but highly informative blog, Popcorn Tennis.

Leaders in fashion and form, Venus Williams and Maria Sharapova will give each other a dressing down when they battle for a place in the fourth round tonight.

Between them they have won 11 Grand Slam singles titles and today Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams will square off in the third round on Rod Laver Arena.

Frenchman Gael Monfils beats Yen-Hsun Lu to advance into the third round, but not before blowing four match points in the final game with double faults.

Three years since their Australian Open quarterfinal looked set for an upset, Roger Federer and Nikolay Davydenko met again in Melbourne on Thursday night – with an all-too-familiar outcome for the Russian.

American teen Sloane Stephens is making big strides up the world rankings – and plans to reward herself with some new shoes when ticking off her goals.

Men’s sixth seed Juan Martin del Potro makes light of the hot conditions, effortlessly dispatching Benjamin Becker 6-2 6-4 6-2 in their second round clash on Thursday night.

The Heard have made quite a name for themselves at Australian Open 2013, but the backgrounds of this group of extroverts aren’t what you would expect.

After winning her second round singles match on a scorching day in Melbourne, Serena Williams successfully backed up in doubles with sister Venus on Thursday.

Australian wildcard James Duckworth saved five match points before falling to Slovenian Blaz Kavcic in a five-set marathon on Thursday.

After overcoming Daniel Brands and the sauna-like conditions of Rod Laver Arena on Thursday, Bernard Tomic is understandably in a confident mood.

Serena Williams delivered a power-packed performance on Thursday – but knows that the next generation are on the march to the top of the tennis tree.

Caroline Wozniacki handled the challenge from 16-year-old Croat Donna Vekic in straight sets, 6-1 6-4, on Hisense Arena on Thursday.

Lesia Tsurenko’s says her favourite tournament is the Australian Open and that opinion is not likely to change after a 7-5 6-3 win over Daria Gavrilova on Thursday.

Japan's 42-year-old veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm is through to the third round after defeating Israel's Shahar Peer in the second round at Melbourne Park.

Scotland's Andy Murray kept his time under the blazing Melbourne sun to a minimum with a 6-2 6-2 6-4 victory over Portugal's Joao Sousa on Hisense Arena.

Booming Canadian Milos Raonic has stormed into the third round of Australian Open 2013 after taming Czech world No.75 Lukas Rosol 7-6(2) 6-2 6-3.

Serena Williams survives a self-inflicted knock to the mouth in an otherwise comfortable win over Garbine Muguruza, 6-2 6-0. She faces Ayumi Morita of Japan next.

Fleet-footed Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has prevailed 6-3 7-6(1) 6-3 over Japan's Go Soeda before a packed Margaret Court Arena on Thursday.

Russian 14th seed Maria Kirilenko has fought off China's Peng Shuai 7-5 6-2 on Hisense Arena to move through to the third round.

There was no double bagel for Victoria Azarenka in the second round Thursday, but the defending champion and world No.1 went pretty close in a 6-1 6-0 drubbing of Eleni Daniilidou on Rod Laver Arena.

Donna Vekic is refreshing -- the Croatian 16-year-old rolled through her first Grand Slam main draw match, and manages to be a normal teenager and a rising star at the same time.

World No.53 Laura Robson will fly the flag for Great Britain in the second round of the women's draw when she plays 2011 Wimbledon champ and eighth seed Petra Kvitova.

A former world No.3, Nikolay Davydenko is no typical second-round opponent for Roger Federer – and the Swiss master won’t be taking him lightly.