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Kvitova out for six months after stabbing

Long comeback: Petra Kvitova.

Two-time Wimbledon tennis champion Petra Kvitova faces around six months out of the sport while her playing hand, wounded in a knife attack, recovers its strength, the surgeon who operated on her said on Wednesday.

Tomic warned after scolding umpire

Blow up: John Tomic scolded a chair umpire during daughter Sara's losing play-off match.

Firebrand tennis father John Tomic has been involved in another ugly incident, scolding a chair umpire during his daughter Sara's match at the Australian Open wildcard playoffs in Melbourne.

Groth out to earn Australian Open spot

Sam Groth

The tennis journeys of Sam Groth, Omar Jasika and Andrew Whittington would barely have intersected before Monday but each found a path to the Australian Open play-off quarter-finals in the same way: five gruelling sets.

Cibulkova: never too small to dream big

Big moment: Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia celebrates victory in her final against Angelique Kerber of Germany in Singapore.

Could Dominika Cibulkova be the New Year version of mature-aged 2016 star Angelique Kerber? Can the high-energy world No.5 carry forth her brilliant end to last season into the next? Might the diminutive "Domi", as she is known, become the next Kerber by forging a path from very good to great at Melbourne Park?