Seventeen-year-old Alex De Minaur has revealed a two-week sleep over at the Hewitt residence as the secret to his shock Australian Open victory on the opening day of the grand slam.
Follow our rolling coverage of day of the 2017 Australian Open from Melbourne Park.
A new rule, designed to tackle the issue of players retiring early in matches due to pre-existing injuries could be adopted by the Australian Open as early as next year.
Bernard Tomic has responded to the queries over his Australian Open preparation with a 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 thrashing of Thomaz Bellucci that counts as the most emphatic, in a scoreboard sense, of his 65-match grand slam career.
For Simona Halep, Australia is not quite the destination is used to be. The Romanian world No.4 crashed out at Melbourne Park in the opening round for the second straight year.
In what is the first Australian Open without Lleyton Hewitt for two decades, two Australian 17-year-old wildcards announced themselves as future stars on the opening day of the grand slam.
A large group of men have been banned from the Australian Open after setting off flares on their way to the tournament's opening day.
The youngest player in the Australian Open main draw showed enough to suggest that a grand slam match win may not be too far distant.
All you need to know for the Australian Open 2017.
Destanee. There is a story in the name. Had to be. "The truth is, yeah, people have a lot of questions about that," says Rosie Aiava, the mother and coach of the 16-year-old Australian who who will make her grand slam debut as the youngest player at next week's Australian Open.
Alexander Zverev, all 198 gifted, confident, composed centimetres of him, is strolling down a hallway with a Tennis Australia staffer, wondering out loud why a couple of local journalists would want to do this interview. We could joke we're planning to make him a star. Might have, actually. Except that Zverev already has that route well-covered.
When Roger Federer describes Nick Kyrgios as "tough to beat here", the 17-time grand slam champion is not talking about the Australian Open title he doubts that Kyrgios is ready to win.
When Roger Federer discovered he would need a lengthy rest after Wimbledon to heal the wonky knee injured, freakishly, in a Melbourne hotel bathroom, he did not dust off a pile of overdue jobs wife Mirka wanted done around the house, or vow to finally reorganise his sock drawer.
There's a shift happening in women's tennis, with the once invincible Serena Williams finally being challenged.
Dan Evans, who has worked hard to shed the reputation of being British tennis' bad boy, will reignite his doubles partnership with Nick Kyrgios at the Australian Open.
As we prepare for two weeks of top tennis, here are five storylines to look out for during the Australian Open.
Luxembourg lefty Gilles Muller's persistence paid off in Sydney on Saturday night, when the 33-year-old ended his long wait for a maiden ATP title.
Dudi Sela came from behind to oust Jan-Lennard Struff in the Canberra Challenger final on Saturday.
Roger Federer returns to Melbourne Park as the underdog, the No 17 seed and perhaps the most dangerous player outside the top seeds.
Bernard Tomic was not talking about weight loss. Diets, salads, none of it.
Nick Kyrgios will have the final cortisone-patch treatment on his troublesome knee the day before embarking on an Australian Open passage he is confident will carry him at least as far as the second week for the third consecutive year.
Andy Murray was unveiled to the Australian audience as a gangly but exceptionally talented teenager, burdened by the white-hot glare of the Fleet Street pack. We've watched from afar his career flourish bit-by-bit.
Serena Williams has vowed to not let the joy of her recent engagement sink in just yet, declaring her focus is only on claiming a seventh Australian Open.
In Australia for the first time in three years without the No.1 ranking, six-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic wouldn't bite on criticism from Boris Becker that his work-rate had dropped off.
Australian tennis player Calum Puttergill has been hit with a six-month ban and fined $US10,000 ($A13,500) for betting-related corruption offences.
Sydney-born Brit Johanna Konta has completed her homecoming with her second WTA title, bizarrely choosing to celebrate her victory with a ham and cheese toastie and a can of Coke.
No.1 seed German Jan-Lennard Struff to face Israeli Dudi Sela in Canberra Challenger final on Saturday.
His only win this year came in a hit-and-giggle Fast4 match against Dominic Thiem.
Host nation fares reasonably in an Australian Open draw that is less kind to five-time women's champion Serena Williams and delivers potential quarter-final blockbuster between Murray and Roger Federer.
The third seed's new quest for self-improvement is all about sleep.
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