Bernard Tomic has leapt to the defence of the under-fire Nick Kyrgios, asking the Australian public to have some sympathy for the 21-year-old after he imploded in front of the nation on Wednesday night.
The charmed run of little-known local wildcard Andrew Whittington at the Australian Open is over, with the man from Williamstown bundled out by big-serving Croatian Ivo Karlovic.
With Nick Kyrgios' infamous exit from the second round o f the Australian Open now complete, all eyes in the men's draw now turns to Bernard Tomic.
Nick Kyrgios, enough. This has to stop. He has to stop. For his own sake, for tennis's, for ours.
She made the semi-finals last year and you can expect a surge of local support behind Brit Johanna Konta if Australia's female contingent at the Open start dropping like flies in the third round.
All you need to know for the Australian Open 2017.
An ESPN commentator has sparked outrage among some tennis fans after saying veteran American tennis player Venus Williams 'put the gorilla effect' on during her second round victory.
Nick Kyrgios will have $7300 less to spend on a coach after the world No.14 was hit with two fines for separate code violations in his shock second round loss at the Australian Open.
The cards continue to fall beautifully at the Australian Open for local star Ashleigh Barty as she looks to extend her best singles run at a major.
British No.9 seed Johanna Konta has continued her love affair with the Australian Open by downing Japan's Naomi Osaka in the second round.
Nick Kyrgios barely bothers to train, according to a former coach.
Tomic managed something fellow Aussie Kyrgios was unable to: outlasting a tough, relentless, energetic opponent to make it to the third round of the Australian Open.
Love him or hate him, you can't argue that Nick Kyrgios gets people talking.
Dan Evans is just hoping someone will buy him a new shirt. Although he picked up a bulk pack from UniQlo the other day, so he reckons he should be good till Friday.
Nick Kyrgios was booed off court after a controversial showing that prompted tennis legend John McEnroe to describe the Australian's performance as a black eye to the sport.
A "banged-up" Nick Kyrgios has admitted his issues are mental as well as physical, while taking responsibility for an ill-advised approach to the off-season he believes contributed to a controversial Australian Open loss to Andreas Seppi.
World No. 1 Andy Murray appeared to roll an ankle during his second-round win.
All you need to know for the Australian Open 2017.
This was Nick Kyrgios personified. If you had never heard of him before last night, then three hours and nine minutes inside Hisense Arena on Wednesday night would have been all you needed to learn about #NKRising.
Police have closed Olympic Boulevard at Melbourne Park to conduct a safety check, with tennis fans warned to avoid the area.
A tight-knit group of young stars are giving the US renewed hope of tennis success.
Ash Barty's comeback is progressing to the third round of the Australian Open after a win over American Shelby Rogers on Wednesday night.
Canberra's Alison Bai will team up with a rising star of Australian tennis in the hope of breaking through for a women's doubles win on Thursday.
The last time there so many Australians still in the Australian Open's second round, Daria Gavrilova was a nine-year-old living in Russia.
There was fight. But the bite of the young pup was just not strong enough to bring down the big-serving American in his second outing at Melbourne Park.
There are only so many questions you can ask about slice backhands
There was a time when not much about Jelena Jankovic had not been focused upon. While being treated for an injury on-court one Australian Open, she rebuked a photographer thus: "Don't take photos of my butt."
Nick Kyrgios was up two sets to love and cruising. What can only be described as a third set meltdown sparked his eventual demise.
The dream run of 17-year-old Australian Jaimee Fourlis has come to an end at the hands of two-time grand slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Nine years ago his charge to the Australian Open final not only sparked the imagination of hardcore tennis fans, but the wider public.
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