The year after Casey Dellacqua's breakthrough 2008 charge past three top-50 opponents into the last 16 of the Australian Open, she returned, with a far higher profile and elevated expectations, and promptly lost in the first round. The second time, having equalled her best Melbourne Park result, the 2015 encore lasted just one match longer.
The retirement rate (if not the retirement age) has gone up by 50 per cent across the men's and women's games in the past decade.
Novak Djokovic's former coach Boris Becker has criticised the Serbian for lacking fight and playing too defensively during his Australian Open defeat to Denis Istomin.
A stunned Serena Williams demanded an apology in a post match press conference after a journalist questioned her performance.
Nadal dispatches Baghdatis to set up a tantalising clash against German teen sensation Alexander Zverev.
Jordan Thompson fought it out against the world No. 8.
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.
Serena Williams had her hands full on Thursday night but the six-time Australian Open champion had an ace up her sleeve - she's Serena.
Gavrilova's 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 means she has a chance to match or better her fourth-round appearance in last year's Open.
All you need to know for the Australian Open 2017.
The match of the tournament, in quality and drama, a titanic battle played throughout on another-worldly plane, produced a shock for the ages.
Reigning champion Novak Djokovic has been knocked out of the Australian Open after a bewildering display from Uzbek wildcard Denis Istomin.
World No.1 Andy Murray took to the Melbourne Park practice courts moving well after turning his right ankle during a second-round match.
Gael Monfils is through to the third round of the Australian Open after overcoming Ukraine's Alexandr Dolgopolov in an entertaining four-set encounter.
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.
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.
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.
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