What defines a great sportsperson? Arguably, it can be narrowed down to three precepts: achievement, style and graciousness. Some possess some of these qualities, but in my experience, only in one man are they combined peerlessly and inimitably.
Mischa Zverev didn't have a Plan B. He didn't have it two years ago and he didn't have it two nights ago against Andy Murray.
Two-time grand slam finalist and former world No. 8 Mark Philippoussis has ruled out coaching troubled local star Nick Kyrgios in the wake of his latest meltdown.
The players at the top of the tree in the women’s game have been falling around her - at a rapid rate. Simona Halep was first to drop off, even before most spectators were comfortable in their seats on the opening day.
The 2016 tennis season was all about two men – Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic. Both have fallen at the Australian Open, leaving the rest of the field – including a surging Roger Federer – to start dreaming.
Croatian Mirjana Lucic-Baroni has celebrated her drought-busting run to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open with a foul-mouthed but joyful tirade on Margaret Court Arena.
The Australian Open's resident hairdresser and beauty therapist have seen a lot of champions made - and learnt a few secrets along the way.
Australian tennis legend Rod Laver says he would love to see a Roger Federer v Rafael Nadal final in this year's Australian Open.
A junior Italian tennis player was controversially disqualified from the opening round of the Australian Open for hitting a ball kid.
It was one of the nicest things you'd ever see on a tennis court.
For the first time ever neither of the men's or women's top ranked players has made the quarter finals after women's world number one Angelique Kerber followed men's top seed Andy Murray out of the Australian Open losing to American Coco Vandeweghe.
Before this week, it's fair to say many Australian tennis fans had never heard of Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin.
The joker and a knight might have been shaken out but the king remains. Roger Federer has become the oldest man to make a grand slam quarter-final since Jimmy Connors after a five-set win over Japanese counter-puncher Kei Nishikori.
Stan Wawrinka's bid for a second Australian Open title in four years remains on track after the No.4 seed secured a straight-sets fourth-round victory over Andreas Seppi at Margaret Court Arena on Sunday.
A quarter-final beckons for Daria Gavrilova, the last Australian left in the Australian Open singles.
Andy Murray has thrown it away. His greatest chance to end his Australian Open hoodoo is over after yet another incredible boilover at the Australian Open.
Venus Williams will turn 37 in a little under six months, so she doesn't feel like she's starting something. Nor is she in the mood to contemplate finishing up.
Australian Open officials have defended their decision not to postpone the Grigor Dimitrov-Richard Gasquet match that began just before midnight on Rod Laver Arena on Saturday night.
The wardrobe clash in the Gavrilova-
When one of Australia's bright young prospects Googles himself, he sees only the images of his second cousin, who got the name and fame first. Matthew Dellavedova the Milwaulkee Bucks guard is the best-known "Delly" in the family; for 16-year-old Matthew Dellavedova, Â the name is a a conversation starter, certainly.
While most people are up and about this Sunday morning, Bulgarian 15th seed Grigor Dimitrov will hopefully be asleep, and for good reason.
Milos Raonic and Gael Monfils have made it through to the fourth round of the 2017 Australian Open after accounting for Gilles Simon and Philipp Kohlschreiber respectively in their third-round encounters at Melbourne Park on Saturday.
The Dasha is a doer. Late Saturday night, Daria Gavrilova edged past Switzerland's Timea Bacsinzky in three sets to move into the fourth round of the Australian Open for the second year in a row.
Australian star Daria Gavrilova has claimed a hard-fought win over Swiss 12th seed Timea Bacsinszky to book her spot in the final 16 at the Australian Open.
Rafael Nadal says you return to the tennis circuit, but you don't really feel back on it until you begin to string wins together.
It was, Serena Williams was told during the on-court interview that followed her routine 6-1, 6-3 defeat of fellow American Nicole Gibbs, exactly 19 years ago to the day that she played her first match on Rod Laver Arena. Except that, actually, it wasn't. Ah, details, details.
Your daily dose of what's happening off the court at the Australian Open.
"Yeah, sure, he's the favourite. Maybe. I don't know."
Tennis is a zero-sum game. So, even though Andy Murray had nothing to do with Novak Djokovic's defeat, he is well placed to take advantage - a process he began with an efficient victory over the big-serving Sam Querrey.
The sky - or court - is the limit when it comes to experiencing the tennis as a VIP.
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