• Emma Quayle

Tennis great Margaret Court expects Serena Williams to break her all-time record for grand slam singles titles sooner rather than later, but says she won't be losing much sleep it.

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• Scott Spits

Some are describing it as the most anticipated match in tennis history, at least certainly of the modern era.

• David Polkinghorne

The Canberra tennis star faces the decision of whether he wants to be great.

• Linda Pearce

Given that few saw it coming, the question now is which way the dream Australian Open men's final will go. The slick court surface combined with an extended recovery time from a less physical semi-final point to Roger Federer over Rafael Nadal, according to several former greats, while others have declared the contest too close to call.

• Emma Quayle

By lunchtime on Sunday Serena Williams was on her way home; the tennis circus doesn't pause for record holders or even let them get much sleep.

• Michael Ramsey and Darren Walton

Sunday night's final has been declared the biggest Australian Open final in the tournament's 105-year history.

Tennis legend Evonne Goolagong Cawley believes Serena Williams will inevitably surpass Margaret Court's all-time grand slam title record - but that won't necessarily make her the greatest.

• Oliver Brown

Serena Williams' 23rd major title, catapulting her beyond Steffi Graf as the most decorated champion of the Open era, can be depicted either as a stirring affirmation or a chilling warning.

Australian John Peers and Finnish partner Henri Kontinen have been crowned men's doubles' champions at the Australian Open.

• Greg Baum

Venus Williams began by putting her arms around the shoulder of younger sister Serena as they posed for a pre-match portrait at the net.

• Linda Pearce

Serena Williams insists she has given no thought to the calendar-year grand slam that would complete her fabulous CV, having just marked off another achievement that she believes adds to the discussion about who is the Greatest Of All Time.

Bernard Tomic's Davis Cup future is in doubt with captain Lleyton Hewitt unsure how serious the controversial 24-year-old is about playing for his country.

• Sam McClure

As the world prepares for Sunday night's "Fedal Final", anticipation of another kind is building as to who will present the winner with the trophy. 

• Melissa Singer

The Australian Open is a long tournament for everyone involved, including the media.

• Melissa Singer

Serena Williams thanked everyone in her acceptance speech. Well, nearly everyone.

• Linda Pearce

Serena Williams has beaten sister Venus 6-4, 6-4 in the Australian Open final to become the most successful women's player in professional tennis history.

• Jim Pavlidis

Sensual use of gently elongated forms could have been a blueprint for the Swiss master's game.

• Scott Spits

Reigning Newcombe medallist Dylan Alcott has taken out the Australian Open quad wheelchair title for a third straight year, winning the final in straight sets.

• Richard Willingham, State Political Correspondent

Children on school holidays watching the Australian Open are being exposed to dozens of gambling ads for bookmaker William Hill, prompting renewed calls for a crackdown on gambling commercials in sport.

• Greg Baum

At an unsettled and unsettling time in world affairs, this Australian Open final feels like a blessing.

• Scott Spits

It's pleasurable to ponder the could-have-beens and what-if scenarios that stem from the tennis draw.

• Sam McClure and Scott Spits

As the world prepares for Sunday night's "Fedal Final", anticipation of another kind is building as to who will present the trophy to the winner.

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• Scott Spits

What an unexpected match-up for the Australian Open women's final. Legend Serena Williams versus slightly older sibling Venus Williams.

• Sam McClure

It's amazing to think that Sunday night's "dream final" will be contested between two players with such a one sided head-to-head record.

• Oliver Brown

The rejuvenation of Rafael Nadal is a curious concept, given his mystique has always been derived from his image as a man-child, one whose primal intensity on court is leavened by bashful, innocent charm. But in his performance against Grigor Dimitrov, winning a five-hour spectacular in a slam semi-final just months after joking with Roger Federer about playing a charity match in Majorca, he offered a sense that, aged 30, he had rediscovered the elixir of eternal youth.

• Greg Baum

Rafa Nadal has fended off Grigor Dimitrov in a marathon semi-final on Friday to set up a dream Australian Open decider against great rival Roger Federer

• Linda Pearce

Neither Williams sister lost hope of playing the other in another grand slam final, and yet the fact that No.9 will come on Saturday night was described by Serena as "probably the moment of our careers so far - for me, I can definitely say for me". The unexpected element, of course, is not the presence of the 22-time major winner, but of Venus, who has resurrected an illness-affected career that for years had seemed to be in permanent decline.

• Darren Walton

Roger Federer is hopeful a nagging groin strain won't cruel his latest shot at sporting immortality.

• Linda Pearce

But the Swiss superstar believes Melbourne Park's faster-paced court will be more hospitable if the two greatest players of the current era meet - as so many wish - in Sunday's Australian Open final.