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'Can I play the winner?' Serena Williams gatecrashes tennis match

Serena Williams poses with the trophy after winning the Australian Open.

Imagine playing a game of tennis with a mate when someone offers to play the winner. Nothing necessarily unusual there, until you look up and see that the owner of the offer is none other than women's world No.1 - and contender for the the title of the sport's greatest ever player - Serena Williams. 

Retirement crossed my mind: Federer

Australian Open 2017 Men?s Final. Roger Federer with the cup after beating Rafael Nadal on Rod Laver arena. 29th January ...

With his 18th and most unexpected Grand Slam singles title in hand, it was not unreasonable to wonder if Roger Federer might steal a move from his friend and one-time tennis role model Pete Sampras and call it a career on the highest possible note.

Masur to bring Tomic back to tennis fold

Wally Masur is in regular contact with the Tomic family.

Incoming Tennis Australia head of performance Wally Masur will attempt to bring the Tomic family back into the fold after their relationship soured under his predecessor Pat Rafter.

Davis Cup umpire undergoes eye surgery

Chair umpire Arnaud Gabas has had surgery.

French umpire Arnaud Gabas has had surgery to repair a fractured eye socket after being hit by a ball from Canada's Denis Shapovalov during a Davis Cup tie with Britain.

Australia's horror start to Fed Cup tie

Daria Gavrilova struggled in her singles match.

Australia's hopes of returning to the head table of women's tennis are hanging by a thread after Alicia Molik's team lost the opening singles rubbers of their Fed Cup World Group II tie against Ukraine in Kharkiv.