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Jannik Sinner beats Alexander Zverev in 3 sets for 2nd straight Australian Open title
Jannik Sinner claimed his second consecutive Australian Open championship on Sunday, never facing a single break point and using his complete game to outplay and frustrate Alexander Zverev for a 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3 victory in the final.
Keys upsets 2-time champion Sabalenka in Australian Open final
Madison Keys of the United States upset two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 in the Australian Open final on Saturday night in Melbourne to collect her first Grand Slam title at age 29.
Jannik Sinner to face Alexander Zverev in Australian Open men's final
Defending champion Jannik Sinner overcame some third-set cramping and beat Ben Shelton 7-6 (2), 6-2, 6-2 on Friday in Melbourne to return to the Australian Open final as he seeks a third Grand Slam title. Alexander Zverev advanced to his third major final when Novak Djokovic quit after one set of their semifinal Friday because of a leg injury.
Madison Keys upsets Iga Swiatek to reach Australian Open final
Madison Keys saved a match point and came back to upset No. 2 Iga Swiatek 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (10-8) in a high-intensity, high-quality Australian Open semifinal on Thursday night in Melbourne to reach a Grand Slam title match for the second time in her career.
Iga Swiatek overwhelms Emma Navarro to advance to Australian Open semifinals
Iga Swiatek's latest lopsided win at the Australian Open came via a 6-1, 6-2 score in the quarterfinals against No. 8 seed Emma Navarro on Wednesday in Melbourne.
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Sabalenka reaches the Australian Open semis as she seeks 3rd title in a row
Aryna Sabalenka's bid for a third consecutive Australian Open championship will continue after she got past Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 in a surprisingly difficult quarterfinal Tuesday night in Melbourne.
Nick Kyrgios's Australian Open loss might be his last singles match in Melbourne
Kyrgios' much-anticipated return to Melbourne Park after two seasons filled with injuries and surgeries did not last long or go particularly well, and the 2022 Wimbledon runner-up was hampered by a recent abdominal strain while losing 7-6 (3), 6-3, 7-6 (2) to unseeded Jacob Fearnley in under 2 1/2 hours.
Tennis star Osaka sent someone to grab daughter's birth certificate from L.A. home as wildfires burn nearby
While Naomi Osaka is busy competing — and winning — at the Australian Open, she needed to send someone to retrieve her baby daughter's birth certificate from their California home in case it got caught up in the wildfires ravaging the greater Los Angeles area.
Swiatek, Sinner discuss their doping cases ahead of the Australian Open
Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek were both able to go for months last season without anyone knowing what was happening behind the scenes and that they'd failed doping tests.
French Open champion Iga Swiatek accepts 1-month suspension in doping case
Five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for the banned substance trimetazidine, a heart medication known as TMZ, the International Tennis Integrity Agency announced Thursday.