Tennis

The 22-year-old Italian fourth seed was in a different class from the Argentine, spending just one hour and 52 minutes on court for the 6-0, 6-1, 6-3 victory.

The 30-year-old pushed world number one Iga Swiatek in a tough three-set match in the second round on Rod Laver Arena and said afterwards it would be her last time at the tournament.

Ruud, the top-ranked Norwegian in history after reaching a career-high two by making the 2022 US Open final, finally ground him down 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (10/7) after nearly four hours of intense tennis.

The world number one was up a set and a break on Rod Laver Arena before faltering badly and slipping to a 4-1 deficit in the deciding set.

Playing her first tournament at Melbourne Park, Andreeva was electric in downing the three-time major runner-up 6-0, 6-2 on Rod Laver Arena in just 54 minutes.

After giving birth to a girl in July, Osaka returned for the 2024 season only to hit a roadblock at the first hurdle in the opening Grand Slam of the year on Monday.

Sumit Nagal shocked Alexander Bublik 6-4, 6-2, 7-6(5) to progress to the second round of the Australian Open.

Andre Agassi called Novak Djokovic the greatest men's player of all time, arguing that numbers do not lie.

Latvian sixth seed Ostapenko defeated Russia's Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2, 7-6 (7/3), a victory that will propel her back into the top 10 for the first time in six years

Unseeded pair Taro Daniel and Alejandro Tabilo set up a final that will feature two players ranked outside the top 70 after upset straight-sets wins.

Dimitrov got the better of Rune 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the summit clash of the event in Brisbane to claim his ninth career title and his first since the ATP finals in 2017.

Iga Swiatek came into the contest on the back of four successive singles wins this season.

Coco Gauff defeated Emma Navarro 6-3 6-1 to qualify for the Auckland Classic final as Elena Rybakina beat Linda Noskova 6-3, 6-2 for a place in the title clash of Brisbane International.

Rublev will face rising French youngster and world number 36 Arthur Fils in the last eight on Friday.

Hubert Hurkacz and Iga Swiatek helped Poland beat China and book their place in the semi-final of the United Cup.

Matthew Ebden and Storm Hunter combined effectively in the decisive mixed doubles match to beat Jessica Pegula and Rajeev Ram 6-3, 6-1 as the hosts moved into the quarterfinal of the tournament with a 2-1 win over USA.