#Rod Laver Arena

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Emma Raducanu's face lit up with excitement during her first-round press conference at the Australian Open when she learned her next opponent at Melbourne Park would be fellow WTA rising star Coco Gauff. The pair will meet Wednesday evening on Rod Laver Arena, and while it may only be for a place in the last 32 of the…

The beauty of Grand Slam tennis is that every tournament without fail produces a few cracking first round matches. This year's Australian Open is no different, with former World No.6 Matteo Berrettini squaring off against three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray on Tuesday. These odds from Ladbrokes were correct at the time of writing. With…

American and world No.7 Coco Gauff will meet British tennis player Emma Raducanu in the second round of the Australian Open. Gauff proceeded with ease on the first day of the Grand Slam, passing Czech Katerina Siniakova in straight sets on Rod Laver Arena. The 18-year-old defeated her opponent 6-1 6-4 and is looking to reach past her previous…

It's time for the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the 2023 season. Defending champion Rafael Nadal will have a tough first round against youngster Jack Draper. You can check out here all the match information, including predictions and odds. If you're in the US, this tennis match will be livestreamed by fuboTV (free-trial). Rafael Nadal…

Rafael Nadal, who is currently ranked No.2 in the world, is arguably one of the greatest tennis players of all time. He is the only player in history to have the highest number of Grand Slams (22), ahead of his rivals, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer. He has returned once again at the 2023 Australian Open, where he will try to notch his 23rd Grand…

Scroll down as we look for upsets, and examine who (or what) might stop Djokovic in his quest A year ago, just as the 2022 Australian Open was starting, Novak Djokovic was on a plane out of Australia, after he was deported because of visa issues. That deportation could have come with a three-year ban but the Australian government waived it and the…

Ons Jabeur's husband Karim Kamoun going all out to help the Tunisian achieve her dreams has caught the attention of many fans and tennis players, including Jabeur's colleague on tour Daria Saville. Netflix released the first five episodes of its ten-episode tennis docuseries "Break Point" on January 13. The series mainly emphasizes the lives of…

Like a year ago, Rafael Nadal could be in a better position ahead of the Australian Open. The Spaniard produced a miracle in Melbourne 12 months ago to clinch his 21st Major title and write history books. Rafa is the top seed at the next week's Australian Open, entering the season's first Major with only 11 matches in his legs after the last year's…

We may only be a couple of weeks into 2023 but we are about to witness the first Grand Slam of the year get underway as tennis' finest heads down under for the Australian Open in Melbourne. This year's tournament will see the return of Serbian star Novak Djokovic, who has won the men's singles title a record nine times. Djokovic missed the event…

The first Grand Slam of the 2023 tennis season has arrived. The Australian Open begins on Sunday night and will continue for the next two weeks until a winner is crowned at Rod Laver Arena. After being banned from last year's tournament due to his vaccination status, Novak Djokovic is back in Melbourne for this year's event and is the odds-on…

2023 is now just around the corner, and for tennis fans, excitement is already through the roof. The main reason for that is, of course, the Australian Open. The first grand slam of the year gets underway on January 16th, and the men's singles final will take place on January 29th from the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne. Rafael Nadal heads into the…

Tennis great Boris Becker has tearfully recounted the moment the door of his single-occupancy cell at Britain's notorious Wandsworth prison closed for the first time. "It was the loneliest moment I've ever had in life," Becker said in an interview with German broadcaster SAT.1, recalling how hours earlier he had been unable to say farewell to his…

Melbourne, Australia, 21 December 2022 | tennis.com.au Alexei Popyrin, Jason Kubler, Rinky Hijikata, Storm Hunter, Talia Gibson and Olivia Gadecki will compete at Australian Open 2023 after being awarded main-draw wildcards. The six Aussies will take their places among the 128-player singles fields at Melbourne Park for the season's first major…

The year 2022 has been full of drama and excitement as star names across the globe have made their name in different sports. Rafael Nadal has been no exception to it as the year saw him become the most successful single men's Grand Slam player when he clinched the Australia Open title in January. In doing so he clinched a record 21st Grand Slam…

Four of the top six seeded players to enter the Australian Open men's singles draw advanced to the semifinals. Rafael Nadal is the most experienced member of the semifinal quartet, but he has not won in Melbourne since 2009. Daniil Medvedev is viewed as the favorite to capture the season's first major because he won the last hard-court major at the…

Ashleigh Barty is the first Australian to win an Australian Open singles title since 1978. The world No. 1 overcame American Danielle Collins to win her third major by winning 6-3, 7-6(2) in Rod Laver Arena without dropping a set. It was an amazing two weeks of tennis for the 25-year-old Aussie, who played with dominance despite the weight of her…

While there are still a number of different tennis competitions scheduled to take place before the end of the year, there will be many already looking ahead to the first major of the 2023 season. The upcoming Australian Open competition will begin on Monday, January 16, before concluding on Sunday, January 29 when the Men's Singles Final will take…

The 21 grand slam title may well drop in Melbourne this weekend, but the protagonist isn't the one many predicted at the start of the 2022 ATP season with Rafael Nadal emerging into the final to face Daniil Medvedev. The hot topic in the lead-up to the Australian Open was No. 21 potentially dropping in Melbourne. It was the premise upon which Novak…

One obvious question about the field still needs to be cleared up. With that said, here's a look ahead at who has landed where in the draw, and what their paths forward look like. After more than a week of waiting, we still don't know the answer to the only question that anyone has been asking about this year's men's Australian Open: Will Novak…

Roger Federer was famously cool and collected on court throughout his illustrious career, but at times we saw the true emotion of what it all mean to him shine through. Whether with an unexpected victory of heartbreaking defeat, the 20-time Slam champion was not afraid to be vulnerable in the greatest and toughest times. In honour of a…

On Thursday 15 September, tennis legend Roger Federer announced he will retire from the sport with his final match due to take place at the Laver Cup on Friday 23 September. The 41-year-old Swiss maestro leaves the game an all-time great, with 20 Grand Slam titles, an Olympic gold medal, 310 weeks as World No. 1 and a reputation as one of - if not…

The undisputed lightweight belt will be on the line when the champion Devin Haney (28-0) runs it back against George Kambosos (20-1). Haney won their first bout against each other, and the rematch is scheduled for October 15 at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. The 135-pound division is full of electric talents, such as Ryan Garcia and…