5:31 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Alexei Popyrin has been unable to secure a maiden Grand Slam fourth round appearance, going down to American Ben Shelton in straight sets on Saturday. Popyrin, backed by a healthy pro-Australian crowd on John Cain Arena, started brightly before the Florida Gators product Shelton took control of the match,
1:15 AM ET ESPN News Services MELBOURNE, Australia — Fifth-seeded Aryna Sabalenka extended her win streak to seven matches as she beat Elise Mertens 6-2, 6-3 to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open on Saturday. The Belarusian player hit 32 winners to beat Mertens, with whom she won the doubles title in Melbourne
11:28 PM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Fifth-seeded Andrey Rublev advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open for the third time in four years with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 win over Dan Evans on Saturday. Rublev hit 60 winners, including 10 aces. “Every match I’m playing better and better,” Rublev said. “At
4:30 PM ET Only Labradors love chasing a tennis ball more than Sir Andy Murray. He continues to thrill and grind, and every time he defies logic on the court, you feel Britain adores him even more than thought possible. Editor’s Picks 1 Related Thursday afternoon in the UK was another occasion when we were
1:57 AM ET ESPN News Services MELBOURNE, Australia — As well as Jessica Pegula is playing tennis at the moment, dropping zero sets and just 11 games total along the way to Week 2 at the Australian Open, you might think she’d be completely pleased with how things are going. Ah, but the No. 3-seeded
4:10 AM ET Jiri Lehecka knocked British No. 1 Cameron Norrie out of the Australian Open following a 6-7 (8), 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory on Friday. Norrie, 27, took a 2-1 lead after three sets against the 21-year-old but let his advantage slip to leave Andy Murray and Dan Evans as the only remaining
2:31 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Concern exuded from Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open press room. It was two years ago, the summer of 2021, and he was fielding question upon question about his nagging oblique injury. “I know it’s a tear of the muscle. Definitely,” Djokovic professed to reporters. “I don’t know if
12:00 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Stefanos Tsitsipas will play Jannik Sinner in the fourth round at the Australian Open after they advanced in contrasting victories on Friday. Third-seeded Tsitsipas saved a set point in the second set but beat Tallon Griekspoor 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-3 to reach the last 16 at Melbourne
8:33 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Tournament director Craig Tiley said there are no plans to alter the Australian Open schedule to avoid late starts and finishes to matches, even after Andy Murray labeled the 4:05 a.m. (local time) end to his second-round win over Thanasi Kokkinakis as “a bit of a farce.” Murray triumphed
12:25 PM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Andy Murray and Thanasi Kokkinakis played deep into the night at the Australian Open, facing down exhaustion and each other for more than 5½ hours in a second-round match until Murray emerged with a 4-6, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), 6-3, 7-5 victory that ended at just past
9:34 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Second-seeded Ons Jabeur became the latest top player to exit the Australian Open in the second round, beaten by 86th-ranked Marketa Vondrousova 6-1, 5-7, 6-1. Jabeur had complained of a knee problem after her opening victory at Melbourne Park and seemed out of sorts for much of
7:30 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic propped up his left shoe on a courtside sign so he could stretch out his bothersome hamstring. He grimaced while flexing the muscle after one point, hopped on his right leg to keep weight off the left after another. He took a medical timeout while
6:53 AM ET ESPN staff Sania Mirza started the final Grand Slam of her career on a winning note, advancing to the second round in women’s doubles at the Australian Open on Thursday. However, it was curtains for other Indians in action – Ramnathan Ramkumar, Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni – in the first round
6:27 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Just more than 48 hours ago, Michael Mmoh had his bags packed and was preparing to fly back to the United States. Now he’s set to pocket $156,775 after advancing to the third round of the Australian Open by upsetting No. 12 seed Alexander Zverev. Dubbed a “lucky loser”
7:59 AM ET Alex De Minaur has clawed his way past evergreen Frenchman Adrian Mannarino to join countryman Alexei Popyrin in the Australian Open third round. The only seeded home hope in the tournament after the injury-forced withdrawal of Nick Kyrgios, De Minaur prevailed 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 in a battle lasting three hours and
3:20 AM ET Australia’s Alexei Popyrin has stunned world No. 9, American Taylor Fritz, winning in five sets to advance to the third round of the Australian Open. The Australian went toe-to-toe with the American No. 1 all afternoon, blasting 74 winners and sending down 19 aces in a thundering performance that left the capacity
3:50 AM ET British Daniel Evans beat France’s Jeremy Chardy 6-4, 6-4, 6-1 to progress to the third round of the Australian Open on Thursday. Evans, 32, rallied to defeat Chardy in under two hours to set up a tie with World No. 6 Andrey Rublev. But it was Chardy who won the attention of
10:11 PM ET Samantha Stosur’s decorated doubles career is almost over following a first-round exit from the Australian Open with Frenchwoman Alize Cornet. The retiring great and Cornet lost 6-3 6-4 to the Chinese-Taiwanese pairing of Zhaoxuan Yang and Hao-Ching Chan on Thursday. Stosur, who is quitting professional tennis after the Open, remains alive in
9:15 PM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Aryna Sabalenka improved her winning streak to six as she beat American Shelby Rogers 6-3, 6-1 on Thursday to reach the third round of the Australian Open. The No. 5-seeded Sabalenka, who began the year by winning the title in Adelaide, trailed the American 3-1 early in
5:53 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Emma Raducanu bowed out of the Australian Open at the hands of No. 7 seed Coco Gauff on Wednesday, but there may be lingering concerns about Raducanu’s fitness after the British No. 1 clutched at her left side throughout the 6-4, 7-6(4) loss. Early in the second set of