No.7 seed Karolina Pliskova holds a 2-1 record against No.4 seed Naomi Osaka. The Czech won via retirement in the third round of Toronto in 2017 and 6-4, 6-4 in last year's Tokyo final - Osaka's first ...

The Australian Open is a Grand Slam tournament held live from Melbourne for two weeks in January, finishing on Australia Day. Founded in 1905, women have been competing in the Aussie Open since 1922.

Novak Djokovic produced one of the great grand slam final performances to swat aside Rafael Nadal and become the first man to win seven titles at the Australian Open. The predictions had been for ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Men to watch at the Australian Open, where play begins Monday: RAFAEL NADAL Seeded: 1 Country: Spain Age: 33 2019 Match Record: 58-7 2019 Singles Titles: 4 Career Singles ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Women to watch at the Australian Open, where play begins Monday: ASH BARTY Seeded: 1 Country: Australia Age: 23 2019 Match Record: 57-13 2019 Singles Titles: 4 Career ...

The secret to Novak Djokovic's post-30 success? Not his best-in-tennis return. Or his limb-twisting, body-bending court coverage. Or even his baseline consistency or clutch gene. No, ask Djokovic to ...

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2019, file photo, Rafael Nadal, of Spain, returns a shot to Daniil Medvedev, of Russia, during the men's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York. Nadal ...

Aces: Won 79.7% of service games in 2019; among women playing more than 10 matches, only Serena Williams (80.1%) was better. … Led WTA in match wins last season. Topspin: With her talent and ...