5:45 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Ash Barty ended a 42-year drought just by reaching the Australian Open final. The top-ranked Barty, who beat Madison Keys 6-1, 6-3, needs one more victory to be the first Australian woman to win her home Grand Slam title since 1978. Danielle Collins is in her way.

2:36 AM ET Dylan Alcott’s farewell party has been spoiled with the wheelchair tennis legend bowing out of the sport with a defeat in the Australian Open final. After a whirlwind 48 hours, the 2022 Australian of the Year was upset by Dutch second seed Sam Schroder in Thursday’s quad decider at Rod Laver Arena.

2:38 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — When Dylan Alcott won his frist Grand Slam quad singles title at the Australian Open back in 2015, the final was played on an outside court with barely a few hundred people in the stands. Thanks to the work of Alcott and a number of other disabled sports stars

3:04 AM ET ESPN News Services MELBOURNE, Australia — Stefanos Tsitsipas maintained his perfect record in Grand Slam quarterfinals, beating No. 11-seeded Jannik Sinner 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 Wednesday to reach the last four of the Australian Open. The 23-year-old, No. 4-ranked Tsitsipas improved to 5-0 at this stage of a major. It’s the semifinals he’s

9:03 PM ET ESPN News Services MELBOURNE, Australia — Iga Swiatek took three hours in the afternoon heat to beat 36-year-old Kaia Kanepi 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3 on Wednesday, with the payoff being a spot in the Australian Open semifinals against Danielle Collins. “This match was crazy,” said the 20-year-old 2020 French Open winner. “First

7:23 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — World No. 1 Ash Barty just does everything better. Those are the words of Barty’s Australian Open quarterfinal opponent, American 21st seed Jessica Pegula, who managed to win just two games in Tuesday’s night’s last eight tie. Barty needed just 63 minutes to overcome Pegula and book her place

10:03 AM ET Zenia D’Cunha Sania Mirza, India’s greatest women’s tennis player, announced at this year’s Australian Open that 2022 will be her final season on tour. The Australian Open has always held a special place in her career – it was after all the venue of her first Grand Slam appearance, as well as

3:03 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Rafael Nadal stayed on track for a record-breaking 21st Grand Slam singles title with a topsy-turvy 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3 win over Denis Shapovalov in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open on Tuesday at Melbourne Park. Nadal had several medical timeouts in the four-hour match, appearing

12:00 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Madison Keys had just won her first WTA title since 2019 with a dominant run at Adelaide earlier this month, and Jessica Pegula didn’t hesitate to shoot her friend a congratulatory text: “Comeback season,” Pegula typed with her thumbs. “She’s back.” Keys received the message, literally and figuratively, and now

9:00 AM ET Stefanos Tsitsipas booked his place in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open after a roller-coaster win over American Taylor Fritz. The world’s No. 4 player eventually won 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in a match in which he was hit with serve and coaching violations, and he had a won a set