1:51 AM ET SYDNEY, Australia — French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova has fought back from a first-set bagel and saved seven match points to beat Anett Kontaveit 0-6 6-4 7-6 (14-12) and seize a place in the Sydney Tennis Classic final. The clash between Czech world No.3 Krejcikova and in-form world No.4 Kontaveit days out

10:00 PM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Limits on ticket sales have been introduced for the Australian Open because of surging COVID-19 cases four days before the first tennis major of 2022 is set to begin. The Victoria state government announced Thursday that ticket sales for Australian Open will be capped at 50% for

11:45 PM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic now knows he’ll face fellow Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic in the first round of his Australian Open title defense, if he’s allowed to play. Djokovic’s visa status dominated attention until the moment the draw was conducted Thursday to determine the brackets for the men’s and women’s

11:45 PM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — The Australian Open draw was delayed at least 75 minutes Thursday amid uncertainty over top-ranked Novak Djokovic‘s visa status. The draw, to determine the men’s and women’s singles brackets at the year’s first tennis major, was scheduled to be held at 3 p.m. local time in Melbourne,

3:45 PM ET Novak Djokovic, at least for the time being, has won his case against Australian authorities attempting to revoke the visa that would allow him to compete in the Australia Open, which begins Monday morning in Melbourne — Sunday evening for U.S. viewers. The moment Djokovic takes the court at Rod Laver Arena,

2:21 AM ET SYDNEY, Australia — Tunisian Ons Jabeur got past Petra Kvitova 6-4 6-4 at the Sydney Tennis Classic on Wednesday for her first win over the two-times Wimbledon champion in four meetings, while Spain’s Garbine Muguruza also reached the quarterfinals. World number 10 Jabeur, whose most recent defeat to Kvitova came at Cincinnati

10:14 PM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic knew he had tested positive for COVID-19 when he attended a newspaper interview and photo shoot at his tennis center in Serbia last month, saying Wednesday he made an “error of judgement” and should have immediately gone into isolation. Djokovic moved to clarify “ongoing misinformation”

11:10 AM ET Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. — No new inductees were selected for the International Tennis Hall of Fame for the first time in its history. The Hall has been around since 1955. Grand Slam title winners Ana Ivanovic, Flavia Pennetta, Carlos Moya and Cara Black were the new nominees on the ballot for

3:53 AM ET Associated Press The uncertain status of top-ranked Novak Djokovic didn’t stop Australian Open organizers from listing him as the top seed for the Grand Slam tournament beginning Monday at Melbourne Park. As expected, homegrown talent and top-ranked Ash Barty was given the No. 1 seeding in the women’s singles draw when the

12:18 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — The prime ministers of Australia and Serbia on Tuesday discussed Novak Djokovic‘s precarious visa after the top-ranked Serbian tennis star won a court battle to compete in the Australian Open but still faces the threat of deportation because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19. The deportation drama