7:15 AM ET ESPN staff MELBOURNE, Australia — All eyes will be fixed on Rod Laver Arena on Sunday when World No. 1 Novak Djokovic battles the red-hot Daniil Medvedev for the Australian Open men’s singles title (3:30 a.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN App). The pair have had contrasting runs to the final at Melbourne Park. Djokovic,

5:17 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — The trouble for Naomi Osaka at Grand Slam tournaments comes in Week 1. Get beyond that at the hard-court majors, though, and start preparing to etch her name on the trophy. Osaka won her fourth title in her past eight appearances at a Slam, emerging from what

4:28 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — The extreme speed of Melbourne Park’s courts have been the talk of the 2021 Australian Open. Dominic Thiem, a finalist last year, called the terrain this year “the fastest Grand Slam courts I have ever played on.” Jim Courier, a two-time champion of the tournament, likened the surface here

4:54 AM ET Ash Barty will look to rebound from her Australian Open quarterfinal loss at next week’s Adelaide International. The world No. 1 has made the surprise decision to defend the title she won in the South Australian capital last year. “I am looking forward to coming back to Adelaide and having the opportunity

8:52 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — While it’s not easy to fly under the radar as the fourth seed at a Grand Slam, Daniil Medvedev has managed to do exactly that at this year’s Australian Open. In a tournament beset by drama two weeks before a ball was even hit, the rangy Russian somehow avoided

2:10 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka won the Australian Open women’s doubles final Friday night to collect a second Grand Slam title as a team. Mertens of Belgium and Sabalenka of Belarus had a 6-2, 6-3 win over the third-seeded Czech team of Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova.

11:38 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — The finals of the Billie Jean King Cup, formerly the Fed Cup, were postponed for a second time on Thursday. The International Tennis Federation said the 12-nation tournament cannot take place as scheduled as an indoor event from April 13-18 in Budapest, Hungary. Citing “continued uncertainty and the

12:25 AM ET Excitement generated by the showdown between Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams in the semifinals of the Australian Open could not be overstated. The 23-year-old Osaka grew up idolizing Williams, 39, who was trying to reach her ninth Australian final in a bid to win a record-tying 24th Grand Slam. And Osaka, the

12:48 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Twenty-three-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams walked out of her postmatch news conference in tears Thursday after her loss to Naomi Osaka in the Australian Open semifinals. Osaka defeated Williams 6-3, 6-4 to advance to her second final in three years at Melbourne Park, leaving the American still searching

2:24 PM ET The irrepressible Dylan Alcott knows the end of his glittering career may well be just around the corner but Australia’s wheelchair tennis great reckons he can still attain new heights after annexing his seventh Australian Open quad singles title. World No.1 Alcott celebrated his 6-1 6-0 victory over Dutchman Sam Schroder in