7:36 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian world No. 1 Ash Barty shouldn’t have too many issues in navigating her way through the opening rounds at the Australian Open, but things could get a little dicey for the Queenslander as the tournament enters the second week. The 23-year-old begins her home Slam against Ukrainian Lesia

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7:32 AM ET Australian Open organisers have said the tournament will go ahead despite health concerns caused by the air quality in Melbourne due to bushfires in the country. A number of players have complained throughout the week after having to play qualifying matches in smoky conditions, which caused Dalila Jakupovic to retire after a

8:30 PM ET British tennis player Liam Broady has accused Australian Open officials of treating qualifiers worse than animals as calls grow among players to form a union. Broady lost in the first round of qualifying, playing his match in a blanket of smoke at Melbourne Park on Tuesday, and said he struggled to breathe

12:45 PM ET Associated Press WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Serena Williams will be part of the U.S. team for its Fed Cup qualifier against Latvia, the U.S. Tennis Association said Wednesday. It will be the first time Williams has participated in the Fed Cup since 2018. Williams has played in 10 previous Fed Cup competitions,

1:40 AM ET Associated Press ADELAIDE, Australia — Former Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber suffered a lower back injury and retired from her Adelaide International match on Wednesday. The former world No. 1 trailed 6-2, 2-0 in her match against Dayana Yastremska when she stopped playing. Kerber, who won the Australian Open in 2016 and

10:38 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — As hazardous smoke from Australia’s ongoing bushfire crisis — which has claimed 28 lives and destroyed over a thousand homes — continues to blanket the city of Melbourne, Australian Open officials are finding new ways to avoid directly answering the question on everyone’s mind – how will the Grand

1:55 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Nicolas Jarry of Chile was suspended Tuesday for a doping violation during the Davis Cup Finals in November. The International Tennis Federation says the World Anti-Doping Agency found his urine sample taken in Madrid contained the prohibited substances ligandrol and stanozolol. Stanozolol is a steroid and ligandrol can

12:39 AM ET Former world No.1 Maria Sharapova says smoke was behind the decision to call off her Kooyong Classic match late in the second set when she started to succumb to the tough conditions. Taking on German Laura Siegemund in the Australian Open warm-up exhibition tournament with heavy smoke blanketing Melbourne, the players and

6:56 PM ET Less than a week out from the Australian Open, organisers are scrambling to cope with hazardous smoke surrounding Melbourne Park which has forced one player to retire mid-match. Slovenian Dalila Jakupovic was leading her round one Open qualifying match at against Switzerland’s Stefanie Voegele when she collapsed to her knees with a