Jack Ming Jie Lin, a Columbia tennis player, will miss class on Tuesday. He has a good excuse.
Ashleigh Barty and Priscilla Hon beat Danielle Collins and Nicole Melichar in straight sets to send Australia to the semifinals.
The 12 winners in qualifying this weekend will join the six automatic qualifiers in November in Madrid.
Murray had said the Australian Open might be the final event of his career.
Djokovic broke a tie with Pete Sampras for third-most men’s Grand Slam titles by winning his 15th — the Australian Open — on Sunday. Federer’s record of 20 is within sight.
Osaka, 21, has now won two straight Grand Slam titles and moved to the top of the world rankings.
Osaka, 21, has now won two straight Grand Slam titles and moved to the top of the world rankings.
Jack Sock is the world’s second-ranked doubles player, but he is reluctant to fully embrace that side of his game.
Sam Stosur made up for a loss in the doubles final 13 years ago. Her partner, Zhang Shuai, nearly quit the sport in 2016. Now the two are Grand Slam champions.
The top-ranked player on the men’s tennis tour and a six-time winner in Melbourne, Djokovic now faces the player he thinks of as his greatest rival.
In a match billed as a battle of generations, Nadal overwhelmed 20-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas, who was playing in his first Grand Slam semifinal.
Four times, Serena Williams was only one point — a single point — from closing out a victory in the Australian Open quarterfinals.
The 21-year-old American upended Grigor Dimitrov for his latest surprise victory in Melbourne. And now the fans are paying attention.