World No. 1 Novak Djokovic successfully set up what should be a tremendous final Sunday night at the Australian Open after pounding Lucas Pouille 6-0, 6-2, 6-2 in the semifinals today. It was a night of near-perfect tennis for Djokovic.

“Obviously today was a perfect match for me from the first to the last point,” said Djokovic who improves to 34-0 as the top seed at the event. “I executed everything …

I give this Stefanos Tsitsipas kid a lot of credit. He’s trying to figure things out. He wants to win. He thinks he knows how but in this sport it isn’t that easy. And yesterday after getting a free tennis lesson from Rafael Nadal, he was left scratching his head.

Tsitsipas had played well against Rafa in the Canadian final last year, but last night was a blowout, and …

So one finalist is set for the Australian Open title Sunday, his name is “Ruthless Rafa”, because that’s what Rafael Nadal has become. More on that below. But first, today or tonight, we’ll determine who’ll face Nadal on Sunday and it’s between Novak Djokovic and Lucas Pouille.

Let’s get to it.

Novak Djokovic v Lucas Pouille
I’ll just start out by saying I don’t give Pouille much of a chance here. He’s had …

Naomi Osaka was ranked No. 72 a year ago. On Saturday, she’ll play for the No. 1 ranking and her second straight Grand Slam title at the Australian Open.

Riding a 12-match Grand Slam win streak, Osaka edged Karolina Pliskova today in the semifinals 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. The 21-year-old dominated the first set with her serve and groundstrokes, and punished Pliskova’s mediocre second serve. She led by a set and a …

On a sweltering semifinal Thursday night at the Australian Open, Rafael Nadal gave another free lesson to highly touted rising star, Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Already having clobbered Alex de Minaur and Frances Tiafoe, the Greek was thought to be a much more formidable foe. He had just soundly defeated Roger Federer and Roberto Bautista Agut. He had won titles. He had beaten Novak Djokovic before and he nearly took a set off …

The first Australian Open men’s semifinal takes place later tonight Melbourne time (or in the wee hours of the morning depending where you are) with Rafael Nadal taking on the Greek upstart Stefanos Tsitsipas.

This was supposed to be the Nadal-Roger Federer semifinal, but you can thank Tsitsipas for taking care of that. Instead, we get Nadal against maybe the next Federer? I don’t know and we won’t know for years …

Karolina Pliskova did the unthinkable Wednesday afternoon at the Australian Open. The Czech was down 5-1 and a match point in the final set to Serena Williams yet somehow managed to come back and win six straight games and stun 7-time champion 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 to reach her first Australian Open semifinal.

“I think it’s going to be the best comeback ever so far in my life,” Pliskova said.

Pliskova actually …

Novak Djokovic barely had to break a sweat Wednesday night at the Australian Open thanks to a retirement from Kei Nishikori with the Serb up 6-1, 4-1.

“As they say, this is exactly what the doctor ordered for me after that match two nights ago, not to spend too much time on the court,” said Djokovic who played a long match in the previous round against Daniil Medvedev.

“I’ve had plenty of …

Stefanos Tsitsipas’s breakout run continued at the Australian Open. The Greek backed up his big win over Roger Federer by stopping the 9-match win streak of Roberto Bautista Agut 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(2) to reach his first (of many?) Grand Slam semifinal.

“I knew that win against Federer was important, played a huge role in my image, like who I am,” Tsitsipas said. “But I knew that the biggest challenge …

Little-known American Danielle Collins kept her Cinderella run going at the Australian Open on Tuesday. Just 48 hours after destroying former champion Angelique Kerber, the feisty Floridian came from a set down to defeat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 and reach the Australian Open semifinals.

“This has all been a really incredible experience,” Collins said. “Obviously it’s my first time playing main draw here in Australia, so I think that’s …

Following a late-night win over Daniil Medvedev, Novak Djokovic hinted of injury issue or illness he may be carrying at the Australian Open.

The Serb won a 4-setter during which he took a tough tumble, but his hip/leg appeared ok. But could there me more?

“It was not the fall,” Djokovic said. “It was not particularly the fall. It was just, you know, a little bit of fatigue, a little bit of …

In a rematch of their 2017 Wimbledon fourth round match, Milos Raonic once again got the better of Alexander Zverev, but this time even easier winning 6-1, 6-1, 7-6(5).

The two traded breaks in the first two games, then Raonic just ran away from a very lackluster German winning 11 of the next 12 games. Zverev finally found some form in the third, but still couldn’t manage a break chance. He …

Naomi Osaka won her 11th straight Grand Slam match Monday at the Australian Open, coming from a set down to deny US Open semifinalist Anastasija Sevasatova 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Osaka just beat the tricky Sevastova 6-4 in the third a few weeks ago in Brisbane, and this match followed a similar pattern with the Latvian taking the first then Osaka coming back and holding off Sevastova.

“I think the biggest thing for …

After a horrendous start, Alexander Zverev did about the only you could down 61, 41 to Milos Raonic, and that’s obliterate his racquet win eight epic smashes at the Australian Open.

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Zverev is no doubt feeling the pressure of having never won a Grand Slam or reached even a semifinal. And now with players …

While Federer has suffered losses to several of these younger players – Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev, Thanasi Kokkinakis and Borna Coric – he’s not completely sold that they will be the future.

“I’ve heard that story the last 10 years. From that standpoint, nothing new there,” Federer said.

“About Stefanos, I think he’s definitely done a really nice job now the last year and a half. I mean before that, too, obviously. …