A new Sunday start at the Australian Open welcomes the 2024 Grand Slam tennis season today in Melbourne. And to commemorate this first Sunday, the tournament has slated the two 2023 champions Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka to open play at night on Rod Laver Arena.

Djokovic, who has won his last 28 matches at the Australian Open, will take on French Open junior champion Dino Prizmic. Sabalenak will face German Ella Siedel. Both are …

Is there a new Big Four in tennis? There could be, but it’s in women’s tennis with Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina and Coco Gauff leading the charge.

The foursome are all Grand Slam title winners and currently playing at the top of their games going into the Australian Open.

The tournament favorite Swiatek hasn’t lost a match since October winning her last 16.

Sabalenka is the defending champion and has been …

The Top 32 men are all assembled in Melbourne for the first Grand Slam of the 2024 tennis season. But after another incredible year, can anyone stop Novak Djokovic?

The 36-year-old world No. 1 lost just one match in Grand Slam play all of 2023, and his home away from home in Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne where Djokovic has won 28 straight matches, won the title the last four times …

Italian telecom company Fastweb just released a new commercial spot featuring one of their brand ambassadors, Jannik Sinner. It’s wild.

Via translation of the description: “The road to the future? It is made up of continuous challenges. The everyday ones, the ones that make you grow. And those as big as your ambitions… even the …

The good news, Rafael Nadal has not retired and not re-injured his hip.

The bad news, Rafael Nadal will not be playing the Australian Open after suffering what he called a “micro tear” to a muscle in his upper left leg during a loss to Jordan Thompson Friday in Brisbane.

Nadal got evaluated and the he will now head back to Spain for further tests and treatment, with a goal to …

Alexander Zverev saved the day for Germany in the United Cup final, leading his country back from the brink to beat Poland 2-1 in a thrilling finish.

After Iga Swiatek rolled to her 16th straight match win to beat Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-0, Zverev took over.

Hurbert Hurkacz was poised to be the hero holding two championship points …

After over six years, Grigor Dimitrov is finally back in the win column after a terrific week in Brisbane capped by a 7-6(5), 6-4 Sunday over top seed Holger Rune. It was the 32-year-old’s first title since the 2017 ATP Finals, and he fell to the court in relief after the win.

“It’s been a …

Top seeded Andrey Rublev collected his 15th career title topping Emil Ruusuvuori 6-4, 6-4 to win Hong Kong.

The 26-year-old Rublev connected on five aces, lost just four points on second serve and saved the only break point he faced. The Russian broke for 4-3 in the first and 5-4 in the second, and then served …

After a torrid last half of 2023, Coco Gauff has started this season as good as possible with her first career title defense taking Auckland 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-3 over Elina Svitolina.

Gauff had chances to close out the first but dominated in the second and got a late break in the third to take the match.

“I …

A year ago it was Aryna Sabalenka taking down Elena Rybakina to win the Australian Open. Last year, the two met again in a final in Australia and while it was no where near the level of a Grand Slam, Rybakina turned the tables rolling past Sabalenka 6-0, 6-3 to win the Brisbane title.

It was …

After needing treatment on his left hip late in a loss to Jordan Thompson in Brisbane on Friday, Rafael Nadal gave a status up on instagram on the injury.

“Thank you Brisbane for your support,” Nadal wrote. “Today was a very difficult match that I could have won but all the credit to @jordanthompson2004 for the win. He played at a great level and did a lot of great things. Good for him and, …

Rafael Nadal’s left hip could be an problem yet again. The Spaniard played a marathon losing to Jordan Thompson 5-7, 7-6(6), 6-4 in the quarterfinals of Brisbane on Friday night.

Nadal held three match points in the third set with two coming in the breaker when he led 6-4. But after dropping the second, Nadal …

Novak Djokovic’s streak of 43 straight match wins in Australia came to an end Wednesday night in Perth at the United Cup where the world No. 1 was bounced by Alex de Minaur 6-4, 6-4.

For the second straight match, Djokovic needed treatment on his right wrist which seemed to impact the level of his play.

With the Australian Open now less than …

Last year, it was a hamstring, this year it might be a wrist issue for Novak Djokovic as he heads toward the Australian Open.

In a 3-set win yesterday over Jiri Lehecka at the United Cup, the world No. 1 needed treatment on his right wrist.

Djokovic brushed off any issues with the wrist after.

“It happened in the warmup today before the match,” Djokovic …

Rafael Nadal look about as good as Rafael Nadal could after not having played for 11 months. Last night in Brisbane, the former No. 1 cruised past a man who he had lost to six times in Dominic Thiem 7-5, 6-1.

In his first match in 349 days since losing to Mackenzie McDonald at the 2023 Australian Open, Nadal

“Today is honestly an emotional and …