No offense to Roger Federer, but what a quarterfinal lineup at the Australian Open these next two days. We have seven of the top eight players in the world still alive, the only casualty being Federer who just had one of those “senior days” in his loss to Seppi – there will be more of those ahead. The Swiss’s spot goes to the electric 19-year-old Nick Kyrgios who will have …

Following a tough 3-set win over Gilles Muller Monday night in Melbourne, 4-time champion Novak Djokovic talked about his upcoming Australian Open quarterfinal match against Milos Raonic, who he has beaten four times, three times last year in the Paris Indoors, French Open and Rome.

“I know what to expect,” Djokovic said. “We practice a lot. We live in the same place. We’re good friends. He’s very confident. He’s been playing …

Serena Williams overcame another first set deficit to avenge her French Open second round loss to Garbine Muguruza today in the Australian Open fourth round.

The 33-year-old Williams has won the tournament five times, but hasn’t made the finals since winning in 2010. As one of the greats of the game – she’s chasing Steffi Graf’s record 22 Grand Slams – she has other interests including being a part owner of …

Soft-spoken Kei Nishikori is on a fast track up the rankings. The 24-year-old broke into the Top 20 in 2013, then last year vaulted into the Top 10 landing at No. 5 after his US Open final.

But the meteoric rise isn’t something Nishikori is quite comfortable with just yet.

“I’m really new to be No. 5,” Nishikori said. “It’s been only couple months to stay this ranking. You know, I just …

Milos Raonic powered into his first career Australian Open quarterfinal today outlasting Feliciano Lopez in five sets. The reward? A Tuesday night date with 4-time champion Novak Djokovic who has beaten the World No. 8 in all four meetings and who also hasn’t dropped a set after a late night win over Gilles Muller, another big server.

Djokovic beat Raonic three times last year including the Paris Indoors final, the French …

No. 4 seed and defending champion Stan Wawrinka will meet No. 5 seed Kei Nishikori in the quarters at the Australian Open after the Japanese No. 1 made surprising quick work of David Ferrer on Monday, and Wawrinka barely avoided a five-setter against unseeded Spaniard Guillermo “G-Lo” Garcia-Lopez.

Renowned for his ability to break down opponents with his consistency, Ferrer was introduced to Ferrer 2.0 in Nishikori, whose defense was impenetrable …

No. 6 Andy Murray needed everything in his arsenal to defeat No. 10 Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-5 in the late match on Sunday at the Australian Open, moving into the quarterfinals against an opponent who will be bringing all of Australia to its collective feet.

Dimitrov looked to be taking Murray to an inevitable fifth set after going up 3-0 in the fourth, but at 5-3 Murray broke back, …

Late in his just-finished loss to Andy Murray in the fourth round of the Australian Open, Grigor Dimitrov took his frustrations out on his racquet.

Down a set, Dimitrov had climbed back from a break hole to win the second. He lost the third but again held a break lead for much of the fourth, ahead 3-0 and then at 5-2. But Murray fought back to even at 5-5. Then Murray …

Rafael Nadal is getting better and better. After a second round scare in which he saved two matchpoints to unheralded Tim Smyczek, Nadal has won his next two matches without losing a set, including today’s 75. 61, 64 victory over the 15th-ranked Kevin Anderson to make his 8th straight Australian Open quarterfinal. And he says now that’s he near full strength again.

“Happy the way I played today,” Nadal said. “Is …

We all know how obsessive Rafael Nadal is about his water bottles. They have to be placed just right, at an angle and not to be touched. But today just as Nadal was closing out a fourth round win over Kevin Anderson at the Australian Open, a gust of wind knocked over one of the bottles.

Oh my goodness!

A murmur came over the crowd as a ball boy quickly ran …

Tomas Berdych has been nearly perfect through four rounds at the Australian Open, reaching the quarterfinals for an eighth straight time, second in a row without losing a set.

But after the big win over Bernard Tomic, Berdych sets a date with his nemesis Rafael Nadal. The Spaniard has beaten Berdych 18 of 21 times including 17 straight.

“Well, I’m feeling very good,” said Berdych. “It’s been a great, great run so …

It’s a Grand Slam so that means Eugenie Bouchard is again playing good tennis. A year after breaking through reaching the semifinals at the Australian Open, Bouchard advanced to the quarterfinals this year after outlasting Irina-Camila Begu in three sets today.

But up next on Tuesday is a fourth meeting with Maria Sharapova who has beaten the Canadian in all three of their previous meetings including the last two French Opens.

“I …

Young Australian star Bernard Tomic lost today to Tomas Berdych in straight sets in the Australian Open fourth round. After match, which was played on Margaret Court Arena instead of Rod Laver where he played on in his younger years, Tomic took aim at the odd scheduling by his home event.

” I spoke to a few people about (the scheduling),” Tomic said. “Lleyton as well. I think the scheduling was …

For American tennis fans waiting on Madison Keys, the wait could be over.

At 19 years old with athletic attributes that include an all-court game, big serve and ferocious forehand, it has been a wait for both fans and Keys, who has seemed to struggle with bringing everything together at the same time to win big matches and go deep in tournaments.

Now with the confidence of former No. 1 Lindsay Davenport …

In-form Italian Andreas Seppi brought a shocking end to No. 2 seed Roger Federer’s Australian Open campaign on Friday, ousting the Swiss 6-4, 7-6(5), 4-6, 7-6(5) in a third-round stunner.

“Just a bad day,” said Federer, who for the first time in 14 years will not see the fourth round in Melbourne. “It had things to do with Andreas’ game and with my game as well. You put those things together, …