Men’s top seed Jannik Sinner is also up tonight, taking on America’s Marcos Giron in the third round. Women’s second seed Iga Swiatek, fourth seed Jasmine Paolini and sixth seed Elena Rybakina are also in action on a day where huge crowds are expected to flock to Melbourne Park.

Jasmine Paolini is one of the most successful WTA Tour players - and one of the smallest. In her BBC Sport column, she discusses how her size is her strength.

Fourth seed Jasmine Paolini shook off some early nerves to sail into the third round of the Australian Open on Thursday with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Mexico's Renata Zarazua. Zarazua, who is playing in only her second Australian Open,

Jasmine Paolini eased through to the second round of the Australian Open with a dominant 6-0 6-4 win over Chinese qualifier Wei Sijia on Tuesday as the Italian savoured a return to the Grand Slam that launched her golden season last year.

Whether it is young children or kissing nonnas, I hope I can give them more reasons to celebrate in 2025. Jasmine Paolini was speaking to BBC Sport's Jonathan Jurejko at Melbourne Park.

Live radio commentary of Jasmine Paolini against Renata Zarazua after defending champion Jannik Sinner wins and Britain's Katie Boulter is beaten at the Australian Open.

Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca stunned ninth seed Andrey Rublev in a major Australian Open shock on Tuesday as racquet-smashing 2024 finalist Daniil Medvedev narrowly avoided the same fate.Roared on by Brazilian fans decked out in yellow,

Iga Swiatek romped into a showdown with Emma Raducanu in early Australian Open second-round action Thursday ahead of Jannik Sinner stepping up the defence of his Melbourne Park title. Second seed Swiatek raced past world number 49 Rebecca Sramkova 6-0,

MELBOURNE, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Jasmine Paolini eased through to the second ... old has eyes on a first Grand Slam title at Melbourne Park, where she reached the fourth round last year after having ...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Jasmine Paolini eased through to the second round ... old has eyes on a first Grand Slam title at Melbourne Park, where she reached the fourth round last year after having ...