By Shrivathsa Sridhar MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Zheng Qinwen was the first big name to exit the women's draw at the Australian Open on Wednesday after the Olympic champion was stunned by Laura Siegemund while top seed Aryna Sabalenka made heavy weather of her second-round match before going through.

The grandest stage on the tennis calendar’s first spectacle each year—Rod Laver Arena at the Australian Open— has both a public-facing persona and one known only to the players and their teams.

MELBOURNE, Jan 13 (Reuters ... Gauff famously made her Grand Slam breakthrough as a 15-year-old qualifier at Wimbledon in 2019 when she reached the fourth round after upsetting Venus Williams ...

Former Wimbledon finalist Kyrgios was making his first appearance at Melbourne Park since 2022 after a string of serious injuries. But his return was ruined as the Scot, who only left university ...

Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff lead the women's field at the 2025 Australian Open. The year's first Grand Slam tournament begins on the hard courts of Melbourne Park on Sunday morning local time,

Love him or hate him, Nick Kyrgios is good for tennis and the sport will get a boost from his return to Grand Slam action at the