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The US Open tennis tournament is adding a 15th day by moving to a Sunday start in 2025

Jan. 29, 2025 14:55 PM EST

The U.S. Open is expanding to 15 days this year, shifting to a Sunday start for the first time in the Open era that began in 1968. Fans who subscribed for ticket information from the USTA were informed of the change for the season’s last Grand Slam tennis tournament — and its new...

Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner's style draws comparisons to Novak Djokovic

Jan. 27, 2025 00:16 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Of all the praise bestowed on Jannik Sinner after he won his second consecutive Australian Open championship, and third Grand Slam title overall, nothing felt as significant as the comparison made by runner-up Alexander Zverev. Facing Sinner,...

Australian Open 2025: How to watch on TV, betting odds and more to know

Jan. 26, 2025 08:07 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Get caught up on the Australian Open with a guide that tells you everything you need to know about how to watch the year’s first Grand Slam tennis tournament, what the betting odds are, what the schedule is and more: How to watch the Australian Open on...

Novak Djokovic vows to strive for more Grand Slam titles at age 37 after his latest injury

Jan. 24, 2025 09:33 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — It could be tempting to write off Novak Djokovic at this point, to think he might be closer than ever to being done competing for Grand Slam titles and closer than ever to retirement, where his greatest on-court rivals — Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray...

Australian Open: Novak Djokovic beats Carlos Alcaraz and gets closer to a 25th Grand Slam title

Jan. 21, 2025 10:22 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic refused to let anything stop his pursuit of a record 25th Grand Slam trophy in the Australian Open quarterfinals. Not a problem with his left leg. Not an early deficit. And not the kid across the net, Carlos Alcaraz, who was making things difficult and...

Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic will meet at the Australian Open. This time, it's a quarterfinal

Jan. 19, 2025 07:45 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — It's time for the eighth installment of the riveting, intergenerational rivalry between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz. This one, though, will be the first at the Australian Open — and the first in the quarterfinals of a tournament; each of the others came in...

Australian Open: Iga Swiatek is in total control during a 6-1, 6-0 rout of Emma Raducanu

Jan. 18, 2025 09:15 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Everything came so easily for Iga Swiatek during a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Emma Raducanu on Saturday in the only Australian Open women's third-round match between two past Grand Slam champions — if you thought that meant it would be close, you'd have been rather wrong...

Wife-and-husband duo Elina Svitolina and Gael Monfils win on the same court at the Australian Open

Jan. 18, 2025 06:33 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Gael Monfils joined Roger Federer as the only men to reach the Australian Open's fourth round at age 38 or older since the tournament field expanded to 128 players in 1988, coming back to beat No. 4 seed Taylor Fritz 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (1), 6-4 on Saturday. ...

Australian Open: Naomi Osaka is back in a Slam's 3rd round for the 1st time in 3 years

Jan. 15, 2025 07:04 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Naomi Osaka's second-round match at the Australian Open could not possibly have started in a worse way. All of 21 minutes in, she sailed a forehand service return well long and, just like that, trailed 5-0. Osaka strode to the sideline for the...

Novak Djokovic breaks a tie with Roger Federer for the most Grand Slam matches in tennis history

Jan. 15, 2025 02:33 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic added yet another record to his lengthy list, breaking a tie with Roger Federer for the most Grand Slam matches played in tennis history by reaching 430 on Wednesday at the Australian Open in what was a tougher-than-expected second-round victory. ...