Anisimova, who was born in New Jersey after her parents migrated from Russia, exploded onto the scene when she reached the semi-finals of Roland Garros in 2019 as a 17-year-old. As a junior, Anisimova won the 2017 US Open girls’ title, beating the other teenage sensation, Coco Gauff, in the final.

Iga Swiatek is dominating her Australian Open opponents the way no one has at Melbourne Park since Maria Sharapova in 2013.

Without an apparel sponsor, the No. 195-ranked Aussie turned to Ebay and Facebook to source a few iconic vintage tennis dresses.

Paula Badosa and Madison Keys will be out to prevent a dream Australian Open final when they face Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek, respectively, in Thursday's semi-finals at Melbourne Park.

Aryna Sabalenka needed to come from a break down in the third set twice to defeat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova at the Australian Open and reach her milestone 10th Grand Slam semifinal.

Tennis legend Maria Sharapova had both fond and unpleasant memories at the Australian Open - and at the height of her fame was one of the most famous athletes on the planet

Charleston's Emma Navarro was ousted from Australian open with a 6-1, 6-2 loss to No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek in the quarterfinals in Melbourne, Australia

Coco Gauff stormed into the second round of the Australian Open with a comfortable straight sets defeat of 2020 champion Sofia Kenin.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Coco Gauff's consecutive-set streak ended at the Australian Open. Her bid for a second Grand Slam title continued on Sunday with a 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 comeback victory over Belinda Bencic in the fourth round.

Destanee Aiava hopes to soon get a sponsor but in the meantime she continues to improvise and will probably buy a $35 dress from Facebook for her opening match at the Australian Open. This week, the 195th-ranked Australian won three qualifying matches to earn her first main draw appearance at Melbourne Park since 2021.

Kenin, who beat Gauff en route to becoming the champion at Melbourne Park in 2020 ... In the 21st century, only Maria Sharapova (25) and Kim Clijsters (19) recorded more wins at the tournament ...