MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Alex Michelson joked that he was too busy at the Australian Open on Saturday morning to have a lengthy phone conversation with his mother back home in California.

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The two essential items in every player’s kitbag will be their tennis racket and the tennis shoes that are needed to navigate various surfaces around the world as the Australian Open is played on hard ...

That's all from us as today's tennis winds up in Melbourne. Don't worry if you missed any of the drama, you can catch up with it all by reading through our reports. Boulter wins in Melbourne to ...

To compete in all four major tournaments and the host of other events across a gruelling season they will need the best kit and one of the important parts of their armoury, aside from rackets, are ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Serbia’s Novak Djokovic points to the sky after defeating Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz during the men’s ...

MELBOURNE—For the 10th installment of its Gel-Resolution shoe, Asics wanted to do something special. So just ahead of the Australian Open, it held the Asics Tennis Summit in Melbourne.

To win a grand slam title is something every tennis player dreams of from the day they start swinging their racquet. Despite the difficulty of winning a grand slam tournament, only a select few ...

Richard Vaughan is an Olympian who has worked as chief execuitve officer for national sports federations across multiple Olympic sports. He has received funding from Sport Integrity Australia ...

Australia’s Nick Kyrgios, left, talks with Serbia’s Novak Djokovic during their doubles match against Alexander Erler of Austria and Andreas Mies of Germany in the Brisbane International, at the ...

Aug 29, 2024; Flushing, NY, USA; Detail view of Naomi Osaka (JPN) shoes on a serve Karolina Muchova (CZE) on day four of the 2024 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National ...

It became clear that the fractured dysfunction that courses through professional tennis was getting worse on a bright November morning in Turin, Italy. Andrea Gaudenzi, the chairman of the ATP ...