Australian Open

‘You have your sleeping cycle, rhythm disrupted completely, not enough time really to recover for another five-setter’

Scot fell to four-set defeat against Spaniard in third round of the tournament as Djokovic beat Dimitrov

The popular myth is distance running damages the hips and knees, surviving on the tennis court is a different matter

Russian has struggled for form since losing to Rafael Nadal from two sets up in final last year

Greek third seed has yet to drop a set in the tournament so far

Players battle on the court at Melbourne until 4am local time

Second seed Ons Jabeur crashes out at the hands of Marketa Vondrousova

The British number one, ranked 70 places below Gauff, fell to a 6-3 7-6 (4) defeat

Djokovic will draw level with the Spaniard’s 22 major championships should he take a 10th crown in Melbourne

Rod Laver Arena full of Serbian flags in support as he beat Roberto Carballes Baena

The Scottish veteran digs deep to beat 13th seed Matteo Berretini

Russian and Belarusian tennis players are competing under a neutral banner at this year’s tournament

As the temperature in Melbourne climbed to 36 degrees officials enacted the tournament’s extreme heat policy

Happy Slam’s return to normality suffers another blow with late loss of its most sellable product

Expectations are high for the world No 1 as she aims follow up one of the greatest seasons of the 21st century

Australia’s 47-year wait for homegrown champion set to continue

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Briton works past Tamara Korpatsch to set up second round clash with Coco Gauff

Ons Jabeur hopes to be the first Arab woman to win a Grand Slam while Djokovic returns to his favourite hunting ground after last year’s vaccine shenanigans

The first tennis grand slam of the year is attracting more attention for who isn’t playing, than who is

‘All of a sudden I became the villain of the world which is obviously a terrible position to be in‘

Emma Raducanu will open her campaign against German Tamara Korpatsch

Four-time grand slam champion pulled out of Australian Open last week

Novak Djokovic cuts short practice match after hamstring issue

The British number one was in tears on Thursday after rolling her left ankle

Osaka has not played since September as her world ranking drops to 47

Ash Barty announces on Instagram she is pregnant

She ended her 2022 season early after suffering a wrist injury in October

Multiple Grand Slam winner will not travel to Australian Open where she was intending to be pundit

‘I’ve slipped quite seamlessly into this life that’s just like everyone else, which is kind of always what I wanted’

‘You can't forget those events, it's one of those things that stick with you‘

Serbian was deported from Australia earlier this year after entering county without being vaccinated against Covid-19

Serb was deported on eve of 2022 edition of Grand Slam over Covid-19 regulations

Nine-time champion was deported from country in lead-up to Grand Slam this year