Welcome to the Australian Open briefing, where will explain the stories behind the stories on each day of the tournament. With the semifinals done, the first major of the year has its four finalists.

Jelena Ostapenko has two Grand Slam titles to her name - she won the French Open singles title in 2017, and US Open doubles title in 2024. Jelena Ostapenko also made history by becoming the first ...

A professional tennis player from Latvia, Ostapenko plays an aggressive, emotion-filled brand of tennis. She has won eight singles titles to date, including the 2017 French Open, where she ...

including two at the French Open and four at Wimbledon. In addition, she captured mixed doubles titles at last year's Australian Open and Wimbledon. Whereas in women's doubles Hsieh changed partners ...

The first tennis major of the year, the 2025 Australian Open, kicked off Monday in Melbourne, Australia.

The opening round of the Australian Open delivered surprises, with several seeded players eliminated in both the men's and women's draws. The women fared better, with only five seeded players out ...

Bencic kicked off her 2025 by splitting two United Cup matches, then qualified in Adelaide. While there, she led Anna Kalinskaya by a set before the Russian retired from their opener. Though Liudmila ...

Defending champion Jannik Sinner will look to seal back-to-back Australian Open titles and deny second seed Alexander Zverev ...

Gael Monfils v Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard If you have any French connection ... Osaka at the Australian Open last year.Credit: Eddie Jim Belinda Bencic v Jelena Ostapenko Latvia’s 2017 Roland ...

Defending champion Jelena Ostapenko has survived an early fright to successfully launch her Adelaide International campaign. Latvia's former French Open champion dropped the first set against Poland's ...

Highlights of the second day of the Australian Open on Monday (all times GMT): 1008 ALCARAZ OPENS WITH DOMINANT WIN Four-times Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz began his Australian Open campaign ...

Jessica Pegula won her first-round match at the Australian Open in straight sets Monday after tuning up for the Grand Slam ...