Tennis

Australian pairing Olivia Gadecki and John Peers have roared home to collect consecutive AO mixed doubles crowns.

The 23-year-old hinted all was not well moments after her disappointing second-round exit.

A young fan was caught in the middle before officials took action amid fears of an ugly scene.

An apologetic Novak Djokovic has scored the luckiest break of all while on the brink of defeat.

Officials are facing a serious headache with fed-up champions declaring ‘it’s not our job to be a meme’.

‘We’re here to protect the players’ interests.’

‘This is (what) we don’t normally see.’

Home hope Alex de Minaur has suffered a straight-sets Australian Open quarter-final defeat to career grand slam-hunting world No.1 Carlos Alcaraz.

‘I know I’m emotional, I don’t think it’s a bad thing. I don’t do it on court in front of kids.’

The 28-year-old rolled his eyes and laughed as he rued ‘every single on-court interview’ question about his brother.

‘Tennis .... what tennis?’

The 28-year-old has now been told to act before it all becomes too much.

GEORGIE PARKER: Tennis players have enough on their plates without being grilled in this fashion.

The good friends had ‘a lot of motivation’ with a friendly bet, as well as a quarter-final berth, on the line.

Officials have paused Carlos Alcaraz’s warm-up after spotting a banned wearable device hidden under his wristband, sparking renewed debate about how much technology tennis should allow during matches.