Tennis

Thanasi Kokkinakis grimaces with his pectoral injury between games during his second-round loss. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

Thanasi Kokkinakis makes sad admission after devastating Aus Open loss

The Aussie tennis hero is ‘pretty upset’ because he now knows his ‘future is looking bleak’.

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Thanasi Kokkinakis showed pure sportsmanship to award the point to Draper.

Stunning act of sportsmanship comes back to bite Thanasi Kokkinakis

The Australian hero proved too fair for his own good in a selfless moment during a five-set epic.

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 Jordan Thompson has lost to Nuno Borges.

Crushed Aussie’s painful admission after shock exit

Jordan Thompson has followed fellow home seed Alexei Popyrin out of the Australian Open exit gates with a straight-sets second-round loss to Nuno Borges.

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Laura Siegemund of Germany caused a massive upset in beating Zheng Qinwen at the Australian Open. (AP PHOTO)

German veteran sends Zheng crashing out in Open upset

German veteran Laura Siegemund has caused a massive boilover at the Australian Open, downing Chinese star Zheng Qinwen.

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Nick Kyrgios has backed Thanasi Kokkinakis in his war of words with Todd Woodbridge.

Kyrgios steps up war of words with Aussie great: ‘Don’t be jealous’

Nick Kyrgios has picked up where his friend Thanasi Kokkinakis left off with a message for the former world No.1.

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Kimberly Birrell was ‘rattled’ by a last-minute change of opponent.

Tears flow in ‘rattled’ Aussie No.1’s press conference

‘Sorry, I didn’t want to cry. Obviously I’m an emotional person. I’m human.’

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Alexei Popyrin’s Australian Open dreams came crashing down in his first match.

Alexei Popyrin makes ‘painful’ admission after Aus Open exit

‘I haven’t been in this position before, so I don’t really know what I have to do.’

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Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca roars during his boilover victory against No.9 seed Andrey Rublev. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Teen sensation vanquishes top-10 player at Open

The rising Brazilian star has announced himself on the world stage with an epic upset win overnight.

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 Corentin Moutet of France celebrates winning match point against Alexei Popyrin of Australia.

Aussie star suffers shock Aus Open loss to Frenchman

Australia’s hopes of its top men’s players making it through the first round unscathed have been dashed.

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Alex de Minaur sealed a spot in the second round by beating Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp.

De Minaur races into round two with straight-sets win

Australian top gun Alex de Minaur has shown he's on pace for a run deep into the Open with a straight-sets win over Botic van de Zandschulp in round one.

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Lorenzo Sonego has hit the shot of the tournament.

Former Aus Open champion stunned by shot of the tournament

The much-loved hero watched on in disbelief as the miraculous effort swung the match in his opponent’s favour.

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Daniil Medvedev destroyed the net camera during his meltdown.

Daniil Medvedev destroys camera during meltdown against world No.418

The fifth seed lost the plot as the biggest upset in tennis history threatened to become a reality.

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Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz will play at the same time for the second time in a row.

Australian Open organisers called out over ‘absurd’ issue

The latest move comes a day after another piece of ‘stupidity’.

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Emerson Jones has crashed out of the Australian Open.
A battered Nick Kyrgios accepts he may have played his last Australian Open singles match.-

How Kyrgios could be better than Federer

The Aussie star may need to tweak his game to make the most of a new career opportunity.

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