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Australian Open 2018: Players fitness in question ahead of 1st Grand Slam of the year

Australian Open 2018: Players fitness in question ahead of 1st Grand...

The tournament will get underway on Monday with big names already withdrawing from the event.

12 Jan 2018 12:19 PM IST

The remaining 2017 majors were shared by three rising stars of the game, with Latvian teen Jelena Ostapenko storming to the French Open title, Garbine Muguruza winning Wimbledon and Sloane Stephens returning from injury to lift the U.S. Open crown. (Photo: AFP)

Australian Open 2018: Serena Williams' absence not a bad sign, here's...

Williams left Melbourne a year ago with a 23rd grand slam title under her belt but soon hung up her racket for the...

11 Jan 2018 1:54 PM IST

Rafael Nadal (left) defending champion Roger Federer (right) and Novak Djokovic at the top of the mens seedings

Australian Open: Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer get top two seeding,...

The seedings for the first Grand Slam of the year have gone largely according to the ATP world rankings.

11 Jan 2018 1:23 PM IST

Sydney International: Rohan Bopanna and Roger-Vasselin reach doubles'...

The duo will next take on top-seeded pair of Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo.

10 Jan 2018 8:54 PM IST

Garbine Muguruza had retired in the third set from her first match at the Brisbane International last week with leg cramps. (Photo:AP)

Sydney International: Garbine Muguruza withdraws after suffering ...

The withdrawl led to handing a walkover to her quarterfinal opponent Daria Gavrilova, who beat Sam Stosur 6-4, 6-2.

10 Jan 2018 4:43 PM IST

Novak Djokovic who will be chasing a record seventh Australian Open crown next week, had pulled out of a warm-up Abu Dhabi tournament. (Photo: AP)

Kooyong Classic: Novak Djokovic beats Dominic Thiem to win his 1st...

This was Djokovic's first competitive outing since losing a Wimbledon quarter-final to Tomas Berdych last July.

10 Jan 2018 11:24 AM IST

In Serena Williams absence Simona Halep (left) and Caroline Wozniacki (right) hope to make their Slam breakthrough. (Photo: AP)

Australian Open 2018: Simona Halep, Caroline Wozniacki eye maiden...

Serena Williams announced she wouldn't defend her title, saying she was 'super close' but not quite ready.

10 Jan 2018 10:48 AM IST

Wawrinka is in Melbourne without his long-time coach Magnus Norman after their split late last year. (Photo: AP)

Stan Wawrinka says he is ready for Australian Open after 6-month...

Wawrinka, who defeated Rafael Nadal to win the 2014 Australian title, has slipped to nine in the world rankings.

9 Jan 2018 1:32 PM IST

Kooyong Classic: Trouble knee fine, Rafael Nadal loses to Richard Gasquet

Kooyong Classic: Trouble knee 'fine', Rafael Nadal loses to Richard...

Nadal's knee injury hampered the end of his 2017 season and forced him to skip last week's Brisbane International.

9 Jan 2018 11:42 AM IST

Andy Murray has been told to expect a 14-week recovery period and he is targeting a return to the court by June. (Photo:AFP)

Andy Murray undergoes hip surgery, hopes to be back for Wimbledon

The former No. 1-ranked has not played a competitive match since a quarterfinal exit at Wimbledon last July.

9 Jan 2018 9:24 AM IST

Former No. 1-ranked Victoria Azarenka played only six matches in 2017, and her year-ending ranking plummeted to No. 208.

Australian Open: Former champion Victoria Azarenka withdraws from the...

Azarenka has been involved in a custody dispute involving her son Leo, who was born in 2016.

9 Jan 2018 8:58 AM IST

The biggest take away from the tournament is the trust in my tennis: Kevin Anderson

The biggest take away from the tournament is the trust in my tennis:...

The South African lost to Gilles Simone in the final of the inaugural tournament in Pune .

7 Jan 2018 2:28 PM IST