Fourth-seed Daniil Medvedev extended his win streak to 18 matches Monday when he took just 89 minutes to blow away Mackenzie McDonald 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 and reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open.

Medvedev into Open quarters as he extends streak to 18

World number one Ashleigh Barty declared Monday she's "not done yet" after storming into the Australian Open quarter-finals to raise hopes of a first home winner in 43 years.

'Not done yet': Barty storms into Australian Open quarters

Naomi Osaka saved two match points as she battled back from the brink to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open with a 4-6 6-4 7-5 victory over in-form Garbine Muguruza on Sunday.

Australian Open: Osaka back from the brink to reach quarter-finals

Nick Kyrgios' off-court feud with Serbian ace Novak Djokovic is known to all. The outspoken Aussie renewed his animosity after mocking world number with a Djokovic-like entrance to an empty Margaret Court Arena for his doubles match.

'Just feeling the love': Kyrgios' renews his feud with Novak Djokovic with grand entrance

US Open Champion Dominic Thiem crashed out of the Australian Open on Sunday after losing to Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov at Rod Laver Arena. The Bulgarian defeated the Austrian 6-4 6-4 6-0 in the fourth round clash.

Third seed Dominic Thiem crashes out of Australian Open

Karolina Pliskova said she never got into her comfort zone on Saturday as the sixth seed exited the Australian Open following a 7-5 7-5 third-round defeat by Czech compatriot Karolina Muchova at Rod Laver Arena.

Pliskova points to ring rust as Czech exits in third round

Second seed Rafa Nadal overcame some stiff early resistance from Britain`s Cameron Norrie before easing into the fourth round of the Australian Open with a 7-5 6-2 7-5 victory on Saturday.

Australian Open: Nadal eases past Norrie into last 16

World number one Novak Djokovic missed his Saturday's training session as the Serb waits for his scans after he slipped during the third set of Friday's third-round match against Taylor Fritz and disappeared off Rod Laver Arena for treatment.

Australian Open: Serb ace Novak Djokovic skips training as he awaits scan results

The Australian city of Melbourne has gone into a snap five-day lockdown on Friday after the latest outbreak of UK variant of COVID-19 strain. However, the organisers of the Australian Open have said that the Grand Slam will go ahead without crowds over the next five days.

'Will continue as planned': Australian Open organizers to go ahead with tournament despite snap lockdown

Dominic Thiem produced a comeback for the ages to overhaul a fired-up Nick Kyrgios in a five-set classic at the Australian Open on Friday to send a baying crowd home in disappointment on the last night before a five-day lockdown in Melbourne.

Australian Open: Thiem survives fired-up Kyrgios test in five-set thriller

Serena Williams's bid for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title remained intact as she downed Anatasia Potapova 7-6(5) 6-2 to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open on Friday.

Australian Open: Serena overpowers Potapova to reach fourth round

Birthday boy Daniil Medvedev added another win to his red-hot streak Thursday as the Russian fourth seed demolished Roberto Carballes Baena to ease into the Australian Open third round.

Medvedev celebrates birthday with 16th straight win

A tearful Sofia Kenin admitted the pressure of defending a Grand Slam title for the first time had proved too great after she tumbled out of the Australian Open in the second round on Thursday.

Tearful Kenin crumbles under pressure of title defence

Defending Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic's dominance at the Rod Laver Arena nearly came to an end by Frances Tiafoe, but the Serbian ace bounced back to win the thrilling contest by 6-3 6-7(3) 7-6(2) 6-3 win to reach the third round of the Grand Slam.

Australian Open 2021: Djokovic goes into third round after hard fought win against Tiafoe

World number one Ash Barty barely broke sweat as she swept into the second round of the Australian Open with a 6-0 6-0 thrashing of error-prone Danka Kovinic on Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday.

All business Barty doles out Melbourne 'double bagel'

Naomi Osaka said Venus Williams had an "aura" and Serena hailed her ageless sister as "such an inspiration" after the 40-year-old powered into the Australian Open second round Monday.

Serena, Osaka pay homage to Venus after Open win

Defending champion Novak Djokovic said he played "flawless and dominant" tennis to blast past Frenchman Jeremy Chardy Monday in an ominous start to his bid for an unprecedented ninth Australian Open title.

'Flawless' Djokovic crushes Chardy in Australian Open warning

Novak Djokovic has not endeared himself to fans over the past year, but the Australian Open's undisputed king will take some stopping as he targets a record-extending ninth title at Melbourne Park.

Who can stop Djokovic? Controversial king eyes ninth Aussie crown

British tennis player Dan Evans won his first ATP Tour title with a dominating win over Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime in the Murray River Open final on Sunday. The Briton crashed the Canadian 6-2, 6-3 to capture his first title.

Murray River Open: Dan Evans wins his first ATP Tour title after beating Felix Auger-Aliassime

Serbian ace Novak Djokovic on Sunday hit back at Nick Kyrgios, who criticised the world number one, saying that he has little respect for the outspoken Australian off the tennis court.

'I don't have much respect for him': Novak Djokovic hits back at Nick Kyrgios

Former Australian Open champions Naomi Osaka and Victoria Azarenka withdrew from their warm-up tournaments for the year`s first Grand Slam on Saturday, citing injuries.

Osaka, Azarenka pull out of Australian Open warm-ups

Simona Halep has come close to winning the Australian Open on a couple of occasions and although she does not want to dwell too much on what might have been, it does encourage her to believe that she can go deep in the tournament again.

Halep back on the job at Melbourne Park

Australia`s second-most populous state of Victoria reported no local novel coronavirus cases on Saturday for the second straight day, tapering down concerns about the Australian Open tennis tournament due to start in Melbourne on Monday.

Australian Open concerns ease as Victoria records no new COVID-19 cases

Serena Williams is "super confident" her injured shoulder will hold up for the Australian Open and says she feels more relaxed about the "burden" of bidding for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title.

Serena shrugs off shoulder issue, ''relaxed'' about Slam record bid

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