Defending champion Roger Federer beats Slovenian Aljaz Bedene, 6-3 6-4 6-3 in straight sets

Australian Open: Roger roars in round one, beats Slovenian Aljaz Bedene

Simona Halep beat Destanee Aiava, 7-6 (7/5), 6-1. She will face Canada's Eugenie Bouchard in the second round

Australian Open: The lucky red dress saved Simona as she survives first round

The three-time Grand Slam winner downed Ricardas Berankis 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (7/2) on Hisense Arena

Australian Open: Wawrinka, Zverev, Djokovic enter second round

Sharapova defeated Tatjana Maria 6-1, 6-4 of Germany and likely to meet Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia or American Varvara Lepchenko in the second round

Australian Open: Sharapova enters second round after beating Tatjana Maria

Rafael Nadal thrashed Victor Estrella Burgos, 6-1, 6-1, 6-1, to play Argentina's Leonardo Mayer in the next round

Australian Open: Rafa through to second round

Australian Open: Jelena Ostapenko beats Francesca Schiavone in first round

Bencic beat Venus 6-3, 7-5 in just under two hours at the Rod Laver Arena

Australian Open: 20-year-old Swiss Belinda Bencic beats Venus Williams in first round

Serena Williams will not defend the women's title having had her first child last year but 2008 champion Maria Sharapova, who failed a drugs test at the tournament in 2016, is back unseeded after a ban and will face Germany's Tatjana Maria.

Roger Federer to open Australian Open against Bedene

The 36-year-old was eight weeks pregnant last year when the American triumphed for a seventh time at Melbourne Park to claim an Open-era record 23rd grand slam title and then took the rest of the year off before giving birth to a daughter

Defending champion Serena Williams withdraws from Australian Open

Former world number one Andy Murray withdrew from the Brisbane International with a hip problem on Tuesday, further putting in doubt the Briton's prospects of being fit in time for the Australian Open later this month

Tennis: Murray out of Brisbane event with hip injury

'I am taking it one day at a time. I am going to assess everything with my coach and my team,' she said

Tennis: Beaten Serena unsure about Australian Open

The 31-year-old, who was here for the final of the Premjit Lall Invitational tournament, said she might have to go for a surgery and is looking for a Roger Federer-like comeback

Surgery on cards, Sania to miss Australian Open

Williams is one grand slam shy of Australian Margaret Court's long-standing record of 24 major titles

Serena eyes 'outrageous' Australian Open return

He was jeered off the court by sections of the crowd after his shock Australian Open loss to Italian Andreas Seppi on Jan 18

Nick Kyrgios hopes team spirit can help overcome Seppi loss

It is second runners-up finish for Sania and Dodig together after losing the 2016 French Open final to Leander Paes and Martina Hingis

Australian Open: Sania-Dodig lose mixed doubles final

Serena Williams beat her sister Venus in straight sets at the Australian Open final

Serena Williams beats Venus to win Australian Open

The 17-time grand slam winner saw his two-set lead disappear before overcoming his compatriot to reach the final

Australian Open: Federer sees off Wawrinka in see-saw five-set tussle

Nadal pulled off one of his greatest victories in denying Dimitrov, 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (4/7), 6-4 in four hours and 56 minutes

Australian Open: Nadal beats Dimitrov to face Federer in finals

Only three women can now prevent Serena Williams from clinching a 23rd grand slam title on Saturday

Australian Open: Serena Williams enters semi-finals

Serena Williams beat Croat Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 6-2, 6-1, her sister Venus defeated American Coco Vandeweghe 6-7, 6-2, 6-3

Dreams do come true: Serena, Venus in Australian Open final

She becomes the oldest finalist at Melbourne Park in the Open era, joining a select list of 30-somethings to get that far

Tennis: Venus Williams ends major final drought at Australian Open

Federer said he would welcome the chance to renew his epic rivalry with Nadal as he chases his 18th grand slam title

Federer beats Wawrinka, enters Australian Open final

Nadal beat an injured Milos Raonic while the 15th-seed Bulgarian beat David Goffin

Australian Open: Nadal, Dimitrov set up semi-final clash

Top seeded Briton Andy Murray lost 7-5, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 to German world number 50 Mischa Zverev

Australian Open: Andy Murray knocked out in fourth round

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