Rodionova's wedding day semi-final

Linda Pearce   Arina Rodionova will request — actually, no, she says she will beg for — a 10am start for her Australian Open wildcard play-off semi-final, to ensure she can fulfil a rather more significant commitment later on Saturday.

I'll ditch Australian Open for birth: Murray

Andy Murray says he's ready to leave January's Australian Open early so as not to miss the birth of his first child. His wife Kim Sears isn't expecting until mid-February.

Matosevic through in Open play-offs

Jason Phelan   Marinko Matosevic can talk the talk and the fiery Victorian is starting to walk the walk at the Australian Open wildcard play-offs.

Rodionova juggles Tiger and tennis

Arina Rodionova received just the birthday present she was after at the Australian Open wildcard play-offs on Tuesday, and with a bit of luck she might get the perfect wedding gift on Sunday.

Shock loss for Rogowska in wildcard play-offs

Top seed Olivia Rogowska has made a shock straight-sets exit from the Australian Open wildcard play-offs at the hands of unranked teenager Kaylah McPhee.

Alison Bai laments fadeout in Australian Open wildcard playoffs loss

Jon Tuxworth   Canberra's Alison Bai will put all her focus on qualifying for the Australian Open mixed doubles draw after she was upset by little-known Victorian Belinda Woolcock in the first round of the singles wildcard playoffs at Melbourne on Tuesday. 

Serena named Sportsperson of the Year

Williams is the first woman to be recognised with the honour as an individual since Mary Decker in 1983, and the magazine took the opportunity to rename its award from Sportsman of the Year to Sportsperson of the Year.

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Thompson after wildcard three-peat

Linda Pearce   A golf cart was needed to transport Jordan Thompson straight to an ice bath from the furnace of court six after his previous match at an Australian Open wildcard play-off - the 2014 finals ordeal replete with cramps, a nose bleed, code violation warnings, medical time-outs, a paralysed scoreboard and an overworked trainer.

Serena Williams' fun-run foot fault

Tennis star Serena Williams has been caught foot-faulting in Miami, when she took a taxi to complete her own 5km charity run.

Matosevic ready to rise again

Linda Pearce   Marinko Matosevic preferred to avert his eyes when his ranking began its spiral downwards during a shocking year.

Brat pack ready to grow up: Philippoussis

Adrian Proszenko   Mark Philippoussis understands the challenges of growing up in the spotlight, but reckons he had it better than current Australian stars Nick Kyrgios, Bernard Tomic and Thanasi Kokkinakis.

Federer excited to partner Hingis at Rio Olympics

Switzerland's two greatest tennis players will join forces at next year's Rio Olympics when Roger Federer and Martina Hingis play together in the mixed doubles.

World's best for Australian Open tennis

Australian Open organisers says the world's top 99 men and 99 of the top 100 women will descend on Melbourne Park in January for the 2016 grand slam tournament.

Get rid of umpires to liven up tennis, says McEnroe

Darren Walton   ​John McEnroe, sport's original superbrat, is advocating the radical removal of umpires in a bid to liven up tennis.

Nadal unsure about another major title, loyal to Toni

Amlan Chakraborty   Spanish great is staying loyal to his uncle and coach Toni despite admitting he does not know when, or even if, he will win another grand slam title.

Kokkinakis withdraws from exhibition match

Shoulder soreness that has forced Thanasi Kokkinakis to withdraw from a scheduled exhibition match with retiring legend Lleyton Hewitt isn't expected to disrupt the rest of the teenage ace's summer plans.

Canberra young gun Poulos almost wins Australian crown

Poulos pushes No.1 seed at national titles despite being two years younger.

Federer parts ways with Edberg

Roger Federer has rejigged his coaching team for next year by parting company with Stefan Edberg and bringing Ivan Ljubicic on board, the 17-times grand slam champion said on Wednesday.