MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Second-seeded Karolina Pliskova and No. 6 Belinda Bencic went the same way as Serena Williams and defending champion Naomi Osaka by exiting the Australian Open in ...

The Australian women’s Open had attracted the world’s best players, including No.1 Nelly Korda, before the Covid break and the likes of Lee and fellow major champion Hannah Green had spoken ...

Evonne Goolagong – 1972 The first woman in the Open Era to lose consecutive Australian and French Open finals was Goolagong, who won a total of seven Grand Slam singles titles.

Younger players facing an idol like Serena Williams or Maria Sharapova on a grand stage may feel it is a dream come true. But at this Australian Open, it hasn’t quite led to a fairy-tale ending ...