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In the world tennis rankings, Hubert Hurkacz rose from 55th to 52nd place, and Kamil Majchrzak rose from 59th to 55th, his highest rankings of all time. Spain's Carlos Alcaraz remains in the lead, having extended his lead over Italy's Jannik Sinner with his Australian Open triumph. In the women's rankings, Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka leads the rankings ahead of Iga Świątek.more

Carlos Alcaraz defeated Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic 2–6, 6–2, 6–3, 7–5 in the Australian Open final in Melbourne. The 22-year-old Spaniard, who leads the world rankings, became the youngest player in history to complete the Career Grand Slam.more

Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka failed to win her third Grand Slam title at the Australian Open. The top-ranked tennis player lost 4-6, 6-4, 4-6 to Yelena Rybakina in the final in Melbourne on Saturday. The Kazakhstani player won the Australian Open for the second time – previously at Wimbledon 2022.more

Neal Skupski continued Britain’s impressive recent record in men’s doubles by winning the Australian Open title in tandem with American Christian Harrison. The newly-formed pair, playing in just their second tournament together, defeated the Australian wildcard duo Jason Kubler and Marc Polmans 7-6 (4), 6-4 on Rod Laver Arena.more

Following complaints from Iga Świątek and American Coco Gauff about the lack of privacy during the Australian Open Grand Slam, the WTA, which oversees women's tennis, has assured players that it supports them on this issue and has already taken steps to reduce the number of cameras in Melbourne.more

Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic and world number one Carlos Alcaraz have advanced to the final of the Australian Open Grand Slam. Djoković defeated defending champion Jannik Sinner of Italy, while Alcaraz eliminated Alexander Zverev of Germany after a five-set battle.more

Aryna Sabalenka and Yelena Rybakina will face each other once again in the Australian Open final. The world number one from Belarus defeated Ukraine's Elina Svitolina in yesterday's semi-final, while the Kazakhstani won a fierce match against American Jessica Pegula. Tomorrow's final will therefore be a repeat of the 2023 match, when Sabalenka won her first Grand Slam title by defeating Rybakina.more

Jan Zieliński and Britain's Luke Johnson were eliminated in the doubles semifinals of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Thursday, losing to Australians Jason Kubler and Mark Polmans.more

Jan Zieliński and Briton Luke Johnson advanced to the semi-finals of the doubles at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne. Today, they defeated fourth seeds Marcelo Arevalo of El Salvador and Mate Pavic of Croatia 7:6 (7-5), 6:2.more

Second seed Iga Świątek lost to Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina (No. 5) 5-7, 1-6 in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open. The match lasted one hour and 35 minutes. The tournament in Melbourne remains the only Grand Slam that the Polish tennis player has not won.more

Elina Svitolina needed just 59 minutes to advance to the semi-finals of the Australian Open. The 12th-seeded Ukrainian tennis player defeated American Coco Gauff (No. 3) 6-1, 6-2. In the semi-finals, she will face the leader of the rankings, Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus.more

Iga Świątek defeated Australia's Maddison Inglis 6-0, 6-3 in the round of 16 at the Australian Open Grand Slam in Melbourne. On Wednesday, the world's second-ranked tennis player will face fifth-seeded Yelena Rybakina of Kazakhstan.more

Aryna Sabalenka advanced to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open Grand Slam tournament. The world number one Belarusian tennis player defeated 19-year-old Canadian Victoria Mboko 6-1, 7-6 (7-1). Iga Świątek will play Australian tennis player Maddison Inglis tomorrow in the round of 16.more

Iga Świątek defeated 31st seed Anna Kalinskaya of Russia 6-1, 1-6, 6-1 in the third round of the Australian Open Grand Slam in Melbourne. On Monday, the world number two will face Australia's Maddison Inglis.more

For another year in a row, Iga Świątek's auction is one of the most popular in the world of sport ahead of the Grand Finale of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity (WOŚP). The Polish tennis player has put up for auction her racket and towel from Wimbledon 2025, where she triumphed.more

Magda Linette was eliminated in the third round of the Australian Open Grand Slam. Today in Melbourne, she lost to the 19th-seeded Czech tennis player Karolina Muchova 1:6, 1:6. The match lasted only 63 minutes.more

Hubert Hurkacz lost to American tennis player Nathan Quinn 4-6, 6-7 (5-7), 1-6 in the second round of the Australian Open. Meanwhile, Iga Świątek defeated Czech Marie Bouzkova 6-2, 6-3 and will face 31st-seeded Russian Anna Kalinska on Saturday.more

Magda Linette advanced to the third round of the Australian Open Grand Slam in Melbourne. The Poznań native defeated American Ann Li 6:3, 6:3, while Magdalena Fręch and Kamil Majchrzak ended their participation in the tournament in the second round.more

Hubert Hurkacz defeated Belgian tennis player Zizou Bergs 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (8-6), 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the second round of the Australian Open in Melbourne. Magda Linette and Japanese tennis player Shuko Aoyama, as well as Jan Zieliński and British player Luke Johnson, advanced to the second round of doubles.more

Iga Świątek defeated Chinese qualifier Yue Yuan 7–6 (7–5), 6–3 in the first round of the Australian Open Grand Slam in Melbourne. The world number two joined four of her compatriots who also advanced on the same day.more

Iga Świątek will begin her Australian Open Grand Slam tournament, which begins on Sunday, January 18, with a match against one of the players who advanced through qualifying. The draw for the main event in Melbourne took place on Thursday.more

World number one tennis player Aryna Sabalenka extended her lead over second-place Iga Świątek to 2,662 points. The Belarusian won the tournament in Brisbane on Sunday, while the Polish player finished the United Cup with three wins and two losses.more

Katarzyna Kawa and Jan Zieliński defeated Belinda Bencic and Jakub Paul 6:4, 6:3 in the mixed doubles, and Poland beat Switzerland 2:1 in the final of the United Cup tennis tournament in Sydney. This is the first victory for the White and Reds in this competition, having lost the previous two finals.more

Katarzyna Kawa and Jan Zieliński defeated Storm Hunter and John-Patrick Smith 6:4, 6:0 in mixed doubles, and Poland beat Australia 2:1 in the quarter-finals of the United Cup tennis tournament in Sydney. Tomorrow, in the semi-finals, the White and Red team will face the United States.more

Poland defeated the Netherlands 3:0 in its second Group F match of the United Cup tennis tournament in Australia. Hubert Hurkacz secured the White-and-Reds' advancement to the quarter-finals with his first point, defeating Tallon Griekspoor 6:3, 7:6 (7-4). On Friday, Poland will face the hosts in the quarter-finals.more