Carrie Dunn

After his second-round win at the Australian Open, Novak Djokovic talked about the challenge presented by young players

The Frenchman understands why the former world No 1 is considering the possibility of stepping away from the sport again

Alex de Minaur – otherwise known as “The Demon” – joins the fray for the Bastide Médical UTS Nîmes in April.

The Spaniard knows he's close to a monumental achievement but is not thinking about it too much quite yet

The pair will meet for the eighth time when they play in the quarter-final in Melbourne

After defeating Jiri Lehecka and reaching the Australian Open quarter-finals, Novak Djokovic gave a brief acknowledgement to on-court interviewer Jim Courier and then left the court.

Aryna Sabalenka lost her first set of the fortnight – and her first set in Melbourne since 2023 – but still made the Australian Open semi-finals, coming through a test courtesy of Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2, 2-6, 6-3.

Ben Shelton reached the Australian Open semi-final by beating Italy's Lorenzo Sonego 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (4). He will face either Jannik Sinner or Alex de Minaur in the last four.

Iga Swiatek beat Emma Navarro in straight sets but it was not without controversy

Emma Navarro said the world No 2 was ruthless; Swiatek herself was not so sure “I guess ‘ruthless' is a good word. Yeah, it's tough to play against.”