11:25 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Top-ranked doubles player Robert Farah was provisionally suspended by the International Tennis Federation on Tuesday pending a disciplinary hearing into his positive doping test. The ITF formally imposed the suspension hours after the Australian Open began. Farah had been due to play in Melbourne with long-time doubles partner

2:35 AM ET Britain’s Johanna Konta and Kyle Edmund have both been knocked out of the Australian Open in the opening round after suffering straight sets defeats in Melbourne. World No. 13 Konta, who made it to the semifinals of the tournament in 2016, was the first big-name player to be knocked out of the

5:30 AM ET Simon Cambers a MELBOURNE, Australia — When Coco Gauff beat Venus Williams at Wimbledon last summer, it was a huge shock. The 38-year-old knocked off by an almost unknown 15-year-old on her favorite surface, the hallowed Centre Court at Wimbledon where Williams had been the queen of grass five times. But seven

4:00 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — For all of the concerns about air quality at the Australian Open, it turned out the biggest issue related to playing conditions on Day 1 was heavy rain — which, hopefully, will also help tamp down the destructive wildfires burning in parts of the country. The three

4:50 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — After 45 minutes of play on Rod Laver Arena, there was a genuine fear among locals that the Ash Barty party was going to be over before it had really begun. World No. 120 Lesia Tsurenko had pocketed the first set 7-5 as the home hero struggled to find

9:12 AM ET Can anyone stop Novak Djokovic from an eighth Australian Open title? Will Serena Williams finally win her record-tying 24th career Grand Slam? And which players will emerge as the breakout stars in Melbourne? There are many compelling storylines going into the 2020 Australian Open, which begins Monday (watch on ESPN, ESPN2 and

9:16 AM ET Simon Cambers MELBOURNE, Australia — History. For all the money now available in top-level tennis, the top players are motivated by titles. And the very best players of all time are driven by the thought of Grand Slam titles. Because winning Grand Slams means history. Sometimes, the stars align so that history-makers

1:56 AM ET Simon Cambers MELBOURNE, Australia — World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty insists she is not feeling any extra pressure to win this year’s Australian Open but joked on Sunday that seeing her face everywhere in the city has made her feel “a little sick”. The Australian, who won her first Grand Slam title

2:56 AM ET Australia’s Ashleigh Barty has captured her first WTA title on home soil with an emphatic straight-sets victory in the Adelaide International final. The world No. 1 has downed world No.24 Ukranian Dayana Yastremska 6-2, 7-5 in Saturday’s final at Memorial Drive. Barty had lost her two previous WTA finals in Australia –

2:40 AM ET Prajnesh Gunnewaran sneaked into the Australian Open men’s singles main draw as a lucky loser on Saturday and might run into world No. 2 Novak Djokovic if he clears the first hurdle. Prajnesh lost the final qualifying round match to Latvia’s Ernests Gulbis in straight sets but was fortunate to make the