11:10 PM ET European duo Kristina Mladenovic and Ivan Dodig have made light work of home pairing Jaimee Fourlis and Jason Kubler to claim the mixed doubles title at the Australian Open. The French-Croatian combination, who linked up for the first time at Melbourne Park, comfortably ensured a local team lost the final for the

6:28 AM ET D’Arcy Maine Tom Hamilton Close Senior Writer • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Ashleigh Barty walked to the microphone on the court at Rod Laver Arena on Thursday at the Australian

5:45 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Ash Barty ended a 42-year drought just by reaching the Australian Open final. The top-ranked Barty, who beat Madison Keys 6-1, 6-3, needs one more victory to be the first Australian woman to win her home Grand Slam title since 1978. Danielle Collins is in her way.

12:23 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — For the first time in 42 years, the Australian Open men’s doubles final will be an all-Australian affair with popular pair Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis set to take on Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell in Saturday’s decider. Both Australian duos took care of their semifinal assignments in straight

2:38 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — When Dylan Alcott won his frist Grand Slam quad singles title at the Australian Open back in 2015, the final was played on an outside court with barely a few hundred people in the stands. Thanks to the work of Alcott and a number of other disabled sports stars

3:04 AM ET ESPN News Services MELBOURNE, Australia — Stefanos Tsitsipas maintained his perfect record in Grand Slam quarterfinals, beating No. 11-seeded Jannik Sinner 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 Wednesday to reach the last four of the Australian Open. The 23-year-old, No. 4-ranked Tsitsipas improved to 5-0 at this stage of a major. It’s the semifinals he’s

11:37 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Danielle Collins’ trademark screams of “Come on!” and “Let’s go!” could be heard reverberating throughout the stifling hot grounds at Melbourne Park. It was reminiscent of her breakthrough run at the Australian Open three years ago, but so much else has changed since then for the 28-year-old American. Collins has

2:51 PM ET Associated Press Kei Nishikori, the 2014 US Open runner-up, will have arthroscopic surgery on his left hip this week and be sidelined for about six months. Nishikori posted a message Tuesday on his app saying he tried “several different rehab options” before deciding with his medical team to go ahead with the

6:36 AM ET Australian Open chief Craig Tiley said the Novak Djokovic saga will not define the 2022 tournament but that he regrets how the volatile situation took the focus off the Grand Slam and players leading up to the Melbourne Park major. Djokovic, 34, was deported from Australia after an 11-day rollercoaster involving two

9:40 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Tennis Australia has reversed the decision to ban Australian Open spectators from protesting against the whereabouts of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai, as long as it doesn’t disrupt the event. In November, Peng took to social media platform Weibo and accused Chinese Communist Party member Zhang Gaoli of pressuring