Aryna Sabalenka is coming off a massive 2024: Last year, the Belarus native won both the Australian and US Opens, finishing the year at No. 1 in the world singles rankings. But when she starts to feel the pressure, Aryna does what any other 26-year-old would do: She goes shopping and eats a satisfying meal.

It’s been a rough stretch for incumbents globally. Name a country, we will show you an ousted world leader. In 2024, the citizenry in 70 countries—accounting for about half the world’s population—went to the polls and many voted out the ruling party.

Coco Gauff led the United States to its second United Cup title with a statement 6-4, 6-4 win over world No. 2 Iga Świątek a week before the start of the Australian Open.

Three is obviously the magic number in Australia this year. In addition to the three-day opening round (which at least will prevent any backlog of matches building up after the rain-affected first day),

If the ATP Tour has Rafael Nadal, the WTA has Iga Natalia Świątek. A swashbuckling ... support for WTA's return to China Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka & Elena Rybakina will be the Rafael Nadal ...

Aryna Sabalenka comes to the Australian Open prepared ... A United Cup defeat to Świątek may douse some of the enthusiasm surrounding Muchová, but she’s such a fine player.

During the first week of the year’s inaugural major, it’s fitting that youthful energy coursed through the 2025 Australian Open. The conventional wisdom is (was?) that the modern game is so physical that only fully mature tennis players are capable of success—no more.

The US ban of TikTok has some feeling glum, while a hot-temper in the Aussie heat has burnt a hole in Medvedev's pocket. Here are the five quick hits from day eight of the Australian Open.

The tennis season's first grand slam tournament – the Australian Open – is almost here.Last year, we saw an impressive back-to-back triumph in the women's singles, while a surging young gun took out the men's draw.

Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff will square off for the eighth time in the Wuhan semifinals. Watch the best points from their five previous WTA matches here: Gauff's wins in the 2020 Lexington second round, 2021 Rome third round and 2022 Toronto third round ...

Iga Swiatek insists she is not thinking too much about the prospect of overthrowing Aryna Sabalenka from the world No. 1 spot as the Pole believes she will get there if she produces good play and results. Since mid-September, the five-time Grand Slam champion has been ranked at No. 2 in the world and currently 8,120 ranking points.

Star performances lit up the PWHL last week, with Marie-Philip Poulin, Corinne Schroeder, and Sidney Morin stealing the pro hockey spotlight.