Tennis

Yet another astonished spectator who was witnessing the rise of the Russian was none other than five-time Australian Open finalist Murray, who took to social media to share his thoughts on the resilient youngster.

Stan Wawrinka has been on tour since 2002, winning 16 titles, including the Australian Open (2014), French Open (2015), and US Open (2016).

Stefanos Tsitsipas was to face 2021 Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini but the Italian withdrew with an injury on the eve of the match.

Big-hitting Jiri Lehecka bounced back from losing the first set to beat Jack Draper in the Adelaide International final and claim a maiden ATP Tour title.

Novak Djokovic reacted to Sachin Tendulkar's witty pun reacting to the Serbia's charity event ahead of the Australian Open.

The Belarusian raced through the first set against the Russian in 32 minutes, but had to fight harder in the second, breaking Kasatkina once and holding on to win the match in 1hr 26min.

Victoria Azarenka and Elena Rybakina had contrasting wins to see them through to the semi-finals at the Brisbane International.

Ajla Tomljanovic sealed a 2-0 win for Australia with her 6-1, 6-1 defeat of Serbian Natalija Stevanovic after Djokovic was handed a 6-4, 6-4 defeat at the hands of de Minaur in the quarterfinals.

Jessica Pegula went down to Katie Boulter, before Fritz got the better of Cameron Norrie in the men's singles to push the tie to a doubles decider, in which the USA ultimately prevailed.

Nadal teamed up with Marc Lopez, with whom he won an Olympic gold medal in 2016, for his comeback but the duo lost 6-4 6-4 to Australians Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson.

Swiatek led her top-seeded nation to the opening group win, crediting a calming few weeks away from the game after lifting the year-end women's championships last month in Mexico.

Muchova injured her right wrist at the US Open in September, where she reached the semi-finals.

ITF, WTA, AELTC and USTA said they will aim to protect tennis players from online abuse by monitoring, reporting and helping to identify who is behind threats and other inappropriate contact.

Naomi Osaka keen on winning more Grand Slam titles on her comeback after motherhood

Nadal last played at the Australian Open in January, losing in the second round to American MacKenzie McDonald.

Kyrgios expressed his gratitude to Brit Murray for spotting signs of self-harming as the Australian tennis star said he went through a phase when he had an addiction of pain during a dark time in his life.