Defending champion Jannik Sinner and 10-time Australian Open winner Novak Djokovic have landed in opposite sides of the draw for the season’s first major, ruling out a replay of last year’s semifinal encounter.

The Australian Open returns with Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka looking to defend their titles and a number of other storylines to watch out for in the opening grand slam of the tennis season. Novak Djokovic’s partnership with Andy Murray has ...

The two defending champions, Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka, enter the 2025 Australian Open as favorites to win in Melbourne again.

In a new Daily Dose of Social Media, we review some moments that caught attention from ATP and WTA stars. Aryna Sabalenka provided a humorous scene at the Australian Open when she tried to take a picture with her Polaroid camera but realised it had no film.

The fact that both players had a rather successful 2024, ending the year at the top in the men’s and women’s rankings, respectively, have made them favourites to win the Australian Open — dubbed the H

Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka are the defending singles champions at Melbourne Park and they each received A$3.15m for their work over the fortnight last year, but that total will increase by 11 per cent to A$3.5m in 2025. In comparison to the other ...

In a new Daily Dose of Social Media, we see how players take advantage of moments off-court to have fun and share time with those close to them. Coco Gauff

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Then, Rafael Nadal wrote the history of men's tennis, winning his 2nd AO title and his 21st Slam, while Ashleigh Barty won a Slam for the Australian, in Melbourne, after years, in 2022. Then it was the turn of Nole and Sinner, in the last two years, of Sabalenka both in 2023 and 2024.

The Australian Open singles champions will each take home £1.75m (AU$3.5m) in 2025 with the total prize money for the grand slam increasing by 12 per cent from last year. Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka are the defending champions and stand as favourites among the 128-player fields for both the men’s and women’s singles competition.

Defending champions Aryna Sabalenka and Jannik Sinner attend the official draw ceremony ahead of the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.

MELBOURNE – Defending champion Jannik Sinner and 10-time Australian ... defending champions Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka walked into the official ceremony on the steps of Margaret Court Arena ...