Murray floors Federer in five-set thriller

Britain's Andy Murray faced down his Grand Slam nemesis Roger Federer in an electrifying five-set thriller to reach the Australian Open final on Friday night.

Clijsters, Li closer to rematch of final

2012-01-19 08:00

World No 1 Caroline Wozniacki fought off a second-set fightback to reach the Australian Open third round on Wednesday as Li Na and Kim Clijsters moved closer to a 2011 final rematch.

Peng tumbles to czech in second round

2012-01-19 08:00

Peng Shuai, the No 16 seed, saw her Australian Open campaign end prematurely with a second round loss to Czech veteran Iveta Benesova, 6-2, 6-4, under the blazing sun in Melbourne.

Results

2012-01-19 08:00

Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) bt Pere Riba (ESP) 6-0, 4-0 - retired; Tomas Berdych (CZE x7) bt Olivier Rochus (BEL) 6-1, 6-0, 7-6 (4); Lu Yen-hsun (TPE) bt Florent Serra (FRA) 7-5, 6-2, 6-2; Kevin Anderson (RSA x30) bt Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (3), 6-3; Alejandro Falla (COL) bt Mardy Fish (USA x8) 7-6 (4), 6-3, 7-6 (6); Roger Federer (SUI x3) bt Andreas Beck (GER) - walkover; Feliciano Lopez (ESP x18) bt Flavio Cipolla (ITA) 7-5, 7-6 (4), 6-2; Juan Martin del Potro (ARG x11) bt Blaz Kavcic (SLO) 6-4, 7-5, 6-3; Rafael Nadal (ESP x2) bt Tommy Haas (GER) 6-4, 6-3, 6-4; Lukas Lacko (SVK) bt Donald Young (USA) 6-3, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3; John Isner (USA x16) bt David Nalbandian (ARG) 4-6, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5), 10-8; Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR x13) bt Tobias Kamke (GER) 4-6, 6-1, 6-1, 3-6, 8-6; Ivo Karlovic (CRO) bt Carlos Berlocq (ARG) 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Bernard Tomic (AUS) bt Sam Querrey (USA) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3), 6-3; Nicolas Almagro (ESP x10) bt Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 4-6, 6-3, 6-7 (4),

In photos: Braving heat and sun at Australian Open

2012-01-18 18:06

As temperatures hitting a sweltering 40 Celsius, red-faced players got sweated through at Melbourne Park and Rod Laver Arena during opening days of the 2012 Australian Open tennis tournament, swathing themselves in ice packs wet towels.

Li Na steamrolls Rogowska to make third round

2012-01-18 13:10

China's Li Na charged into the third round of the Australian Open with a 6-2 6-2 win over local hope Olivia Rogowska in the sunshine at Rod Laver Arena on Wednesday.

Aussie Stosur crumbles in Melbourne first round

2012-01-18 13:05

US Open champion Stosur crumbled once again under the huge weight of local expectation to crash out of the Australian Open 7-6 6-3 at the hands of Romania's Cirstea in the first round.

Djokovic dazzles as Stosur stunned

2012-01-18 07:50

Novak Djokovic kept cool in stifling Melbourne heat to kick off his Australian Open title defense with a straight-sets thrashing of Italian Paolo Lorenzi on Tuesday and not even a grilling about a possible players' revolt could make him break sweat.

Grand Slam curse strikes local star

2012-01-18 07:50

Reigning US Open champion Samantha Stosur said she was the latest victim of the Grand Slam winners' curse after her stunning first-round exit from the Australian Open on Tuesday.

'Li Factor' to boost Aussie tourism

2012-01-18 07:50

Grand Slam champion Li Na has boosted Chinese tourism in Australia and could help double the number of visitors in the next five years, a report said on Tuesday.