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Australian Open January 16, 2021

Australian Open arrivals hit by 3 COVID-19 positive tests

Three coronavirus cases have been detected among charter flights carrying tennis players, coaches and officials to Melbourne ahead of the Australian Open, health authorities and tournament organizers said Saturday.

Australian Open January 15, 2021

Players arrive for Australian Open; straight into quarantine

Two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka was among the earliest arrivals into Melbourne on one of the 15 charter flights bringing players and officials into the city for the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year.

Australian Open January 14, 2021

Sandgren gets OK to fly to Australia despite COVID-19 result

Tennys Sandgren forced an early clarification of the COVID-19 rules as the first of 15 charter flights began flying Down Under to deliver players for the Australian Open.

Australian Open December 27, 2020

Agent to AP: Federer to miss Australia; planning 2021 return

Roger Federer is withdrawing from the Australian Open while he continues preparing to return to action after two operations on his right knee and a tour absence that will have lasted longer than a year, his agent told The Associated Press.

Australian Open December 17, 2020

ATP: Start of 2021 calendar includes delayed Australian Open

The Australian Open is set to begin Feb. 8, three weeks later than planned, as part of a pandemic-altered 2021 tennis calendar released by the men’s professional tour.

Tennis May 5, 2020

Rafael Nadal ready to forgo 2020 tennis season, look ahead to 2021 amid coronavirus pandemic

Rafael Nadal said that he is ready to sacrifice the season amid the coronavirus pandemic so tennis could return back to normal in 2021.

Australian Open February 1, 2020

American Sofia Kenin wins Australian Open, marking first major title

This, essentially, was where Sofia Kenin was going to win or lose the Australian Open final: Down love-40 while serving at 2-all in the third set against two-time major champion Garbiñe Muguruza.

Australian Open January 29, 2020

Halep, Muguruza take contrasting paths to semis in Australia

Simona Halep went to work a long way from home in the off-season, out near the desert, not taking a day off.

Australian Open January 28, 2020

Federer saves 7 match points in Australia; Djokovic up next

Roger Federer was not going to go gently, of course, no matter how daunting the number of match points — his opponent accumulated seven! — no matter how achy his 38-year-old legs, no matter how slow his serves, no matter how off-target his groundstrokes.

Australian Open January 27, 2020

Sofia Kenin is first through to Australian Open semifinals

Sofia Kenin's breakthrough run at Grand Slam tournament has continued to the semifinals at the Australian Open.

Australian Open January 27, 2020

Steady Nadal beats animated Kyrgios in 4 at Australian Open

Rafael Nadal left the muttering and the preening, the underarm serving and the 'tweening, to his younger, flashier opponent, Nick Kyrgios.