— -- The Australian Open kicks off our 2017 Grand Slam season. Here's everything you need to know: United States: 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2 & WatchESPN on Jan. 15 BST: Midnight on ?Jan. 16 Bangalore, ...

The Australian Open is a Grand Slam tournament held live from Melbourne for two weeks in January, finishing on Australia Day. Founded in 1905, women have been competing in the Aussie Open since 1922.

Coverage: TV highlights on BBC Two and online at 13:15 Serena Williams beat sister Venus in straight sets to win her seventh Australian Open and an Open-era record 23rd Grand Slam singles title.

Every January, Melbourne Park transforms into a pressure cooker of heat, hope, and history. Players arrive fresh, fueled by ...

The 22-year-old made the tournament’s last 16 last year but said yesterday that she feels no pressure to reproduce her 2016 heroics despite plenty of extra attention and commitments filling her ...

Rafael Nadal on Wednesday reached his first Grand Slam semi-final since 2014 with a superb 6-4 7-6 (9-7) 6-4 victory over Canada’s third seed Milos Raonic. Nadal, who won the title in 2009, would face ...

Catch up on all the Australian Open news from day five in our blog below.

Denis Istomin, the world number 117 at the time, was not expected to advance particularly far at the 2017 Australian Open.

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