Australia Davis Cup captain Hewitt says threatened by Tomic
Australia’s Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt said on Thursday he had received physical threats from compatriot Bernard Tomic, leading him to cut ties with the player and ban him from the Davis Cup team.
Halep hopes tough matches will provide route to rhythm
Simona Halep came to Melbourne with odds heavily stacked against her and faced two grueling matches in her first two rounds at the Australian Open, but the world number one believes the long three-setters will help her get ready for the rest of the yea…
Serena juggles business, motherhood before beating Bouchard
Serena Williams was responding to emails about her clothing line and reorganizing her schedule to spend time with her one-year-old daughter shortly before beating Eugenie Bouchard 6-2 6-2 in the Australian Open second round on Thursday.
Djokovic dominates Tsonga re-match to reach third round
Eleven years after beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to win the 2008 Australian Open title, top seed Novak Djokovic bested the Frenchman again at Melbourne Park to reach the third round early on Friday.
Factbox: Novak Djokovic v Jo-Wilfried Tsonga – match stats
Key statistics from the 6-3 7-5 6-4 victory for Serbia’s Novak Djokovic over France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the second round of the Australian Open on Thursday (prefix denotes seeding):
Sharapova accepts underdog tag ahead of Wozniacki clash
Maria Sharapova has blasted her way to the third round at the Australian Open but she has accepted an underdog status ahead of her clash with defending champion Caroline Wozniacki on Friday.
Factbox: Maria Sharapova v Caroline Wozniacki
A look at the records of Russian Maria Sharapova and Danish Caroline Wozniacki before their third-round match at the Australian Open on Friday (prefix number denotes seeding):
Wasteful Zverev reaches third round after five-set battle
Germany’s Alexander Zverev wasted a flurry of opportunities before securing a 7-6(5) 6-4 5-7 6-7(6) 6-1 win over unseeded Frenchman Jeremy Chardy to book a place in the Australian Open third round on Thursday.
Doping: Georgian Modzmanashvili fails doping test from London 2012
Georgian wrestler Davit Modzmanashvili has been stripped of his London 2012 Olympic silver medal for doping violations, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday.
Athletics: Weir to enter London Marathon for 20th consecutive year
Six-times Paralympic champion David Weir will compete in the London Marathon wheelchair race for a 20th consecutive year in April, the organizers said on Thursday.
