Nick Kyrgios says he is good for tennis and the sport will get a boost from his return to Grand Slam action at the Australian Open.

Mats Wilander believes Nick Kyrgios has the capability of causing a 'big upset' in the Australian Open, but has raised concerns about the Aussie star's fitness. Kyrgios' first-round match against Jacob Fearnley next week will be his first match in a major tournament in over two years.

Jannik Sinner will launch his Australian Open title defence under a stubborn doping cloud but the whiff of scandal may do little to halt the Italian juggernaut. Sinner remains the man to beat at Melbourne Park even as doping officials seek a two-year ban for the world number one for failing two drugs tests last March.

Here are some of the top men at the Australian Open, which starts at Melbourne Park on Sunday morning local time (Saturday night EST), with money-line odds via BetMGM Sportsbook: Jannik Sinner Seeding: 1 Career-Best Ranking: 1 Country: Italy Age: 23 2024 Record: 73-6 2024 Titles: 8 Career Titles: 18 Grand Slam Titles: 2 — Australian Open (1: 2024),

In the week leading up to the Australian Open, Jannik Sinner defeated Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas in two sets (6-3, 7-6) in 1 hour and 23 minutes of play. The Italian tennis player thus won the

Iga Swiatek, a self-described “control freak,” is taking new precautions — including holding on to extra samples of medicine she takes, in case they need to be tested at some point — after a doping case she describes as probably the worst time in her life.

Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek were both able to go for months last season without anyone knowing what was happening behind the scenes and that they'd failed doping tests.

It was the opening round of the 2017 Australian Open in de Minaur’s first main draw at his first major championship in his home country, when the then-17-year-old saved a match point in the fourth set before beating Gerald Melzer in five sets and almost four hours.

Alex De Minaur will launch his Australian Open campaign against big-hitting Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp, while other Aussie men including Nick Kyrgios have learned their fates.

Alex de Minaur will have his work cut out early at the Australian Open after drawing dangerous Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp in round one at Melbourne Park.

Australian Open, the first grand slam tournament of the year and the 113th running of the event, starts at Melbourne Park on Sunday with four British women, including the 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu,

British tennis star Emma Raducanu has been handed a tough draw for the Australian Open, while Jack Draper is course to face Carlos Alcaraz in the fourth round.

Emma Raducanu has been drawn against a seed in the first round of Sunday’s Australian Open, which features seven Britons now that all our qualifying prospects have been snuffed out.