Emma Raducanu suffered her worst ever loss at a Grand Slam at the hands of Iga Swiatek. The five-time Major winner thrashed Raducanu 6-1 6-0 in just 70 minutes. But Raducanu defended herself, claiming the scoreline was "harsh".

As much as any top player, Sinner has been able to expose De Minaur’s lack of first-strike weaponry. The Aussie’s strength is his scrambling and counterpunching, but Sinner serves too well, hits too hard, places the ball too precisely for his defense to be effective. De Minaur hasn’t found a way to hurt, rattle, of disrupt him.

No. 19 seed Madison Keys scored the big upset on Day 9 of the Australian Open, defeating No. 6 Elena Rybakina 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 at Margaret Court Arena to advance to the tournament quarterfinals.

Swiatek, Svitolina, Keys, Sonego and Shelton also make it through to the last-eight stage on a hot day in Melbourne.

Alex de Minaur is on a collision course with reigning champion Jannik Sinner after his name was called in the same quarter of the Australian Open draw.

US qualifier Learner Tien stunned No.5 seed Daniil Medvedev beating him in five sets while Danielle Collins made an enemy of the crowd and the Special Ks, who retired hurt.

Alex de Minaur is facing difficult draws in the early stages of the Australian Open. De Minaur will open his campaign against Botic van de Zandschulp while former finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas looms ...

Alex de Minaur into quarter-finals with 6-0 7-6 ... American 19th seed Madison Keys knocked out 2023 runner-up Elena Rybakina with a 6-3 1-6 6-3 win to reach the quarter-finals.

Elsewhere, sixth seed Elena Rybakina has dominated the first set 6-0 against American wildcard Iva Jovic. Big cheers for Alex de Minaur as he steps out onto Rod Laver Arena for his second-round ...

Alex de Minaur won his first round match in straight ... Daniil Medvedev, Jasmin Paolini and Elena Rybakina. But ninth seed Andrey Rublev fell to exciting Brazilian 18-year-old João Fonseca ...

Melbourne's famously unpredictable weather is conspiring against Alex de Minaur at the Australian Open, with much cooler conditions expected for his quarter-final showdown against Jannik Sinner. Australia's World No.