Naomi Osaka was happy after gaining 'revenge' over Karolina Muchova to reach the third round of the Australian Open. She lost to her Czech rival in straight sets at the US Open but came back from a set down in Melbourne to win 1-6 6-1 6-3.

Novak Djokovic overcame an early jolt to remain in the hunt for a record 25th Grand Slam title while his two young rivals Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz moved into the Australian Open second round with more emphatic victories on Monday.

Carlos Alcaraz‘s quest for his first Australian Open title ended when Novak Djokovic came from a set down to beat him in the quarterfinals with a scoreline of 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4.

Thanasi Kokkinakis has lost to British 15th seed Jack Draper in a thrilling second round match at the Australian Open.Meanwhile, Aleksandar Vukic beat American Sebastian Korda in a rain-affected five-set battle to advance to the third round of the Australian Open.

It led to the absurd scenario where neither Djokovic, the 24-time slam champion, or Alcaraz, with four slams on his resume aged just 21, was being shown on Aussie television as they began their tournaments. But for whatever reason, Djokovic and Alcaraz will again overlap on Wednesday, and neither man will feature in primetime either.

Matches today: 10-time champion Novak Djokovic and top-seed Aryna Sabalenka will be in aciton in their respective singles games.

Another blockbuster Australian Open is upon us, spearheaded by Emma Raducanu's second-round win over her close friend Amanda Anisimova. The Brit, who reached the third round of a hard court Slam for the first time since winning the US Open in 2021, set up a blockbuster clash with Iga Swiatek on Saturday.

Canada's Denis Shapovalov has been eliminated from the Australian Open after falling to Lorenzo Musetti of Italy in second-round play in Melbourne. Fellow Gabriel Diallo was also ousted from the tournament with a second-round loss to No.

The Australian Open experienced a wild day on Thursday, capped by a sad ending to Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis’ bid for another doubles title.

Follow Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, and game-by-game updates as Alex de Minaur progresses to round three, Katie Boulter gets underway against Veronika Kudermetova.

Kyrgios and Kokkinakis, the men's doubles champions at Melbourne Park in 2022, retired while down 7-5, 3-2 against another Australian team, James Duckworth and Aleksandar Vukic. Both Kyrgios (strained abdominal muscle) and Kokkinakis (right shoulder trouble) came into the match dealing with physical issues after losses in singles.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (AP) _ Results Wednesday from Australian Open at Melbourne Park (seedings in parentheses): Jiri Lehecka (24), Czechia, def. Hugo Gaston, France, 6-3, 3-1, ret. Carlos Alcaraz (3), Spain, def. Yoshihito Nishioka, Japan, 6-0, 6-1, 6-4.