Jessica Pegula feels the decision to give herself an extra week to recover from a niggling knee injury has paid off as the American heads into the Australian Open on the back of a run to the final of the tune-up tournament in Adelaide.

Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff lead the women's field at the 2025 Australian Open. The year's first Grand Slam tournament begins on the hard courts of Melbourne Park on Sunday morning local time,

Jessica Pegula feels the decision to give herself an extra week to recover from a niggling knee injury has paid off as the American heads into the Australian Open on the back of a run to the final of the tune-up tournament in Adelaide.

Joao Fonseca definitively introduced himself to the world as the latest teen sensation in men’s tennis, upsetting No. 9 seed Andrey Rublev in the first round of the Australian Open.

Only Jannik Sinner, in 2019 had won the Next Gen title at a younger age than Fonseca, who won all five of his matches at the season-ending tournament for the top-ranked male players aged 21 and under.

Osaka is back in the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time since 2022, getting there with wins over two women who blocked her path last year.

Third seed Coco Gauff has continued her march through the Australian Open draw after Olympic silver medallist Donna Vekic quietly also advanced to the last 16.

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During the match against Rublev, Joao showed all his power from baseline by shooting a forehand winner at 181 km/h. His forehand is the fastest in this edition of the tournament so far, ahead of Mpetshi Perricard (180 km/h) and Carlitos Alcaraz (178 km/h).

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Formula 1 calendar is set to be a gruelling challenge for the teams with races taking place from March to December in four continents.