The Latest Breaking News from Maria Sakkari

MELBOURNE: Rafa Nadal’s Australian Open title defence lays in ruins on Wednesday after an injury-plagued defeat that shook up the men’s draw, even as rain wreaked further scheduling havoc at Melbourne Park on day three.

Former tennis star Jelena Dokic says she's hopeful that Ash Barty will one day come out of her retirement from tennis.

After a rest and travel day, the United Cup resumes in Sydney for the semi-finals between the United States and Poland and Greece and Italy on Friday.

Matteo Berrettini has beaten world No. 3 Casper Ruud 6-4, 6-4 to lead Italy past Norway and into the Brisbane City Final of the United Cup. Berrettini’s win gave Italy and unassailable 3-0 lead over Norway on Tuesday and ensured it will finish atop Group E at the mixed teams…

Aryna Sabalenka stood stoically ever so briefly, before crouching for an emphatic fist pump to go with a scream. Yeah, the seventh-ranked woman in the eight-player WTA Finals couldn't hide the emotion, because she knew exactly what she had done. Sabalenka ended world No. 1 Iga Swiatek's 15-match winning streak…

Swiatek has ended the year that saw her reach the top of the game with 67 wins and nine losses.

Garcia will meet Greece’s Maria Sakkari in the semi-finals.

The Greek fifth seed took just 68 minutes to defeat her second-seed opponent

It marked just the second victory for the Wimbledon and US Open finalist in the past nine matches against a top-10 opponent