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Chung Hyeon joins Briton Kyle Edmund as the first unseeded mens semi-finalists in Melbourne since Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in 2008.

Australian Open 2018: Chung Hyeon beats Tennys Sandgren to enter...

The unseeded South Korean needed six match points before claiming a 6-4, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 win.

24 Jan 2018 12:29 PM IST

Rafael Nadal out for three weeks after losing to Marin Cilic in Australian Open 2018

Rafael Nadal out for three weeks after losing to Marin Cilic in...

The Nadal team said the Spanish star could resume playing in Acapulco late next month.

24 Jan 2018 11:40 AM IST

Marin Cilic sealed a place in the Australian Open 2018 semifinal after Rafael Nadal gave the Croatian tennis star a walkover after trailing 0-2 in the fifth set of the quarterfinal. (Photo: AFP / AP)

Australian Open 2018: Marin Cilic in semis as Rafael Nadal retires...

Nadal's retirement follows the departure of Novak Djokovic, with his immediate playing future uncertain after an elbow...

23 Jan 2018 5:56 PM IST

Edmund is the only British man in the main draw after three-times grand slam champion Andy Murray withdrew to have surgery on his hip. (Photo: AP)

Australian Open 2018: Edmund stuns Dimitrov; Mertens downs Svitolina...

The unseeded 23-year-old, playing in his first grand slam quarter-final won the match 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4.

23 Jan 2018 1:35 PM IST

: Karolina Pliskova rallied from a set down to beat fellow Czech and 20th seed Barbora Strycova 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-2 and make the Australian Open quarter-finals on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Australian Open: Karolina Pliskova rallies to quarterfinal, beats...

Pliskova, 24, stands 1.86 metres tall (6ft 1in) and used her height to serve more aces than any other player on the WTA...

22 Jan 2018 8:39 PM IST

Australian Open 2018: Rohan Bopanna, Divij Sharan bow out of men's...

Combining with Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France, Bopanna lost to Oliver Marach of Austria and Croatia's Mate Pavic.

22 Jan 2018 6:02 PM IST

Australian Open 2018: Hyeon Chung dumps wounded Novak Djokovic in 4th...

Djokovic took a medical timeout to have his right arm massaged before the start of the second set.

22 Jan 2018 5:31 PM IST

Australian Open: Roger Federer charges into quarterfinals, beats Marton Fucsovics

Australian Open: Roger Federer charges into quarterfinals, beats...

The Swiss second seed was too strong for the 80th-ranked Fucsovics, winning 6-4, 7-6 (7/3), 6-2 in just over two hours...

22 Jan 2018 1:09 PM IST

The Indo-Hungarian pair of Rohan Bopanna and Tmea Babos brushed aside the duo of Ellen Perez and Andrew Whittington 6-2, 6-4 on the Margaret Court Arena. (Photo: AFP)

Australian Open 2018: Rohan Bopanna-Tmea Babos advance into...

The two will next face the pair of Vania King and Franko Å kugor in the last 16 clash.

21 Jan 2018 5:00 PM IST

After embracing at the net, his spot in a 10th Australian Open quarterfinal secure, top-ranked, Rafael Nadal draped an arm around his Argentine friend and patted him on top of the head.(Photo: AP)

Australian Open 2018: Rafael Nadal defeats Diego Schwartzman to reach...

Nadal will next play sixth-seeded Marin Cilic, who collected his 100th Grand Slam match win.

21 Jan 2018 3:46 PM IST

Leander Paes and Purav Raja crashed out of the Australian Open after losing to Juan Cabal and Robert Farah in Mens Double third round. (Photo: Twitter / Leander Paes)

Australian Open 2018: Leander Paes, Purav Raja crash out of men's...

The Indian pair lost to the 11th seeded Colombian duo 1-6, 2-6 in an hour-and-nine-minute-long match.

21 Jan 2018 10:53 AM IST

Gasquet played a solid match, studded with his trademark occasional moments of shot-making brilliance, but that was never enough to overcome one of the best players of all time. (Photo: AP)

Australian Open 2018: Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic advance to 4th...

36-year-old defending champion Federer reached the fourth round of the Melbourne Park tournament for the 16th time.

20 Jan 2018 6:52 PM IST