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Reports that Donald Young won the boy's junior title over Kim Sun Yong at the Australian Open in 2005 to become the youngest player to win a junior Grand Slam.

Reports on Marat Safin's victory over Lleyton Hewitt in their match at the Australian Open in 2005. Game highlights; Box scores; Background information on the players.

Presents a recap of tennis events at the Australian Open tournament last January 30, 2005. Top players; Box scores; Player matchups.

Reports on the games played at the 2005 Australian Open tennis tournament as of January 29, 2005.

Highlights the victory of U.S. women's tennis player Serena Williams over Lindsay Davenport in the 2005 Australian Open held in January 2005. Matches won leading to the championship; Career highlights; Major plays.

Reports on the victory of tennis player Marat Safin over Roger Federer during Australian Open tournament. Scores of the game; Factors contributing to the victory of Safin; Performance of both players; Brief background of players' career.

Presents the scores of several tennis players participating at the Australian Open. Marat Safin; Serena Williams; Wayne Black; Mike Bryan.

Presents information updates, figures and statistics about the 2005 Australian Open tennis tournament as of January 2005. Men and women's singles quarterfinal scores; Doubles quarterfinal scores; Mixed doubles; Junior singles for boys and girls; Junior doubles for boys and girls; Tennis players; Participation by top seed players Marat Safin, Rodger Federer, Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams.

Reports that Taylor Dent and Joachim Johansson won semifinals in straight sets to reach the final of the Australian men's hardcourt tennis championships in Adelaide.

Reports that defending champion Justine Henin-Hardenne withdrew from the 2005 Australian Open tennis tournament because of a knee injury. Previous finalist Kim Clijster's withdrawal due to a wrist injury; Disappointment expressed by Henin-Hardenne at not being able to play.

Reports that tennis player Ai Sugiyama lost the game against Dinara Safina in the first round of the Australian women's hardcourt championship.

Reports that Flavia Pennetta of Italy upset sixth-seeded Nathalie Dechy of France, 7-6(7), 6-1, on January 2, 2005, on the opening day of the Australian women's hardcourt championships in Gold Coast.

The article discusses the participation of tennis players Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open tennis tournament held in Sydney, Australia. It mentions that Federer remains the senior statesman and leading ambassador of the men's game and leading ambassador of the men's game while Nadal mentions his plans for his final retirement.

The article discusses the Hopman Cup managed by Tennis Australia which features mixed doubles and singles matches for teams from eight countries and a sanctioned International Tennis Federation event. The current trend in tennis is men-only doubles matches such as the international Laver Cup and the Australian ATP Cup. Whether the Hopman Cup will continue beyond 2019 is explored.

The article reports on the victory of tennis player Venus Williams against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in Australian Open tennis tournament held in Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Victoria.

The article reports on the victory of Canadian professional tennis player Eugenie Bouchard against Serbian opponent Ana Ivanovic during their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open in Melbourne, Victoria on January 21, 2014. It mentions that Bouchard was at 31st place of global rankings and earned the WTA Newcomer of the Year Award. It states that Bouchard is the first Canadian player to advance the tournament's semifinals in singles.

The article discusses tennis player Novak Djokovic and his January 27, 2013, win over competitor Andy Murray at the singles tournament of the 2013 Australian Open in Australia. Topics include Murray's foot injury due to a blister during the game, comments by retired player Andre Agassi, who presented Djokovic with the winner's trophy, as well as the players' offensive and defensive techniques.

The article reports that the tennis player Victoria Azarenka beat her competitor Li Na in a January 26, 2013 match at Rod Laver Arena in Australia. According to the article, Li fell twice during the match and may have blacked out. Accusations that Azarenka may have used a medical time out as a break during a match against the tennis player Sloane Stephens are mentioned.

The article reports on the victory of tennis player Andy Murray against Milos Raonic during the semifinal of Australian Open held on January 29, 2016.

The author reports on the performance of professional tennis player Roger Federer during a tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia. Federer won the tournament after suffering from food poisoning a week earlier. The opinions of other professional tennis players regarding Federer's performance in the tournament are discussed, including Diego Hartfield.

This article reports on the 2007 Australian Open tennis tournament. Tennis player Gaël Monfils defeated tennis player Marcos Baghdatis in the second round of the tournament in a five-set match. The article notes that the Australian crowd began to embrace the Monfils, a Frenchman whose parents came from the French Antilles.

This article discusses the 2007 Australian Open tennis tournament. Tennis players Roger Federer and Amelie Mauresmo plan to defend their 2006 Australian Open titles, Federer is hoping for his fourth straight Australian Open title. Other tennis players who may win include Maria Sharapova, Andy Roddick, and Martina Hingis.

The article reports on the performance of Roger Federer at the 2006 Australian Open. The author reviews how Federer won the event after defeating Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus. According to the author, Federer has an acute appreciation for the history of the game. Federer's has now won seven of the last eleven Grand Slam singles titles, including three straight.

This article is a profile of the Cyprus-born tennis player Marcos Baghdatis and describes his performance at the 2006 Australian Open tennis tournament. The heretofore little-known Baghdatis beat some of the best players in the game, including Andy Roddick and David Nalbandian, to put him in a position to make a win at the Australian Open possible. His playing techniques, training and Cypriot heritage are discussed.

Reports the victory of tennis player Monica Seles over the defending champion Venus Williams during the Australian Open semifinals in Australia. Performance of Williams during the tournament; Victory streak of Seles; Surprise on the success of Seles.

The article reports on the victory performance of Swiss professional tennis player Stanislas Wawrinka at the Grand Slam tennis tournaments in Melbourne, Australia.

The article reports on the role of Chinese professional tennis player Li Na in the Grand Slam Finals of the Australian tennis open tournaments in Melbourne, Australia.

MELBOURNE -- The Australian Open, once the weakest of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, now has two stadiums with retractable roofs and a third one on the way. Player response continues to be positive. ''Of the four Grand Slams, it is the tournament that behaves better toward the players,'' Rafael Nadal said after losing in the men's final last Monday. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Andy Murray warmed up for the Australian Open, which begins Jan. 16, with a commanding 6-1, 6-3 victory over third-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov in the Brisbane International final. Murray, who won his 22nd ATP title, has lost the past two Australian Open finals and is 0-3 in major finals. Ana Ivanovic's Australian Open preparations hit another obstacle when she lost to Lucie Safarova, 7-6 (5), 6-2, in the first round of the Sydney International. Ivanovic lost to Kim Clijsters in the second round last week in the Brisbane International and will have had only three tournament matches going into the Australian Open. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The United States lost to Denmark, 2-1, at the Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia, with Caroline Wozniacki and Frederik Nielsen beating Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Mardy Fish, 7-5, 6-3, in the deciding mixed-doubles match. Fish gave the United States an opening victory, defeating Nielsen, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4. The top-ranked Wozniacki, who arrived only four hours earlier on a flight from Thailand, beat Mattek-Sands, 7-6 (4), 6-2. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Rafael Nadal says he is recovered from a thigh injury and ready to play for Spain in the Davis Cup match against Belgium. The top-ranked Nadal injured his left hamstring during the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. He will probably play the opening singles Friday in the first-round series in Charleroi, Belgium. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Jim Courier is a former No. 1 tennis player who won 23 Tour singles titles, including two French Opens and two Australian Opens, before he retired in 2000. Last October, Courier, 40, was named the captain of the United States Davis Cup team. The first round of the competition begins Friday, with the United States facing Chile in Santiago. JOE BRESCIA Q. Andy Roddick has been the warhorse of the United States Davis Cup team for years. Who is in line to replace him? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MELBOURNE, Australia -- The American singles players all lost in the first week of this Australian Open. No more Venus Williams. No more Andy Roddick, John Isner or Mardy Fish. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Kim Clijsters won her first Australian Open singles title Saturday, which was not quite the first that Li Na and Chinese tennis fans had in mind. But Clijsters, once too nervous to think clearly on big occasions, has matured into a more resilient champion. Even on a sultry night when she was not at her best and when Li frequently beat her at her own big-hitting game, Clijsters found a way to find a solution, come back and expand her Grand Slam range. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic were 13 when they first played tennis against each other. It was in the southern French city of Tarbes in the junior tournament called Les Petits As. Murray won in a hurry. ''I won, 6-love, 6-1, maybe,'' Murray said in his droll baritone. ''A lot's changed since then. I'm sure it will be just a bit tougher than that on Sunday.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

MELBOURNE, Australia -- In professional tennis, which bristles with entourages and agendas, postmatch consensus can be as elusive as a great drop shot. But when the men's semifinal between Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic finished Thursday night, there was no debate. No matter which camp you spoke with in the hallways and the players' lounge at Melbourne Park, the conclusion was the same: Djokovic was in rare form. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MELBOURNE, Australia -- As Li Na saved a match point and burst through barriers in Rod Laver Arena on Thursday, it was easy to let the mind drift to another, much newer, tennis stadium with a retractable roof. The Chinese have built one in Beijing, with 15,000 seats, which will be operational for the China Open in October. It was not an obligation -- the Chinese have the Olympic Tennis Center they used in 2008 -- but it is a sign of the country's greater ambitions in the sport. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Judy Murray was there in the front row for her son as he advanced to the Australian Open semifinals on Wednesday, just as she was there at the beginning when Andy Murray's tennis matches were often played against his older brother in the living room of the family home in Dunblane, Scotland. ''When it was winter, he and Jamie would line up all their little trophies and things across the middle of the living room, and that would be their net,'' Judy Murray said in an interview at Melbourne Park. ''A sponge ball isn't going to hurt anything. I didn't mind.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Justine Henin was still here in Australia last week, still in the midst of her latest comeback and still covering court and ripping her signature one-handed backhands with the natural grace and no-nonsense intensity that defined her game. But on Wednesday, Henin, one of the players of this century so far, announced that her tennis career was truly, definitively over at age 28 because of a right elbow injury that she aggravated at the Australian Open. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Caroline Wozniacki moved into the Australian Open quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Anastasija Sevastova on Sunday. She needs one victory to ensure that she will retain her top ranking. The 20-year-old Wozniacki, playing her first major as the world's No. 1 player, finished off Sevastova in 1 hour 20 minutes, capping the match with a powerful forehand winner. She reached the quarterfinals for the first time, and will keep her top ranking by advancing to the semifinals as she tries to win a Grand Slam singles event for the first time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

MELBOURNE, Australia -- The burdens of being No. 1 can be enough to make even a young woman nicknamed Sunshine a little gloomy, particularly when that No. 1 player, Caroline Wozniacki, has yet to win a Grand Slam tournament and has started the season with a new racket and some uninspiring performances. But the mood brightened considerably Friday at the Australian Open. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Caroline Wozniacki beat Dominika Cibulkova, 6-4, 6-3, on Friday to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open and avenge last week's loss in a tuneup tournament. Wozniacki, playing her first Grand Slam as the world No. 1, advanced to the fourth round for the seventh consecutive major but has yet to win any of the marquee events in tennis. Wozniacki, 20, can hold on to the No. 1 ranking by reaching the semifinals in Australia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Roger Federer, the defending champion, ambled to the net, slowly shaking his head after he escaped five demanding sets at the Australian Open, hours before Rafael Nadal breezed into the third round. Federer faced a familiar problem Wednesday -- Gilles Simon, one of only three men on the tour with a winning record against him. Federer raced to a two-set lead in a second-round match, and seemed in the clear. He had never lost when so far ahead in a Grand Slam tournament. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

On the night he beat Ken Rosewall to reach the final of the 1976 Australian Open, Mark Edmondson took the tram home, just like all the fans leaving the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club. His girlfriend, Vicki, now his wife, still recalls the blunt commentary from one of their fellow straphangers: '' 'Nice job beating Ken,' the one bloke said, 'but you won't have much of a chance to beat Newky in the final, will you?' '' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Top-seeded Robin Soderling beat the defending champion Andy Roddick, 6-3, 7-5, to win the Brisbane International in Australia. The chair umpire, Fergus Murphy, called the players off the court at 4-4 in the second set after rain blew through a gap between the stands and the Pat Rafter Stadium roof. The delay appeared to be prompted by Roddick's slipping on the baseline. During the break, he told Murphy, ''I am not getting hurt before the Open,'' referring to the Australian Open, which begins Jan. 17. Third-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka beat Xavier Malisse, 7-5, 4-6, 6-1, to win the Chennai Open in India. ''I'll be taking the confidence into the Australian Open,'' Wawrinka said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Third-ranked Kim Clijsters beat top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki, 6-3, 4-6, 12-10, in an exhibition warm-up for the Australian Open. The match was part of the 84 World Tennis Invitation in Hua Hin, Thailand, held to celebrate the New Year and honor King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who will turn 84 in 2011. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Serena Williams, the two-time defending champion in the Australian Open, has withdrawn from the tournament because of a foot injury. The tournament director, Craig Tiley, released a statement Thursday saying that Williams had pulled out of two events in January: the Hopman Cup, an international mixed teams competition in Perth, Australia, and the Australian Open. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Caroline Wozniacki wrapped up the year-end No. 1 ranking Thursday by rallying to beat Francesca Schiavone, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1, at the WTA Championships in Doha, Qatar. Wozniacki, 20, is the youngest woman to end the season on top since Martina Hingis, 17, in 1997. Wozniacki replaced the injured Serena Williams at the top this month and has won more titles (six) and more matches (61) than any other player in 2010. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

MONTREAL -- In the 1970s, the early days of the women's tennis tour, the calendar was dominated by tournaments in the United States, and the draws were filled mostly with Americans. At the end of 1980, the world rankings had 31 Americans in the top 50. Australia was next, with four. Combined, all of Eastern Europe had six players in the top 50 in 1980. There were still only six in 1990. In 2000, about a decade after the fall of the Soviet Union, there were nine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Wayne Odesnik, an American player ranked No. 98, pleaded guilty Friday in Brisbane, Australia, to importing human growth hormone into Australia before a tournament leading to the Australian Open. He was fined more than $7,000 and could be barred from tennis for two years. Odesnik, 24, was stopped by customs officers Jan. 2 when he arrived in Australia ahead of the Brisbane International. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]