Twenty years on from Lleyton Hewitt’s storeyed run to the Australian Open final, his heir apparent Alex de Minaur is charting his own course towards the Promised Land at Melbourne Park.

Todd Woodbridge has publicly backed Cruz Hewitt against claims the talented teenager does not deserve to be at the Australian Open.

Nick Kyrgios’ Australian Open comeback fell at the first hurdle and now his Davis Cup return after a five-year absence is in doubt after Australian captain Lleyton Hewitt conceded the 29-year-old was “not 100 per cent” sure about his body.

It was the biggest tinderbox in world tennis. When Australian champion Lleyton Hewitt clashed with his Argentinian foes almost two decades ago, the biggest rivalry in the game spilt way beyond the baseline.

Almost 20 years on from Lleyton Hewitt’s only appearance in the ... Open champion Sinner upon the Italian’s return to Melbourne Park. That hit drew the ire of Nick Kyrgios, who has been ...

The numbers are showing how top-ranked Australian Alex de Minaur is living up to his No.8 seeding at Australian Open 2025.

Kokkinakis has been struggling with a pectoral injury for some time, and was forced to withdraw from the Adelaide International last week. He managed to win his first-round singles match at the Australian Open, before suffering a heartbreaking five-set loss in the second round.

Lleyton Hewitt has responded to some of the recent criticism around his son Cruz after fellow Aussie tennis great Todd Woodbridge took aim at the backlash against the 16-year-old at the Australian Open on Tuesday.

Novak Djokovic's prediction that Alex de Minaur was primed for "great things" at the Australian Open has been vindicated after the local hope came through a tense third round clash on Saturday. De Minaur's hopes of going on a deep run at Melbourne Park are still alive after the 25-year-old came from behind to defeat Argentina's World No.

Alex Michelsen, who will play Karen Khachanov on Saturday, Arthur Fils, who retired in the fourth set against Ugo Humbert on Friday night, Jakub Mensik, who ousted three-time grand slam finalist Casper Ruud, and China’s Juncheng Shang all earned direct entry into the 2025 AO courtesy of their ranking.

There’s a tedious trend dogging the Australian Open and it’s not the grunting or the 4am finishes. It’s the surge of player injuries interrupting matches so often the chair umpires will soon start calling time-outs just to play tennis.

It is now 20 years since Hewitt reached the Australian Open final when beaten in a high-class four set match by a fellow No.1 in Russian Marat Safin. That headline match remains one of the most watched sporting events in Australian sporting television history.