Dominant de Minaur serves up warning to his Open rivals
Home hope Alex de Minaur has continued his best start to an Australian Open, outclassing American qualifier Tristan Boyer in straight sets to reach round three.
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Tomljanovic savours fighting Australian Open victory
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Wildcards Gibson, McCabe lead Aussie charge at the Open
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Injured Kokkinakis battles to gritty Open win
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Wildcards Gibson, McCabe lead Aussie charge at the Open
Young wildcards Talia Gibson, James McCabe and Tristan Schoolkate are among seven local winners on day two of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park.
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King ‘bloody stoked’ with Australia’s unlikely ODI win
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Sam Konstas will keep sticking to his guns in Sri Lanka
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Benji rebuke helps Tiger Fainu go from fat to fit
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Australian No.1 Kim Birrell bows out at Melbourne Park
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Rocky Flintoff out for 19 in first knock on Lions tour
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Hurt piles pain on Taipans in crucial Phoenix win
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De Minaur races into round two with straight-sets win
Australian top gun Alex de Minaur has shown he's on pace for a run deep into the Open with a straight-sets win over Botic van de Zandschulp in round one.
Injury-affected Popyrin crashes out of Open
An injury-affected Alexei Popyrin has crashed out of the Australian Open in the first round, slumping to defeat at the hands of Frenchman Corentin Moutet.