The final match of the day saw American Learner Tien, playing in his first major outside of the U.S. Open, upset No. 5 seed Daniil Medvedev in a five-set classic, 6-3, 7-6, 6-7, 1-6, 7-6, that ended at 2:54 a.m. local time. Medvedev had reached three of the past four Australian Open finals, but could not fend off a ferocious Tien.
Tennis purists felt unsettled as Danielle Collins went right at a rowdy Australian crowd after taking out a hometown favourite in incredible scenes. But the exchange is actually healthy for the sport.
It's an up-and-down day for favorites and the husband-and-wife duo of Gaël Monfils and Elina Svitolina wo their singles matches.
Aussie tennis fans are describing it as "fitting" that the player who beat Danielle Collins went on to win the Australian Open after Collins became enemy No.1 in Melbourne last week. And the tennis world is marvelling at Madison Keys' giant-killing run to her first grand slam title.
Daniil Medvedev’s meltdown and Danielle Collins’s squabble with the Aussie fans made headlines, while Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Świątek keep rolling.
In Thursday morning's gritty three-set match, US tennis star Madison Keys ousted world No. 2 Iga Świątek from the 2025 Australian Open.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Danielle Collins ... I can.” Collins, who is from Florida and played college tennis at Virginia, famously got into a post-match spat with Iga Swiatek at the Paris ...
American Madison Keys has won her first Grand Slam title at the 2025 Australian Open, beating number one in the world Aryna Sabalenka.
Madison Keys was a tennis prodigy, beating Serena Williams when she was just 14 years old, but had not won a grand slam title in her 15 year career.
The Polish player was sensationally overtaken by the 29-year-old American, who won the third-set supertiebreak with a score of 5-7 6-1 7-6 (8), reaching the second Slam final of her career eight years after the one at the 2017 US Open, lost to Sloane Stephens.
Iga Swiatek addressed the Emma Navarro controversy ... on-court interviews throughout the tournament. In other news, Danielle Collins continued taking shots at the Australian crowd on social ...
Collins, 31, blew kisses to the fiercely partisan crowd, cupped her ear and even pointed to her backside after a stormy 7-6 (7/4), 4-6, 6-2 victory over Aiava, the last Australian woman in the ...