Australian Open News

World number two men's singles tennis player Alexander Zverev offered support to 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic after the latter retired hurt from Australian Open 2025 semi-final. "Please don't boo a player when he goes out injured," Zverev said. He added, "If Djokovic cannot continue a tennis match, it really means he cannot." Zverev reached final following Djokovic's withdrawal.

World number one men's singles tennis player Jannik Sinner defeated world number 20 Ben Shelton in Australian Open 2025 semi-final to reach his second straight final at the Australian Grand Slam. Sinner won with a scoreline of 7-6(7-2), 6-2, 6-2 in two hours and 36 minutes. He will face world number two Alexander Zverev in the final on Sunday.

World number one Aryna Sabalenka will face 14th-ranked Madison Keys in the women's final of 2025 Australian Open on Saturday. The two players have faced each other on five occasions in the past. Sabalenka, who is the defending champion of the tournament, has won four times against Keys. Keys' sole win against Sabalenka came in Berlin in 2021.

Margaret (Smith) Court won Australian Open 11 times while Serena Williams won Australian Open seven times. Nancye Bolton (Wynne) won Australian Open six times in her career and Daphne Akhurst won the tournament in 1925, 1926, 1928, 1929 and 1930. Steffi Graf emerged victorious in 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1994 and Monica Seles won the title four times.

World number one Jannik Sinner will face second-ranked Alexander Zverev in the final of 2025 Australian Open. The two players have played against each other six times in the past. Zverev defeated Sinner four times in the matches played between them while Sinner, 23, won against 27-year-old Zverev on two occasions. The final will be played on Sunday.

Novak Djokovic has won Australian Open 10 times in his career so far. Roy Emerson and Roger Federer emerged victorious in the tournament six times while Ken Rosewall, Jack Crawford and Andre Agassi have lifted the trophy four times in their careers. Adrian Quist, Rod Laver and Mats Wilander won the tournament three times.

World number 14 Madison Keys of USA defeated world number one Aryna Sabalenka in the Australian Open 2025 women's singles final to win her maiden Grand Slam title. The 29-year-old won the final with a scoreline of 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 in 2 hours and 2 minutes. She received a prize money of AU$3,500,000 (more than ₹19 crore) for her victory.

Madison Keys hugged husband-coach Bjorn Fratangelo and broke down after winning women's singles final of 2025 Australian Open. She defeated world number one and defending champion Aryna Sabalenka to win her maiden Grand Slam title. The 29-year-old won the match with a scoreline of 6-3, 2-6, 7-5. She is the fourth-oldest woman to win her first Grand Slam title.

Madison Keys, who defeated two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka in 2025 Australian Open final, was born in 1995 in Rock Island, Illinois. Keys has three sisters and her mother is a lawyer. She started playing tennis at the age of four and made her professional debut in 2009 aged 14. Keys won her first title on ITF circuit in 2010.

Madison Keys of the USA became the first player to defeat World number one and two to win a Grand Slam singles title since Svetlana Kuznetsova at Roland Garros in 2009. Keys defeated world number one Aryna Sabalenka in Australian Open 2025 women's singles final. The 29-year-old beat world number two Iga Swiatek in the semi-final of the tournament.

World number one Aryna Sabalenka smashed her racquet on the court and broke it after losing the Australian Open 2025 women's singles final to world number 14 Madison Keys. Sabalenka then cried into her towel and stormed off the court before returning for the presentation ceremony. She was aiming for her third consecutive Australian Open title.

Twenty four-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic took to X (formerly Twitter) to share a picture of his MRI scan. This comes after he was booed by several members of Australian Open crowd for retiring hurt from the semi-final against Alexander Zverev. "Thought I’d leave this here for all the sports injury 'experts' out there," Djokovic wrote in his post.

Madison Keys, 2025 Australian Open women's singles champion, said Alexander Zverev "has better advice to beat Jannik Sinner than I do". "I think at some point it is really just kind of letting go of the stress of...will I ever win one?" she stated. Zverev will face Sinner in the men's singles final today.

Reacting to Madison Keys winning 2025 Australian Open, Martina Navratilova said, "A well deserved win." "Talk about perseverance and guts -my hat is off to you," she stated. Madison defeated world number one and two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka in women's singles final with a scoreline of 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 to claim her first Grand Slam title.

This is the 12th time in the Open Era that number one and number two seeds have met in Australian Open men's singles final (Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev in 2025 Australian Open). In previous 11 finals between top 2 seeds in the Open Era, number one seeds won on seven occasions and number two seeds won on four occasions.

Madison Keys, who won her first Grand Slam title after 46th attempt, said people's expectations from her since early age affected her when she wasn't able to win a Grand Slam title. "Lots of therapy, I...kind of bought into it," Keys said. "I honestly think that had I not done that, then I wouldn't be sitting here," she stated.

World number one Jannik Sinner of Italy defeated world number two Alexander Zverev of Germany in Australian Open 2025 men's singles final to win his second straight Australian Open title. Sinner won the match with a scoreline of 6-3, 7-6(7-4), 6-3 in two hours and 42 minutes. He received a prize money of AU$3,500,000 (over ₹19 crore) for his victory.

Reacting to Novak Djokovic retiring due to injury in the 2025 Australian Open semifinal against Alexander Zverev, ex-tennis player Adriano Panatta said Djokovic realised he had no chance against Zverev and "threw in the towel". "It won't change anything for him in his career anyway," he stated. Djokovic had lost the first set before retiring.

Australian Open TV shared a video showing a point between American tennis player Madison Keys and Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka during the Australian Open 2025 women’s singles final. In the video, Keys won the point against the defending champion Sabalenka in the third set. Notably, Keys won the final after beating Sabalenka with a scoreline of 6-3, 2-6, 7-5.

World number two Alexander Zverev was heckled by a woman over domestic abuse allegations against him before his runners-up speech at Australian Open. "Australia believes Olya and Brenda!" the woman repeatedly yelled as Zverev was about to start his speech. Notably, Zverev's former girlfriends Brenda Patea and Olya Sharypova earlier went public with their accusations of domestic abuse against him.