Lleyton Hewitt hobbled into a news conference on crutches Saturday to announce he had hip surgery and doubted he'd play again before the French Open. Hewitt's hopes of ending a local drought at the Australian Open were stopped by top-ranked Roger Federer, who beat the Australian ...

No-nonsense defending champion Serena Williams powered into the Australian Open second round on Tuesday where she was joined by in-form Russian Nicolay Davydenko. Williams, who is searching for her 12th Grand Slam singles title to put herself alongside Billie Jean King as one of the all-time greats, demolished Pole Urszula Radwanska 6-2, 6-1. The four-time champion here, usually a slow ...

Defending champion Serena Williams has played down concerns about her troublesome left knee after cancelling a practice session on Saturday ahead of the Australian Open. The world number one lost in the semi-finals of the Sydney International on Friday to Elena Dementieva and was inconvenienced by the injury with her knee strapped for the match. She admitted it troubled her ...