Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov and Canada's Milos Roanic ensured no slip ups in their final outing of 2018 by having straight set victories in their respective first round matches at the Brisbane International on Monday

Serena Williams overcame a sluggish start to power past Maria Sakkari in straight-sets at the Hopman Cup on Monday in her first competitive match since melting down in the U.S. Open final

Bouchard beats Brengle 6-3, 6-3 in 1st round at ASB Classic

Roger Federer's wish is about to be granted _ he's getting the chance to return Serena Williams' powerful serve

Roger Federer started preparation for his Australian Open title defense in style with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Cameron Norrie at the Hopman Cup on Sunday

Cameron Norrie and Katie Boulter beat Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari 4-3, 3-4, 4-3 to give Britain a 2-1 win over Greece in the opening match of the Hopman Cup

Officials have scrapped the use of wet bulb globe temperature readings for next month's Australian Open which should result in more matches suspended or delayed by Melbourne's notoriously hot, dry and often windy conditions in January

The Australian Open in January will play a 10-point tiebreaker in deciding sets, joining Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in using tiebreakers to avoid long matches

Tennis Australia says 2002 Wimbledon junior champion Todd Reid has died at age 34.

Australian Open organizers have increased the prize money by 10 percent in local currency for the first tennis Grand Slam tournament of the year to offset a drop in the Australian dollar.