First came the medical timeouts, one each for Jannik Sinner and Holger Rune with the temperature above 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 Celsius) at the Australian Open.Then came the bizarre sight of a 20-minute delay because the net at Rod Laver Arena detached from the court after being hit by a big Sinner serve.

The most interesting match on Monday 20 January at the 2025 Australian Open is certainly the one between Jannik Sinner and Holger Rune. These two players have always played very spectacular and balanced matches against each other, with the h2h balance in perfect parity at 2-2.

The likes of Elena Rybakina, Jack Draper, Holger Rune, Learner Tien and Gael Monfils will each earn a prize money of A$420,000 from the Australian Open. Each of these players were eliminated in ...

They also have a dead-even head-to-head record. Keys won their first two matches, and Rybakina came back to win the next two, including their only meeting of 2024, on hard courts in Miami. Keys has won eight straight matches in Adelaide and Melbourne, while Rybakina, with new coach Goran Ivanisevic, hasn’t dropped a set this week.

Monfils upset fourth-seeded Taylor Fritz of the United States 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (1), 6-4 in the third round at Melbourne, Australia. When Monfils made his Australian Open debut in 2005, Fritz, now 27 years old, was 7.

Gael Monfils rallied from a set down to claim a thrilling 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (1), 6-4 win over American Taylor Fritz in a third-round match at the Australian Open.

The Day 9 of the Australian Open 2025 is underway at Melbourne Park as it promises to deliver some fantastic and exciting tennis. Jannik Sinner will battle it out against Holger Rune, while Gael Monfils will take on Ben Shelton.

The World No. 1, despite feeling unwell in sweltering conditions, kept up his title defense with a four-set triumph.

World No.1 and defending champion Jannik Sinner, Iga Swiatek, Elena Rybakina and other big players will be in action on Day 9 of the hard court major at the Melbourne Park.

In the quarterfinals, Sinner will face No. 8 Alex de Minaur of Australia, who ousted American Alex Michelsen 6-0, 7-6 (5), 6-3. It will be the first quarterfinals appearance for de Minaur in his home country's Grand Slam, and he became just the third Aussie man to reach the round in 20 years.

Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek are eyeing a place in the Australian Open quarterfinals on Monday while golden couple Gael Monfils and Elina Svitolina hope to extend their family odyssey.

Round of 16 action at the Australian Open features young American Alex Michelsen against Australia’s hope Alex de Minaur, while the ageless Gael Monfils squares off with Ben Shelton.