The rivalry between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz is now the greatest show in tennis and fans of the sport must be pinching themselves that the legend has hung around long enough to engage in another great conquest against a champion.

After his previous match against Holger Rune, Sinner had alluded to an unspecified illness that had disrupted his preparation. In the prelude to this one, a rumour swept Melbourne Park that he had pneumonia. It was a misprint. He had pneumatics.

But last night the Italian world No.1 wiped the floor with the Aussie No.1 Alex de Minaur 6-3 6-2 6-1 in ... Park after his late-night win over Carlos Alcaraz. The world No.7, who took painkillers ...

Tennis legend John McEnroe has a caused stir in commentary having claimed Novak Djokovic was 'fooling' Carlos Alcaraz with his injury at the Australian Open as an old Alex de Minaur swipe has ...

Jannik Sinner spoke about the ‘best rivalry at the moment’ between Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic. The World No. 1 secured another impressive victory in the Australian Open quarterfinals against Alex de Minaur,

The US ban of TikTok has some feeling glum, while a hot-temper in the Aussie heat has burnt a hole in Medvedev's pocket. Here are the five quick hits from day eight of the Australian Open.

As Pat Rafter noted a couple of days ago, it is a “bad matchup” for the Australian star. But borrowing from a line Taylor Fritz delivered after he fell to the Italian in the US Open final last September, de Minaur pointed out that Sinner is a bad matchup for every rival.

Alex de Minaur has overtaken Novak Djokovic as the tour’s premier returner. If you watch Demon scampering through matches at the Australian Open with a battler’s serve and wonder how in the name of Rodney George Laver he’s reached the headiness and heights of a single-figure world ranking,

Alex de Minaur is the last local hope in the draw ... Botic Van De Zandschulp-- the man who famously upset world No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz at last year's US Open -- in his opening match.

Djokovic subsequently boycotted his post-match interview, although the 37-year-old has since turned his attentions to facing Alcaraz in ... while local favourite Alex De Minaur is through to ...

Jannik Sinner has labelled Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic ... knocking out the final Aussie hope Alex de Minaur in straight sets, 6-3 6-2 6-1, in dominant fashion. In his on-court interview ...

Jannik Sinner of Italy beat Alex de Minaur.Credit: AP Sinner ... He’s only 25, but Sinner is 23 and Carlos Alcaraz 21. The occasion was subdued and anti-climactic. Sinner is emotionless on ...