The Indian pair of Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi crashed out of the Australian Open after suffering an upset straight sets defeat in the mixed doubles semifinal here on Friday.

The sixth seeded San

Belarus's Victoria Azarenka upset defending champion Kim Clijsters in three tense sets to reach her first grand slam final at the Australian Open on Thursday.

Third-seeded Azarenka, 22, saw off a pow

Former champion Maria Sharapova beat second seed Petra Kvitova in three sets to reach the final of the Australian Open on Thursday.

The Russian overcame some poor serving to outlast Kvitova 6-2, 3-6,

Rafael Nadal on Thursday said it was a ‘dream’ to reach the Australian Open final after a freak injury on the eve of the tournament left him crying in his hotel room.

The Spanish ace extended his mas

Russia's Maria Sharapova moved into the semi-finals of the Australian Open when she defeated fellow countrywoman Ekaterina Makarova in straight sets on Wednesday.

The 2008 champion easily handled Mak

Burgeoning superstar Petra Kvitova and glamorous Russian Maria Sharapova set up a hotly anticipated rematch of last year's Wimbledon decider in the Australian Open quarter-finals on Wednesday.

Kvitov

Unruffled Roger Federer brushed aside the challenge of Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro in straight sets on Tuesday to become the first man through to the Australian Open semi-finals.

Federer, who a

Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina showed nerves of steel under pressure as they shocked second seeds Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond to breeze into the women's doubles semifinal of the Australian Open here

Rafael Nadal on Tuesday set up a mouth-watering Australian Open semifinal with long-time rival Roger Federer, who celebrated his 1,000th match in style by demolishing Juan Martin del Potro.

Spanish s

Defending champion Kim Clijsters ended Caroline Wozniacki's reign as world number one when she beat her in straight sets in the Australian Open quarter-finals on Tuesday.

Clijsters held off a determi