Elena Dementieva, widely regarded as the best women’s tennis player never to have won a Grand Slam singles tournament, will have to wait until Wimbledon to claim her first major title. The No. 4 seed at Roland Garros was ushered out of Paris by an Australian, in a fascinating tale of both triumph and heartbreak. [...]

Things are finally starting to get crazy at the Australian Open. Almost all Open’s have their fair share of incredible matches and big surprises (especially in men’s singles), and the 2009 version is starting to assume such qualities. If you were in Rod Laver Arena on Sunday afternoon and Sunday night, you were in for [...]

A once-stoic Jelena Dokic is showing an emotional side of her this week at the Australian Open 2009. And for good reason. The fallen star has now, improbably, won two matches in Melbourne Park after upsetting Anna Chakvetadze in an emotional 6-4, 6-7, 6-3 on Wednesday night in an emotional thriller on Rod Laver Arena. [...]