Tennis

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka has taken her Australian Open title defense all the way back to the championship match because she has applied a crucial lesson from her U.S. Open final loss to Coco Gauff.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Alexander Zverev's run to a second Australian Open semifinal has drawn attention to his business in other courts.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — After backhanding the ball into the crowd when Carlos Alcaraz sent his service return too long, Alexander Zverev screamed. He shook both arms in a victory celebration and again he screamed, a mix of triumph and relief.

MONTREAL — The Canadian men's tennis team is making a significant roster change just over a week before a Davis Cup qualifier tie against South Korea. Milos Raonic of Thornhill, Ont., will replace Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont.

MELBOURNE, Australia — The final score line reads 6-4, 6-2 and a quarterfinal victory for the favoured fourth seed. But Robert Shaw of North Bay, Ont.

MELBOURNE, Australia — After a shaky start to their women's doubles quarterfinal match, Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa and partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand settled down and showed why they're the fourth-seeded combo at this year's Australian Open.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Nobody has ever been better at this end of the Australian Open than Novak Djokovic, the 10-time champion.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Coco Gauff hopes she's got her "bad” match out of the way at the Australian Open before meeting defending champion Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals. It'll be a rematch of the U.S.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz will meet Olympic gold medalist Alexander Zverev in the Australian Open quarterfinals and Daniil Medvedev is also back in a last eight that is stacked with the top six seeds.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A pro-Palestinian protester threw papers onto an Australian Open court and briefly disrupted a match between Alexander Zverev and Cameron Norrie on Monday before being stopped by other spectators.