The opening Grand Slam on the tennis calendar got underway on Sunday with a handful of matches. The 2026 Australian Open runs for the next two weeks. Most of the top players on the men's and women's side are expected to make deep runs.

World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka will face Elina Svitolina in the Australian Open semifinals Thursday at 3:30 a.m. ET. Sabalenka is 5-1 all time against Svitolina, winning each of the past four matches. Sabalenka vs. Svitolina will air on ESPN, and streams live on fuboTV (free trial).

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The most successful player ever in men’s tennis felt disrespected, and had to pause before summarizing the offending question out loud just to process it again. Novak Djokovic,

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Ben Shelton has crashed out of the Australian Open after a quarterfinal defeat to familiar foe Jannik Sinner. ATP number two Sinner has won the Australian Open in each of the last two years, and beat Shelton in last year’s semifinal.

Novak Djokovic finally beat one of the two men who’ve been blocking his path to his 25th Grand Slam singles title when he edged Jannik Sinner in five sets.

Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic to meet in a blockbuster semifinal on Friday. While Sinner is aiming to keep alive his Australian Open 'three-peat' bid, Djokovic is gunning for a record-extending 25th Grand Slam title.