Eleven seeded singles players crashed out today in the second-round at the Australian Open, with second seeds Casper Ruud and Ons Jabeur being the most high-profile victims in Melbourne.

best match of the day was between two unseeded players - Britain's three-time Grand Slam winner Sir Andy

Murray and Australian doubles Grand Slam champion Thanasi Kokkinakis.Murray overcame Italian 13th seed

of the first two sets.A sensational third-set rally that saw the serving specialist smash balls at Murray

a contest that eclipsed both of their longest-ever matches, and finished at 4.06am local time.Andy Murray

the 2012 final between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal.In the first two rounds of this tournament, Murray

Novak Djokovic made a winning return to the Australian Open, a year on from his infamous deportation, on a day where extreme heat and rain disrupted play on the outside courts.

Czech Republic, winning 6-3, 7-6, 6-7, 6-3, in a match that finished at 1.15am local time.Britain’s Sir Andy

Murray triumphed in a marathon encounter on Rod Laver Arena, needing five sets to get past the 13th

seed Matteo Berrettini of Italy.Sir Andy won the opening two sets 6-3, before Berrettini took the next

and 7-6.In the decider, a missed backhand shot on match point proved crucial for Berrettini, with Sir Andy

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towels to wipe the courts following a heavy rain shower at Melbourne Park ©Getty ImagesBritain's Sir Andy

Murray celebrates following a five-set triumph against Matteo Berrettini ©Getty ImagesGermany's Alexander

Top men's and women's seeds Rafael Nadal of Spain and Iga Świątek will both start their Australian Open tennis campaigns at Melbourne Park with tough draws.

champion and runner-up in Australia in the same year.Another anticipated match-up sees Britain’s Sir Andy

Murray, a five-time runner-up at Melbourne Park against 13th seed and Wimbledon runner-up Matteo Berrettini.Iga

The Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA), led by former men's singles world number one and 21-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic, has confirmed eight members to its first Executive Committee, which also features women's singles world number two, Ons Jabeur.

Rafael Nadal have been more closely aligned with the ATP, while Britain's three-time Grand Slam winner Andy

Murray previously said he was not against a players union, but the inclusion of women was important.He

Three-time Grand Slam singles and double Olympic tennis champion Sir Andy Murray has won an Association

It is the second time in his career that Sir Andy has won the award, with the British player earning

help those in Ukraine.Writing for the ATP Tour website about his decision to donate prize money Sir Andy

Murray has won the ATP Tour humanitarian award for a second time, with his previous win coming in 2014

Sir Andy previously won the award in 2014 and he joins Andre Agassi of the United States, Switzerland

Murray, for generously donating this season’s prize money to UNICEF UK."

The Hopman Cup, the International Tennis Federation's (ITF) mixed team competition, will return after a three-year absence in 2023 with Nice as host.

Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic, Steffi Graff, John McEnroe, Martina Hingis, Boris Becker, Li Na and Andy

Murray who have represented their nations in both singles and mixed doubles.Founded in 1989, the event

The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) has launched a programme aimed at inclusivity to retain as many female coaches in the sport as possible.

Association - Britain's governing body - in 2018, only 23 per cent of their coaches were women.Britain's Andy

Murray has been known as one of the only top men's players to work with a female coach.As a junior,

he was coached by his mother Judy Murray, and later had a two-year period with former French women's

A host of Olympic medallists including Serena Williams, Sidney Crosby, Diana Taurasi and Kanoa Igarashi have been announced as investors in technology-focused sports company TMRW Sports.

gold medals for the United States and is widely considered one of tennis' greatest players ever.Sir Andy

Murray, a Briton and two-time Olympic champion, is another investor and likewise Alex Morgan, who has

Maybe it's because enough time has passed, or maybe the Lionesses' stunning success has erased enough of the pain.

is extra joyous because it comes coupled with the added bonus of surprise.For years I wanted to see Andy

Murray win one of the major tennis titles and had assumed it would never happen.I remember dragging

stunning moment then, when, sitting in a packed train carriage, a refresh of my phone confirmed that Murray

had just won the London 2012 Olympics.My negativity had been proven wrong, and Murray would later add

Andy Murray's Olympic gold in London ended the wait for a major title that many thought might never come

Frances Tiafoe of the United States helped Team World to a first Laver Cup title, denying Roger Federer one last trophy before retirement.

suffered the first blow as Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada teamed up with American Jack Sock to beat Andy

Murray of Britain and Matteo Berrettini of Italy 2-6, 6-3, 10-8.Murray and Berrettini got off to a superb

Tennis great Roger Federer bid goodbye to a glittering career after losing his final match at the Laver Cup in London.

Metropolitan Police.Tsitsipas won the game 6-2, 6-1 to put Team Europe 2-0 ahead.The third game saw Andy

Murray of Britain go down to Alex de Minaur of Australia, who reduced the deficit for Team World to

Fifty years ago this month, 60 leading tennis players formed an organisation to "promote and protect " their interests.

distinguished members.He enjoyed epic rivalries with Rafael Nadal and later Novak Djokovic and Sir Andy

Murray, but it is perhaps appropriate that his farewell should come in the Laver Cup, an event named

Roger Federer’s final tennis match is set to headline the opening day of tennis’s Laver Cup tournament in London, England.

Tsitsipas take on Diego Schwartzman of Argentina.In the third singles match of the day Britain’s Sir Andy

Murray, a three-time Grand Slam champion and three-time Olympic medallist, is due to face Australian

Swiss tennis great Roger Federer has announced he is set to retire from the sport at the age of 41.

Club was also the venue for his men's singles Olympic silver medal at London 2012, losing to Briton Andy

Murray in the final.That followed a men's doubles gold medal won with Stan Wawrinka at Beijing 2008.