Spain’s Garbiñe Muguruza and Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit became the highest women’s seeds to exit the Australian Open after both suffering comprehensive second-round defeats in Melbourne.

ycfyfKVRhs— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 20, 2022In the men’s draw, five-time finalist, Britain's Sir Andy

Murray slumped to a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 defeat to Japanese qualifier Taro Daniel.World number two Daniil Medvedev

Belarus was forced to dig deep to stay in the Australian Open, while Britain’s five-time finallist Sir Andy

Murray claimed his first win at Melbourne Park in five years after coming through a five-set thriller

Australian Open main-draw debut with a 6-0, 2-6, 6-1 win over American Sloane Stephens.In the men's draw, Murray

It is amazing [to be back]," said Murray."It has been a tough three, four years."

The second part of the 2022 Australian Open will begin tomorrow as the Grand Slam tournament gets underway, with the two-week Novak Djokovic sideshow having finally concluded.

be conducted as countries seek to manage COVID-19 and return to a degree of normality.The likes of Andy

Murray and Nick Kyrgios have been critical of how the Djokovic situation has been managed, with the

Nick Kyrgios' participation in the Australian Open has been plunged into jeopardy after he returned a positive COVID-19 test.

Australian Open came in 2015 when Kyrgios reached the quarter-finals, losing to eventual finalist Sir Andy

Murray of Britain in straight sets.Kyrgios has not played competitive tennis since September.

The name of world number five Andrey Rublev has been added to the growing list of tennis players who have tested positive for COVID-19 after competing at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi.

Rublev won the men's singles title at the Emirati event, defeating two-time Olympic champion Sir Andy

Murray of Britain in the final.However, the Russian now has COVID-19.Rublev claimed to have "minimal

This weekend's sporting calendar in Britain has been severely hit by COVID-19, which has forced the postponement of several high-profile matches.

Britain this weekend.A Battle of the Brits tennis event, slated to feature two-time Olympic champion Sir Andy

Murray in Aberdeen next week, has also been called off.

Spain will look capitalise on home-court advantage during the Davis Cup Finals, which start tomorrow across three different locations for the first time.

hand, as well as Adrian Mannarino and Richard Gasquet.Despite missing two-time Olympic champion Sir Andy

Murray, Britain's squad has formed nicely in time for the tournament, with top-30 players Cameron Norrie

Spain's Carlos Alcaraz has been crowned the 2021 champion of the Next Gen Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Finals, after defeating American player Sebastian Korda in straight sets at the Allianz Cloud in Milan.

November 13, 2021At the Vienna Open, the 18-year-old vanquished three-time Grand Slam winner Britain's Sir Andy

Murray and Italian world number seven Matteo Berrettini.He also won against world number three Stefanos

The United States' Sebastian Korda and Spain's Carlos Alcaraz are to meet in the final of this year's Next Gen Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Finals, after respective victories in their semi-finals today in Milan.

winning side in matches against established names such as British three-time Grand Slam winner Sir Andy

Murray and 2019 Next Gen ATP Finals winner Jannik Sinner of Italy.Korda takes on Alcaraz tomorrow at

Prince Albert of Monaco has called on more sporting organisations to commit to joining the United Nations (UN) Sports for Climate Action Framework at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow.

, it is seizing the moment, taking that chance, making the most of any given opportunity.Tom Daley, Andy

Murray, Max Whitlock, Eliud Kipchoge and more appeal to global governments over climate change ??

Germany’s Dominik Koepfer, a lucky loser, beat former world number one Andy Murray in three sets on the

Murray was scheduled to play Jenson Brooksby, but after the American pulled out injured only a few hours

nine.Koepfer had a chance to serve for the match in the second set before being broken to love, while Murray

Novak Djokovic will return to action for the first time since losing the US Open final when he plays both in both the doubles and singles tournaments at the Paris Masters in the coming week.

the semi-finals, while his quarter-final opponent could be Andrey Rublev from Russia.Britain's Sir Andy

Murray - a two-time Olympic champion - and Frenchman Richard Gasquet were both given wildcards.Novak

British tennis star Sir Andy Murray said he would welcome stricter restrictions on players who are not

at the Australian Open should get inoculated to increase their chances of playing in Melbourne.Sir Andy

April he had not been vaccinated, but he refused to be drawn into the debate following his victory over Murray

Three more highly-ranked seeds were knocked out of the Indian Wells Masters in California as Iga Świątek of Poland, Barbora Krejčíková of the Czech Republic and Elina Svitolina of Ukraine suffered straight sets defeats in the last 16.

his third child.Germany’s Alexander Zverev was forced to dig deep to defeat former world number one Andy

Murray of Britain.Despite falling behind a break in both sets, the third seed overcame Murray 6-4, 7

Two-time winner Victoria Azarenka of Belarus knocked the Czech seventh seed Petra Kvitová out of the Indian Wells Masters in the headline women's singles third-round clash in California.

favourite Jenson Brooksby in an eventual 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 win.An appealing match against British wildcard Sir Andy

Murray is up next as the three-time Grand Slam winner and finalist at Indian Wells back in 2009 continued