Roger Federer plays his second-round match at Melbourne Park and, according to his line of thinking, the first few matches he plays in a Grand Slam tournament are as important as the ones at the pointy end.
Top-ranked Ash Barty lost the first set of her first-round match at the Australian Open, where she's aiming to be the first homegrown winner in more than 40 years, before recovering to beat Leisa Tsurenko 5-7, 6-1, 6-1.
The 38-year-old Williams had lost her previous five finals, including four at Slams -- at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in 2018 and 2019.
Serena Williams won her first title since 2017 on Sunday after she won the ASB Classic in Auckland.
It was Williams' first tournament victory since 2017 -- and her first as a mother -- as she had won the Australian Open while pregnant.
Serena Williams hadn't won a title since the Australian Open singles in January 2017, and not since she became a mother to her daughter Olympia, who was court-side to see the victory.
Jessica Pegula upset former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki on Saturday to set up a final at the ASB Classic against top-seeded Serena Williams.
Serena Williams defeated Laura Siegemund 6-4, 6-3 while Caroline Wozniacki beat Julia Goerges 6-1, 6-4, to advance to the last four.
Serena Williams defeated Christian McHale in three sets to reach the quarterfinals of ASB Classic.
Roger Federer, Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal will feature in an exhibition match on January 15 to raise funds for the relief work.
The doubles pairing of Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki entered the semifinals of the ASB Classic.
Williams defeated Camila Giorgi 6-3, 6-2 in her opening singles match, prevailing despite a gusting wind.
Williams and Wozniacki overwhelmed Japan's Nao Hibino and Mikoto Ninomiya 6-2, 6-4 in a match which was both historic and poignant.
The only twist in the tale that 2019 served was the rise of the Next Gen power in the form of Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson shared a video of himself giving boxing lessons to the 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams.
On Saturday night, Serena Williams, as fierce a competitor as tennis has seen, could only focus on the fact that she lost each of those title matches.
Bianca Andreescu, 19, held off a late charge by Serena Williams to win 6-3, 7-5 and lift the US Open title in New York.
Bianca Andreescu is 33-4 this season after beating No. 13 Belinda Bencic 7-6 (3), 7-5 in Thursday's semifinals.
Williams turned in an increasingly impressive performance for a 6-3, 6-1 victory over No. 5-seeded Elina Svitolina of Ukraine at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Thursday night.
Serena Williams sailed into the quarter-finals of the US Open with 6-1, 6-0 win over Wang Qiang.
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