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.

The Australian Open is down to the quarterfinal round with No. 8 seed Ben Shelton leading the U.S. contingent and Jessica Pegula downing Madison Keys.

Jessica Pegula was beaten in straight sets by Elena Rybakina, with Aryna Sabalenka awaiting in Saturday’s final

The Australian Open opens the 2026 tennis season with two weeks of nonstop action from Melbourne featuring the world’s best players.

Who will play in the 2026 Australian Open men's final? Here are the (likely wrong) guesses.

Andy Roddick is the most recent American to win a slam slam title on the men's side when he captured the 2003 US Open. Since, tennis has been dominated by three of the best players in history, including Novak Djokovic, who will appear in the Australian Open along with the emergence of Sinner and Alcaraz.

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