Jannik Sinner and Elina Svitolina won their respective Round 3 matches and advanced to the pre-quarters. While Sinner beat Marcos Giron in straight sets, Svitolina got the better of Jasmine Paolini.

Jannik Sinner and the pair formed by Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini have been named International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Champions 2024, respectively in the men's singles and women's doubles categories,

Italian world number four Jasmine Paolini discusses the renaissance of tennis back home in her first column for BBC Sport at the Australian Open.

It's an up-and-down day for favorites and the husband-and-wife duo of Gaël Monfils and Elina Svitolina wo their singles matches.

Jannik Sinner kicks off the late session at Rod Laver Arena on a busy day for Italians at the Australian Open on Thursday, while claycourt specialist Iga Swiatek is keeping her expectations low as she bids for a first title on the blue courts of Melbourne.

Madison Keys won her first Grand Slam and Jannik Sinner defended his Australian Open title. What does this mean for the rest of the year? We take a look.

Follow live text and radio commentary featuring Emma Raducanu, Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner in the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia.

Iga Swiatek, Jannik Sinner, Jasmine Paolini, Elena Rybakina and N Sriram Balaji are amongst the big players who will be in action on Day 7 of the hard court major at Melbourne Park.

Jasmine Paolini eased through to the second round of the Australian Open with a dominant 6-0 6-4 win over Chinese qualifier Wei Sijia on Tuesday as the Italian savoured a return to the Grand Slam that launched her golden season last year.

Live radio commentary of Jasmine Paolini against Renata Zarazua after defending champion Jannik Sinner wins and Britain's Katie Boulter is beaten at the Australian Open.

Highlights of the seventh day of the Australian Open on Saturday (times GMT): 1018 SINNER BREEZES PAST GIRON World number one and defending champion Jannik Sinner eased past American Marcos Giron 6-3 6-4 6-2 in just two hours to reach the last 16.

MELBOURNE - Jasmine Paolini eased through to the second round ... Paolini's rise has coincided with Jannik Sinner's in the men's circuit, the pair propelling Italian tennis to new heights.