The rivalry between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz is now the greatest show in tennis and fans of the sport must be pinching themselves that the legend has hung around long enough to engage in another great conquest against a champion.

Alex de Minaur, the world No. 8, and Nick Kyrgios, who is back after a two-year battle with knee and wrist injuries, are the headliners for their country at Melbourne Park. Kyrgios emceed the night session on John Cain Arena Monday, before De Minaur headlines Rod Laver Arena, the pantheon of Australian tennis Tuesday night.

Jannik Sinner spoke about the ‘best rivalry at the moment’ between Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic. The World No. 1 secured another impressive victory in the Australian Open quarterfinals against Alex de Minaur,

After his previous match against Holger Rune, Sinner had alluded to an unspecified illness that had disrupted his preparation. In the prelude to this one, a rumour swept Melbourne Park that he had pneumonia. It was a misprint. He had pneumatics.

Almost everyone outside of Alex de Minaur’s team has him written off against Jannik Sinner. But the 25-year-old’s history of proving people wrong says he’s got a massive chance against the world No.1.

The US ban of TikTok has some feeling glum, while a hot-temper in the Aussie heat has burnt a hole in Medvedev's pocket. Here are the five quick hits from day eight of the Australian Open.

Tennis is famous for its power couples; we only have to turn our minds to Alex De Minaur and Katie Boulter’s recent engagement. So we were hardly surprised to hear that Carlos Alcaraz has a fellow tennis player on his list of recent ex-girlfriends.

Djokovic subsequently boycotted his post-match interview, although the 37-year-old has since turned his attentions to facing Alcaraz in ... while local favourite Alex De Minaur is through to ...

Alex de Minaur won his fourth round match at the ... the winners of major championships come from the top six. Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz won all four last year as top-four players.

Alex de Minaur is the last local hope in the draw ... Botic Van De Zandschulp-- the man who famously upset world No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz at last year's US Open -- in his opening match.

Twelve months after being bagelled in the final set of his Australian Open campaign, you could have forgiven Alex de Minaur for having ... This is a man who sent Carlos Alcaraz packing in straight ...

Alex De Minaur has got his Australian ... While now ranked a lowly 82nd in the world, van de Zandschulp ousted four-time major champion Carlos Alcaraz from last year's US Open and has been as ...