As pay cheques go, Destanee Aiava's first-round win at the Australian Open wasn't a bad day at the office. But as Aiava pointed out, it "makes a world of difference" when you're ranked outside the top 100 and don't attract the sponsorship dollars thrown at the sport's headline acts. Australian Open live Photo shows Nick Kyrgios head butts a tennis …
Sixteen-year-old Emerson Jones was looking promising heading into her first grand slam main draw. The teenager from Queensland rose to world number one in the junior girls' rankings after an impressive 2024 season — the first Aussie to achieve the feat since Jelena Dokic in 1998 — which earned her a wildcard to this year's Australian Open. Then the draw …