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Boulter seals British history at Australian Open with six players into round two

British No 1 held her nerve to beat Marino in tight tie Norrie out after illness-affected preparation for slam Six British players have won their first-round matches at the Australian Open for the first time in history after Katie Boulter held her nerve in the tense final stages of a difficult contest against Rebecca Marino

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‘We are all obsessed with him now’: Hady Habib thrills Lebanese diaspora with Australian Open success

First Lebanese tennis player to reach a grand slam unites community in wild celebration and renewed hope Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast James Habib could barely believe what he was seeing. At court 13 at Melbourne Park, he watched as his cousin, Hady Habib, became the first ever Lebanese

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Australian Open avatars helping tennis reach new audience

Animated coverage has video figures using real-time data Action also has commentary in push for more online fans The proposition is compelling: near-live, commentated coverage of the Australian Open, free to anyone across the world via YouTube, enhanced via a stream of comments from a like-minded online community. Put like that, it’s no surprise a

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