After suffering a painful loss to Elena Rybakina, Sabalenka made it clear to her team that something needed to change.

Serena Williams won her second straight Australian Open championship, ending Justine Henin's hopes of a Grand Slam title in her return from retirement with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 victory Saturday. Williams withstood a determined challenge from Henin before securing her fifth Australian Open title overall and 12th Grand Slam singles championship overall,

Arguably, the two biggest stars in men’s tennis secured a nine-year record for ESPN over the weekend. The Australian Open men’s singles final between Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic, which began Sunday at 3:30 a.m. ET on ESPN, averaged 730,000 viewers.

Venus Williams became the oldest woman to compete in the Australian Open singles main draw when she faced Olga Danilovic in Melbourne. At 45 years old, Williams surpassed the previous record held by Japan’s Kimiko Date,

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Novak Djokovic wore down Rafael Nadal in the longest Grand Slam singles final in the history of professional tennis Sunday, winning 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-5 after 5 hours, 53 minutes to claim his third Australian Open title.