The Australian Open is over for the locals. Some Australians impressed and others didn't live up to expectations. Here's how we graded them.

After a spirited run, Alex de Minaur was eliminated from the Australian Open at the quarter-final stage. His exit saw him become the final Aussie to fall at this year's Melbourne Park tournament. A total of 22 local hopes started the event across the men's and women's singles main draws.

The Sydneysider met the expectation with four gutsy wins to reach the quarterfinals at Melbourne Park for the first time ... Switzerland's Dominic Stephan Stricker. Duckworth would fall in his ...

Gadecki claimed bragging rights in that match and holds the higher ranking of world No.97 – an increase of 14. Meanwhile, Birrell enjoyed the biggest rise of any player inside the Australian top 10 with a 49-spot increment to world No.183.

Hoteliers have relished the boost from more tourists coming to the tennis this year because of the lower Aussie dollar.

Tennis Australia boss Craig Tiley says erecting a statue of 10-time Australian Open winner Novak Djokovic at Melbourne Park is a no-brainer — and the Serbian can win the local Grand Slam again.

The 10-time Melbourne Park champion had just lost a first-set tiebreak to Alexander Zverev when he called it a day, unable to continue with a thigh muscle tear sustained earlier in the tournament.

Sinner, a 23-year-old Italian, is the youngest man to leave Melbourne Park with the trophy two years in a row since Jim Courier in 1992-93. Sinner rose to No. 1 last June, remaining there every ...

Keys also beat Iga Swiatek and Elena Rybakina in her run to her first Grand Slam at Melbourne Park in Australia. Madison Keys, right, of the U.S. reacts as she holds the Daphne Akhurst Memorial ...

James Hird was asked for recommendations on ... Hird has also returned to the coach’s box as coaching director of Port Melbourne in the VFL alongside former Western Bulldogs’ senior coach ...

The 70-year-old actor and director seems to be enjoying himself at Melbourne Park, rubbing shoulders with some tennis legends, as well as modern stars of the game. Prior to the women's final ...

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