A wheelchair tennis player said it was "insane" to become a junior champion on her Grand Slam debut – at the age of 12. Lucy Foyster, from Hethersett, near Norwich, was inspired by Norfolk star Alfie Hewett to take up the game just three years ago and is ranked sixth in the girls' wheelchair tennis world rankings.

Carlos Alcaraz put on a show against Germany's Alexander Zverev in the men's semifinals of the 2026 Australian Open, winning a five hour, 27 minute thriller that went into the early hours of Friday morning after the tennis phenom had battled back from what he described as cramps or an adductor

The Australian Open finals between Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina -- the first Grand Slam of the season -- will air on ESPN.

"Accountability must come before expansion, and credibility must be rebuilt through action—not promises," the association said on Friday.

Carlos Alcaraz has a plan in place to get a new tattoo if he wins the 2026 Australian Open to complete the career grand slam.

His name wasn't splashed across any of the headlines when Grand Slam Track — the running league that was supposed to infuse cash into the sport and its athletes' bank accounts — declared bankruptcy, making it official that dozens of runners and even more vendors might not see any of the money they were promised.

A start-up track league, led by Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson, owes more than $40 million to dozens of creditors, according to court filings. The track league, Grand Slam Track, didn't make it out of its first season before problems arose.

Alcaraz is 2-0 against Djokovic in Grand Slam finals. He beat Djokovic in 2023 and 2024 at Wimbledon. However, Djokovic returned the favor at the 2024 Paris Olympics and on the Cincinnati hard court in 2023.