In recent years the Italian women have gotten the attention, with Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci leading the way as the best doubles team in the world and frequent top-10 stays in singles.But in Australia, it was all about the Italian men.In singles, Andreas Seppi, the 30-year-old Italian who has a 264-284 record on the ATP tour, stole the show. Open d'Australie 2015. Someone’s got to give it a go, but it won’t be me.”The pair have squared off since — at the Hopman Cup in Perth earlier this month where Murray was victorious 6-3 6-2 — and the Scot insists the comments are water under the bridge.“He came and spoke to me immediately about it when it was in the papers and apologised, and spoke to my mum about it and apologised, and apologised to Amelie,” Murray said.“He’s the sort of guy, he can say something and he doesn’t necessarily mean anything bad with it, if that’s his opinion. Both Keys and Kyrgios look to be the future of tennis, and if they are, the sport is in great hands. Very few players can do that after four hours something of match, 5-All, Love-30. L'Australian Open è il primo dei quattro tornei annuali di tennis del Grande Slam, che si tiene ogni anno a Melbourne in Australia durante la terza e la quarta settimana di gennaio. If he doesn’t want to work with a female coach then that’s absolutely fine and that’s the case with many players. 0. 1 and win Grand Slams," Williams For the men, Australian sensation Nick Kyrgios made waves once again, marching all the way to the quarterfinals to become the first teenager since Roger Federer to make two Slam quarterfinals. It was a great tournament for American women. But as we saw against Muller, Isner’s length can be an impediment. Surréaliste, en 10 jeux ! Subscribe: http://bit.ly/AustralianOpenTV Welcome To The Official Australian Open TV YouTube Channel. — Australian Open (@AustralianOpen) January 21, 2015 3.10pm — SHARAPOVA ON THE BRINK Maria Sharapova has been severely tested by compatriot Alexandra Panova. "At the completion of the even number of games in that set or completion of tie break, play will be suspended. )In his fourth-round match against Federer slayer Andreas Seppi, Kyrgios came back from two sets down, saved match points and won 8-6 in the fifth. 2 in the rankings. While they each had a good tournament, all three came up short of making a real impact in Melbourne.Nishikori, No. I think I'm on the right way to go in the top higher. 5, made it to the quarterfinals in style, taking out No. To say the American men are lagging behind would be putting it nicely. 19 seed quiet the Grand Slam fire alarm that’s been going off for years and to work on his overarching vice, the return of serve. I’m not offended by it and I get on absolutely fine with him.”Matosevic is the first of six Australian men in action today.Young stars Nick Kyrgios, Bernard Tomic and Thanasi Kokkinakis — who squares off with fellow Aussie Sam Groth — all feature in the night session. These are external links and will open in a new window This was the 15th Slam title for both.For Hingis, the victory came 20 years after making her Slam debut in singles and doubles at the Australian Open.

23 seed Ivo Karlovic.In a powerful display, the 19-year-old Australian swaggered into the third round with a convincing 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 5-7 6-4 win over the big-serving Croatian.Kyrgios, who received medical treatment for his troublesome back in the first round, showed no signs of discomfort as he overpowered and outclassed Karlovic.He will now next face Tunisian world No.75 Malek Jaziri, who has never gone past the second round of a grand slam until now.NICK Kyrgios carried injury concerns into his Australian Open campaign.The 19-year-old took out the first set against Ivo Karlovic in a tiebreak and then broke the big-serving Croat in the second for a 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 lead.NICK Kyrgios’ Australian opponent “Dr” Ivo Karlovic is one of the biggest jokers on tour.But he wasn’t kidding when he made a complete air swing at a stock-standard smash midway through the first set of their second round match this evening.With the score 3-2 in Kyrgios’ favour, and games going on serve, Karlovic recovered after missing the smash on the full to put it away on the bounce.It then took Kyrgios a few moments to compose himself after breaking into laughter.Kyrgios went on to take the first set in a tiebreak.IT’S not something we’re accustomed to seeing in the first week of a grand slam, but Roger Federer dropped the first set 6-3 against Italy’s Simone Bolelli this afternoon.The Swiss bounced back quickly, however, to run out a comfortable 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-2 winner.He was also stung by a bee, as you can see in the video above.THE first two Aussies in action today have now exited the tournament.Marinko Matosevic won just eight points against Andy Murray while losing the first set 6-1 in 21 minutes, before going on to be handily beaten 6-1 6-3 6-2.James Duckworth quickly lost the first two sets 6-2 6-3 against Richard Gasquet, struggling to make any impression on the Frenchman’s serve, and eventually lost the third 7-5.Venus and Serena Williams have withdrawn from the doubles tournament. Open Court Sessions also serves up drinks, snacks, and a banging soundtrack.