Carlos Alcaraz beats Novak Djokovic at Australian Open to complete career Grand Slam
At 22 years and 272 days, Carlos Alcaraz is the youngest man to complete a set of all four major singles titles.
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At 22 years and 272 days, Carlos Alcaraz is the youngest man to complete a set of all four major singles titles.
This was the second major title for fifth-seeded Elena Rybakina.
Parts of Australia were sweltered in record temperatures of close to 122 degrees as the country sweated through a prolonged heat wave even as bitter cold covered much of the U.S.
Federer played exhibition doubles matches with past champions Andre Agassi and Ash Barty.
Venus Williams, 45, received a wild-card entry to the 2026 Australian Open at Melbourne Park 28 years after her first appearance.
Coco Gauff, the youngest player at the Australian Open, made it to the fourth round in her biggest performance yet. The 15-year-old ousted defending Japanese champ Naomi Osaka. Meantime, Serena Williams' quest for a 24th Grand Slam singles title at the Open is over. She suffered a shocking upset to China's Wang Qiang, marking her earliest exit at Melbourne Park in 14 years.
Jannik 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.
Madison Keys upset Aryna Sabalenka to win her first grand slam title in the 2025 Australian Open.
Carlos Alcaraz edged out Germany's Alexander Zverev in five sets Sunday for the 21-year-old Spaniard's first French Open title and third Grand Slam championship. He is the youngest man to win a Grand Slam on three different surfaces: hard court, grass and clay. Washington Post sports reporter Ava Wallace joined CBS News to discuss Alcaraz's win.
Coco Gauff previously defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the U.S. Open final last September to claim her first Grand Slam title.
The tennis champ courted controversy by appearing to back ethnic Serbs in Kosovo who reject the nation's independence as NATO peacekeepers faced "unprovoked attacks."
Djokovic stretched his unbeaten streak in Melbourne to 28 matches, the longest run at the tournament for a man in the Open era.
American Jenson Brooksby topped No. 2 seed Casper Ruud on the men's side of the Australian Open on Thursday, just a day after fellow American Mackenzie McDonald defeated top seed Rafael Nadal. On the women's side, American Katie Volynets stunned No. 9 seed Veronika Kudermetova to advance to the third round of the Australian Open. Steph Baumgartel, a reporter for Network 10, joins CBS News from Melbourne.