An exciting exhibition was announced for early March at the MGM Rewards, featuring Aryna Sabalenka and Jannik Sinner as the main stars. The event will take place at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas from March 1–2,

The two defending champions, Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka, enter the 2025 Australian Open as favorites to win in Melbourne again.

Express Sport brings you all the latest Australian Open news ahead of Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner's semi-finals.

Plus, Ben Shelton gets the chance to end the American men's drought at a Grand Slam when he faces Jannik Sinner in the semis

Defending champion Jannik Sinner and 10-time Australian Open winner Novak Djokovic have landed in opposite sides of the draw for the season’s first major, ruling out a replay of last year’s semifinal encounter.

Top-ranked Jannik Sinner will face No. 2 Alexander Zverev and women’s No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka will play former No. 1 Naomi Osaka in exhibition matches March 1-2 in Las Vegas.

The fact that both players had a rather successful 2024, ending the year at the top in the men’s and women’s rankings, respectively, have made them favourites to win the Australian Open — dubbed the H

The chase for the Australian Open 2025 title is firmly on. Jannik Sinner is favourite to retain his title in the men’s draw but faces immense competition in the form of Alexander Zverev and a revitalised Novak Djokovic.

Naomi Osaka, a two-time champion in Australia, stopped playing because of a strained abdominal muscle after dropping the first set of her match against Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Belinda Bencic.

The 2025 Australian Open runs from Sunday, Jan. 12 to Sunday, Jan. 26. However, due to the time difference in The Land Down Under, match start times will be a bit wonky for U.S. viewers, meaning the first major tennis tournament of the year will start airing coverage at 7 p.m. ET on Jan. 11 in U.S. timezones.

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