World number one Novak Djokovic secured a record seventh Australian Open title and third consecutive Grand Slam crown as he produced a near-perfect display to dispatch Rafael Nadal in straight sets in Melbourne.

Japan's Naomi Osaka became the first women’s player since 2001 to win her first two Grand Slam titles back-to-back after overcoming Petra Kvitová in a dramatic women’s singles final at the Australian Open.

Top seed Novak Djokovic set up an Australian Open men’s singles final against Spain’s Rafael Nadal after the cruising past France's Lucas Pouille in Melbourne.

Rafael Nadal ended Greek youngster Stefanos Tsitsipas' impressive run to reach his fifth Australian Open final today. 

Serena Williams' pursuit of a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title came to an end at the quarter-final stage as the American failed to convert four match points in her defeat to Czech seventh seed Karolína Plíšková at the Australian Open in Melbourne.

Defending champion Shingo Kunieda of Japan has been drawn to meet Great Britain's Alfie Hewett in the first round of the men's singles event when wheelchair tennis begins at the Australian Open in Melbourne tomorrow.

Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas became the youngest man to reach a men's singles Grand Slam semi-final since 2007 after overcoming Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut at the Australian Open in Melbourne.

Serena Williams battled into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open after overcoming women’s top seed Simona Halep in a gripping three-set match in Melbourne.

January is comfortably one of the worst months of the year in Britain. The days are short, the weather is cold and the festivities of December are in the past. The only positive is waking up to entertaining sport elsewhere in the world.