Welcome to the Australian Open briefing, where will explain the stories behind the stories on each day of the tournament. With the semifinals done, the first major of the year has its four finalists.

Defending champion Jannik Sinner takes on Alex de Minaur in the last quarterfinal of the men's singles event on Wednesday ...

The Samford women's tennis team won its season ... Bulldogs then took on Mississippi State for their second match of the day. The Bulldogs battled but could not overcome MSU, falling, 4-0. A full list ...

6-7 (4), 6-3 in the women's doubles final Sunday at the Australian Open. "This is super special to me," Townsend said. "The last time I played on this court I was 15, and in 2012 I won the juniors ...

For Townsend, the win was a full-circle moment in her career after she won the title as a ... and Katerina Siniakova clash against each other as they compete against Hsieh Su-wei and Jelena Ostapenko ...

Taylor Townsend of the United States returned to the court on which her career first took flight, teaming with Katerina ...

Top-seeded Townsend and Siniakova of the Czech Republic led 6-2, 5-3 and served for the match for the ... of Latvia in the women's doubles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in ...