The top-seeded Potapova won the final eight games en route to a 6-4, 6-0 victory in 72 minutes over Austria’s Julia Grabher.

And on that note it's a wrap from us. Australia have set a marker for this series, and Sri Lanka will have about five days to reflect till the start of the second Test on the Feb 6, which is this ...

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The quality of Australia’s internet services has slipped to an embarrassing spot behind global competitors – as a new survey measures the overall digital wellbeing of the country. Dutch ...

There has been some recorded backlash to the initiatives in Australia with Rio Tinto reporting increased hostility to women after it pushed for greater diversity in its ranks. The Diversity ...

By Victoria Kim Reporting from Sydney, Australia In Melbourne, masked men set fire to a storied synagogue. In Sydney, a synagogue was defaced with red swastikas spray painted along the fence ...

Other first-round winners included Marketa Vondrousova and Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic, Switzerland's Belinda Bencic and ... 5 of 8 against American Alycia Parks in winning 6-3, 6-3.

Australia has one of the world's highest rates of extinctions with about 100 species of flora and fauna lost since European colonisation. There were 42 new additions to the national list of ...

Filmed in Melbourne, Australia (and Dever nailed the dialect), this limited series was directed by Jeffrey Walker (Modern Family, The Artful Dodger). Since we already shared this series’ trailer ...

Image: Australia's Alana King and Beth Mooney celebrate retaining the Women's Ashes against England England's hopes of regaining the Women's Ashes are over after holders Australia opened up an ...

The world number three was not at her best but outlasted Switzerland's Belinda Bencic 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 on the hottest day in Melbourne so far as temperatures hit 34 degrees Celsius (93 Fahrenheit).