The Australian Open is over for the locals. Some Australians impressed and others didn't live up to expectations. Here's how we graded them.

After a spirited run, Alex de Minaur was eliminated from the Australian Open at the quarter-final stage. His exit saw him become the final Aussie to fall at this year's Melbourne Park tournament. A total of 22 local hopes started the event across the men's and women's singles main draws.

Nick Kyrgios has been replaced in Australia’s Davis Cup squad by Aleksandar Vukic after the former Wimbledon finalist suffered an abdominal strain in the lead-up to the Australian Open.

Gadecki claimed bragging rights in that match and holds the higher ranking of world No.97 – an increase of 14. Meanwhile, Birrell enjoyed the biggest rise of any player inside the Australian top 10 with a 49-spot increment to world No.183.

Hoteliers have relished the boost from more tourists coming to the tennis this year because of the lower Aussie dollar.

MELBOURNE - Nick Kyrgios has been replaced in Australia's Davis Cup squad by Aleksandar Vukic after the former Wimbledon finalist suffered an abdominal strain in the lead-up to the Australian Open. Read more at straitstimes.

Tennis Australia boss Craig Tiley says erecting a statue of 10-time Australian Open winner Novak Djokovic at Melbourne Park is a no-brainer — and the Serbian can win the local Grand Slam again.

Keys also beat Iga Swiatek and Elena Rybakina in her run to her first Grand Slam at Melbourne Park in Australia. Madison Keys, right, of the U.S. reacts as she holds the Daphne Akhurst Memorial ...

The 70-year-old actor and director seems to be enjoying himself at Melbourne Park, rubbing shoulders with some tennis legends, as well as modern stars of the game. Prior to the women's final ...

World No 1 Sabalenka was bidding to become the first woman since Martina Hingis in the late 1990s to win three straight titles at Melbourne Park. But American Keys, who seemed destined never to ...

Nick Kyrgios has been replaced in Australia's Davis Cup squad by Aleksandar Vukic after the former Wimbledon finalist suffered an abdominal strain in the lead-up to the Australian Open. After a five-year absence from the Davis Cup,

Locals in Quambatook, around 302km from Melbourne, paid tribute to Merril Kelly, 76, who was found dead near a cemetery following a grassfire. Anthony Albanese is confident of Labor retaining ...