Serena Williams not worried about injury, or what lies ahead

Djokovic is chasing his sixth title after beating Andy Murray in last year’s final, while Williams, battling a knee injury, is after her seventh Australian crown.

World number one Serena Williams ruled out surgery to fix a persistent knee problem Saturday as she declared herself “130% fit” for the Australian Open.

The 2016 Australian Open is about to begin, and the excitement around the tennis world is palpable.

He is thus keen to end the skid, and doing so in Melbourne might be sweeter for the Scot since he has lost four finals at the Australian Open – three to Djokovic. Pospisil, now ranked No. 39, sits in the same quarter as world No. 1 Novak Djokovic.

Sharapova also opens her campaign on Monday, up against Japan’s Nao Hibino, the world No.58. “One thing you can control is your serve”.

Few would be surprised to see another Murray-Djokovic climax given the pair have shared three of the last five finals in Melbourne.

Serena Williams has won the Australian Open title a whopping six times – in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015. His intentions are clear. “That’s obvious, no? The way he’s playing, it’s hard to see him losing matches”. There may be concern for her though as she withdrew from her semi-final match due to illness after she got bageled in the first set by Monica Puig. Williams is the 3/1 favourite, Sharapova 10/1 and Errani 250/1.

But Sharapova said: “I feel really good”.

“Not really. That was more something that went into the press”, he said when asked if Ljubicic had helped him switch up his game for Djokovic.

“Everything is actually really well”.

In her new music video, Victoria Azarenka spins wheels on a motorbike and sprays graffiti on a wall.

When she puts together a good run though, she is virtually unplayable, as her two Wimbledon titles attest.

Italian Camila Giorgi, the highest ranked non-seed, awaits in the first round and she could meet Maria Sharapova, whom she beat in the final 12 months ago, as early as the last eight.

Muguruza: She had a strong first half a year ago, then a weak summer, then did better in the fall.

Sharapova, the 2008 champion, said her restricted preparation was purely precautionary.

“I’m definitely a lot more comfortable, a lot more calm, a lot more aware”. But he has never progressed past the second round of a Grand Slam.

With much of the attention on Serena Williams and young stars like Simona Halep and Garbine Muguruza in women’s tennis previous year, Azarenka, a former world No. 1, has gradually and quietly worked her way back into the conversation.

“Who’s had the most success?” He opened 2016 with a crushing 6-1, 6-2 over 14-time major victor Nadal in the Qatar Open final. “Show my creative side, what I can do”, she said.

“Hopefully I can keep playing that well”.

Both won three majors, with Williams coming within two victories of becoming the first player since Steffi Graf in 1988 to achieve the calendar year grand slam.

In the last 5 Australian Opens Williams has won the title (2015), lost in the 4th Round (2014), lost in the Quarterfinal (2013), finished 4th (2012) and did not play in 2011.

Roger Federer says the so-called Big Four in men’s tennis – he, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal – still exists, with one possible notation and an addition.