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The tennis season always seems to revolve around Serena Williams, but is she the biggest gainer through the season's first quarter?

Sloane Stephens, Jaime Hapton and Madison Keys are using their big serves to narrow the gap between them and the Williams sisters in American women's tennis, Kamakshi Tandon writes.

Who would you take: the field or the big four? Yes, it's a laughable question, but perhaps, collectively, the outsiders can start chipping away at the dominance the same few players have had on the game.

Between the upsets, epics and no-shows, as much as the Australian Open played out the way it was supposed to, it was anything but ordinary.

Between footwork, footwear and the court surface, the number of pratfalls at the Australian Open raised a few questions.

The way things have gone in the Novak Djokovic-Andy Murray matches, you might want to prepare a midnight snack.

Roger Federer and Andy Murray will meet at a crucial intersection in their careers. But that doesn't change the end goal: to win the Aussie.

At 19, Sloane Stephens is the last teenager standing in Melbourne. In the quarters, she'll meet Serena Williams, who at 19 was a Grand Slam champion and is in no mood to be a mentor just yet, writes Kamakshi Tandon.

Not only did Novak Djokovic survive another marathon, it might boost him the rest of the way.

Milos Raonic has been this close to beating Roger Federer. Now he gets another shot to stop the Swiss.

She's not as imposing or visible as the top three women, but Agnieszka Radwanska has a winning style all her own.

Bernard Tomic has been targeting a third-round encounter with Roger Federer since the Australian Open draw was set, and now that time has come, Kamakshi Tandon writes.

While the loss of No. 6-seeded Juan Martin del Potro was the only upset of the day, other big names had their share of scares.

For Venus Williams and Maria Sharapova, meeting in the Australian Open's third round is a sign of the challenges the two have faced the past few years, but that they are meeting at all is a sign of their perseverance.

Serena Williams cruised in her first-round match at the Australian Open despite rolling an ankle. The question now: Will the injury play a role going forward?

Sure, Victoria Azarenka only has one Grand Slam title to her credit, but the current No. 1 has proved she belongs among tennis' elite ranks.