Roger Federer experienced quite a range of emotions these past two Australian Opens. A year ago, he sobbed on court after losing a thrilling final in five sets. Federer was all smiles Sunday after rather easily beating Andy Murray 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (11) for a fourth championship in Melbourne and 16th Grand Slam title overall.

More than just a champion, Roger Federer was recognized Sunday as a humanitarian. A charity match initiated by Federer to raise money for Haiti earthquake victims has raised more than $600,000, said Tennis Australia president Geoff Pollard. The Jan. 12 earthquake that has killed at least 150,000 in Haiti struck three days before the start of the Australian Open.

The weight of a nation's expectations broke Andy Murray's composure Sunday after Roger Federer broke his game. Receiving his runner-up prize, Murray's voice faltered and he blinked away tears as he apologized to his fans at home for not bringing home the first British trophy in a men's tennis major in 74 years.

In mixed doubles, practice time is a privilege. Top-seeded Leander Paes and Cara Black spent all of 45 minutes warming up together in their run to the Australian Open final. But it was all they needed. Paes and Black won the title Sunday, beating Ekaterina Makarova and Jaroslav Levinsky 7-5, 6-3. Paes and Black also teamed to win the 2008 U.S.

Former champion Lleyton Hewitt has pulled out of next month's SAP Open tournament in San Jose after undergoing surgery on his right hip. Hewitt told tournament director Bill Rapp on Saturday that he needed to withdraw. He had the operation Thursday and hopes to be back in time to play the French Open.

Andy Murray understands what it will take to beat Roger Federer in the Australian Open final and finally fulfill the hopes of an entire nation. "I'm going to need to play my best match ever," Murray said Saturday. "That's what I plan on doing. If I do, I've got a good chance of winning." The solution to ending a 74-year Grand Slam drought for Britain sounds simple in...

American twins Bob and Mike Bryan won their fourth Australian Open doubles title, defeating Daniel Nestor of Canada and Serbian Nenad Zimonjic 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3 on Saturday. The top-seeded Bryans picked up their eighth Grand Slam title in doubles. They faced two break points in the ninth game before winning the opening set when Zimonjic hit a backhand long.

Tennis heartthrob Rafael Nadal receives a very unconventional marriage proposal from an excited fan during the silence at this pivotal tennis match.

One of Justine Henin's favorite moments at a Grand Slam comes right before she walks onto center court for the final, when the locker room is nearly empty and quiet. The seven-time Grand Slam winner has savored that moment 11 times in her career. She'll do so again Saturday when she meets top-ranked Serena Williams at the Australian Open final.

Venus Williams is a much better doubles partner for her sister Serena than she is a keeper of the score. The Williams sisters won their fourth Australian Open doubles title on Friday, beating Cara Black and Liezel Huber 6-4, 6-3 in the final at Rod Laver Arena. At the end, Venus couldn't figure out why Serena was so excited about what she thought was a game point.

The last time a British man won a singles title at a Grand Slam, Jesse Owens embarrassed Adolf Hitler at the Berlin Olympics, Max Schmeling knocked out Joe Louis to win the world heavyweight title and FIFA president Sepp Blatter was born. Andy Murray tries to end that embarrassing 74-year-old drought on Sunday by beating the best player in the world, Roger Federer, at the Australian Open.

Rafael Nadal will miss up to four weeks of competition to recover from a knee injury that forced him to quit in the third set of his Australian Open quarterfinal against Andy Murray. The No. 2-ranked Nadal had his right knee assessed in Spain and was advised to rest completely for two weeks, then have two weeks of medical treatment before returning to tournament play, his management said in a...