When young Australian tennis player John Millman was waiting in the change rooms alongside Radek Stepanek all he could think was - What have I gotten myself in to?

Justine Henin has fallen in love with tennis all over again.

During the intense and private moments of his preparations to battle Roger Federer perhaps Lleyton Hewitt will offer a silent prayer to the patron saint of hopeless and desperate causes.

These are strange times for Australian sports fans.

Grandstand's Gerard Whateley and Paul McNamee go courtside at Melbourne Park to give you a wrap-up of the day's news from the 2010 Australian Open.

As Hopman Cup XXII draws to a close, Carole Kerr looks back on some of the great moments and wonderful adventures enjoyed during the unique event.

She's a drummer, an aspiring politician and in her spare time, world number 56 Andrea Petkovic plays tennis for a living.

Australian born 15 year old Laura Robson will pair up with Andy Murray for Great Britain team at the Hopman Cup - she took time out to bake up a storm with ABC reporter James De Leo.

It was party time at Hopman Cup XXII last night as 800 invited guests, including a whole bunch of headline tennis stars, swapped sports gear for evening wear at the social event of the tournament.

Despite taking on the defending champion in the opening round of your first ATP event, hometown wildcard John Millman says he is not lost among the big names at the Brisbane International.

Australian tennis ace Chris Guccione says his time away from the game has helped him appreciate the two great loves of his life.

The outside temperature may be tipped for the mid to high 30s but the real heat will be indoors as Hopman Cup XXII fires up at the Burswood Dome in Perth.

It has been six months since Andy Roddick's heart-breaking Wimbledon final loss to grand nemesis Roger Federer.

Melbourne teenager Olivia Rogowska has the game and the belief to break into the top 100 after a breakthrough year on the WTA Tour, writes Steve Pearce.

Grandstand takes a look back at 10 of the defining moments in sport over the past decade.1. Socceroos break 32-year World Cup drought

Davis Cup captain John Fitzgerald has hailed the recruitment of Spanish clay court coach Felix Mantilla as one of the most significant developments in Australian tennis in decades.

Bring it on, that's the word from Australian Open wildcard Nick Lindahl.

Aspiring Australian tennis player John Millman offers his second insight into the gruelling battle to crack the professional tennis circuit.

Roger Federer shrugged off his shock defeat by Russian Nikolay Davydenko at the ATP World Tour Finals on Sunday (AEDT), preferring to concentrate on his achievement of ending the year back on top of men's tennis.

It seems hard to believe that only six months ago Andre Agassi was predicting Rafael Nadal would complete a calendar grand slam in 2009.

Novak Djokovic is convinced almost 100 matches of hard work this season will pay off in the long term.

Gifted Muscovite Marat Safin could never be accused of being boring, whether he was winning or losing.

Former world number eight Alicia Molik has set her sights on contesting all four majors in 2010 as her tennis comeback slowly gains momentum.

Rising Australian tennis prospect John Millman offers the first of his blogs on his experiences as an up-and-comer on the professional tennis circuit.