With Elena Rybakina crowned WTA Champion for the first time, attention turns to Turin where Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are in battle for the season-ending title. Brie and Dan (AusOpen.com) are joined by Simon Rea and Sam Stosur to break down the biggest stories of the week, including Novak Djokovic’s 101st career title in Athens, Rybakina’s rampaging end to the season in Riyadh and Alex de Minaur’s heartache in Turin. Simon casts a spotlight over the games of Alcaraz and Sinner to see how they stack up against each other and the panel discusses the ups and downs of Alex de Minaur’s career-best season following his loss to Lorenzo Musetti. And Vic Rudnikov checks in from Hobart with Aussie star Kim Birrell ahead of the weekend’s Billie Jean King Cup round-robin play-off tie against Brazil and Portugal. 0:00 - Welcome, Simon Rea and Sam Stosur 1:58 - Running into Sam on the streets of Brisbane 2:51 - Preview of Simon's player analysis 3:41 - Rybakina's hot streak at WTA Finals 10:15 - ATP Finals down to business end 10:28 - Alex fighting top-10 demons 15:30 - Fritz under injury cloud 17:15 - 'Sincaraz' battle for year-end No.1 18:51 - Sinner v Alcaraz game analysis 25:01 - It augurs well for Auger-Aliassime 26:16 - Winning titles 101 with Novak Djokovic 30:02 - Australia hosts Brazil and Portugal in Hobart 32:06- Kim Birrell gears up for BJK Cup 36:03 - Sam Stosur highlights Aussie team 38:29 - 50 days till United Cup 2026 39:36 - UC 2026: how does it work? 40:05 - Fonseca and Bencic to play Adelaide 41:42 - Jabeur's baby joy announcement 43:12 - Ace of the Week Subscribe to keep up with the latest from the Australian Open: http://bit.ly/AustralianOpenTV Welcome to the official Australian Open TV YouTube channel. The Australian Open 2026 main draw runs from 18 January - 1 February in Melbourne. The tournament takes place for the 114th time and is the first Grand Slam of the year. Jannik Sinner is the men’s singles reigning champion and Madison Keys is the women’s singles reigning champion. The tournament takes place on 25 hard courts, including Rod Laver Arena, Margaret Court Arena and John Cain Arena. Look out for highlights, press conferences, memorable moments and much more! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AustralianOpen X: https://twitter.com/australianopen Instagram: https://instagram.com/australianopen/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ausopen Website: https://ausopen.com/ Follow live coverage of all matches, breaking news, updates, highlights and more on: Nine (Australia): https://wwos.nine.com.au Eurosport (Europe): https://www.eurosport.com ESPN (Americas): https://www.espn.com beIN Sports (South East Asia, MENA): https://www.beinsports.com And visit: https://www.ausopen.com/broadcasters for all our broadcast partners worldwide