One of the most awaited tennis competitions every year is the Australian Open. And for this year, it has commenced yesterday (19 January 2015) and will run till February 1, 2015. Some notes of it:
" This year's Australia Open is the 103rd edition of the tournament and will be held at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. This huge event will be run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and will be a part of the 2015 ATP World Tour and the 2015 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category.
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The tournament consists of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There will be singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which is part of the Grand A category of the tournaments, and also singles, doubles and quad events for both men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category." Source- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Australian_Open
Some of the highlights during the opening date:
Good news for the Australian men as four of them emerged as winners on the opening day event. These include Tomic, Kokkinakis, Groth and Kyrgios. Meanwhile, other big names who came triumphant on their initial matches are Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal, Thomas Berdych, and Grigor Dimitrov. However on the distaff side, one known player who was ousted on the opening day was Ana Ivanovic, the world's number five, who lost her game to Lucie Hradecka, 6-1, 3-6, 2-6.
Hence if you enjoy the game of tennis, watch all the games live on the playing court or on TV and together with its million fans, scream to the top of your voice to cheer your favourite tennis great players.
