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Tennis – Australian Open – Melbourne, Australia, January 15, 2018. Tennis fans arrive for the Australian Open tennis tournament. REUTERS/Edgar Su
January 15, 2018
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Highlights of Monday’s opening day of the Australian Open, the first grand slam tournament of the year:
0015 PLAY UNDERWAY AT MELBOURNE
Play got underway on schedule under sunny skies at 11 am local time (0000) GMT with temperatures hovering just under the 20 degrees Celsius mark.
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(Compiled by Nick Mulvenney and Hardik Vyas, editing by Greg Stutchbury)