This is a guest post by sportswriter and broadcaster David Fearnhead about his favorite matches from Day 1 of the Australian Open.
Shortly before the 2016 Australian Open kicked off, the legendary Margaret Court declared women's tennis had become "a little bit boring". Well, if it has, I must be watching a different game. It's only Day 1 and already the sport has cemented my continued affection.
There have already been upsets. Sam Stosur continued her homeland hoodoo, unable to break the curse, she made another early exit. And a bigger shock came with Caroline Wozniacki, an early faller against Yulia Putintseva.