Day one snapshot from Australian Open
PLAYER OF THE DAY: Shelby Rogers - the American world No.52 posted the first big upset of the tournament to oust fourth seed Simona Halep 6-1 6-1 from the women's draw.
STAT OF THE DAY: Australian comeback queen Ashleigh Barty trailed 0-3 and 2-4 in respective sets only to wriggle free and record her first grand slam singles victory since the 2013 US Open, a 6-4 7-5 win over Annika Beck.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "The grey hairs I'm dyeing. The wrinkles I'm hiding," 36-year-old Venus Williams on how she defied the ageing process to reach the second round with a 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 win over Kateryna Kozlova.
KEY MOMENT: Teenage wildcard Alex De Minaur showing maturity beyond his years to save a fourth-set match point before squeezing out a 5-7 6-3 2-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-1 triumph over Gerald Melzer on his grand slam debut.
TOURNAMENT SUMMARY: New world No.1 Andy Murray, along with fifth seed Kei Nishikori, De Minaur and more-fancied Australian Bernard Tomic all progressed in the men's event. But while Williams and French Open champion Garbine Muguruza advanced in the women's, four seeds including Halep and former US Open runner-up Roberta Vinci crashed out.
