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Title favorite Daniil Medvedev wore down Swiss Henri Laaksonen to win his opening match at the Australian Open on Tuesday with little fuss. The Russian, who is looking for back-to-back Grand Slam crowns after winning last year's US Open, prevailed 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) in 1hr 54min on Rod Laver…

Melbourne (AFP) - Daniil Medvedev has played down talk of being the Australian Open favourite in the absence of nine-time winner Novak Djokovic as he made a winning start to his campaign in Melbourne on Tuesday.

Follow all the latest reaction from Melbourne as the Australian Open continues without Djokovic

Tennis Australia haven released a statement after Novak Djokovic was deported home, despite the organisation granting him a medical exemption to play in the Australian Open

Aiming to be the first man in the Open era to win his second major title on his next Grand Slam appearance, Medvedev had a 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (3) win over Henri Laaksonen

The president of Tennis Australia says the board deeply regrets the events of the past fortnight and it will conduct a review to learn from the incident.

The former world number one toiled for more than four hours to record his first Melbourne victory in five years.

The players stayed by the girl’s side

Three years after Andy Murray’s ‘retirement’ video played out on the big screen at the Australian Open, the Briton showed he still has a future after knocking out No21 seed Nikoloz Basilashvili.