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MELBOURNE: It was the kind of day that should've come with an advisory, don't expect much to get done, if anything at all. In the first half at least. It poured buckets all morning and Melbourne Park looked primed for a water sport competition. Mirra Andreeva, 16, playing under the…

MELBOURNE: Mahesh Bhupathi first met Sumit Nagal sixteen years ago when the veteran pro was on a talent hunt for his tennis academy in Bengaluru. The racket head speed generated by the ten-year-old caught his eye. "He hit a heavy ball, bigger than his size," Bhupathi said.

MELBOURNE: Alexei Popyrin's electric play sparked hope for the home fans at the Rod Laver Arena. And as long as that floated around the capacity space, for almost two hours of the Australian Open second-round meeting, the raucous crowd revelled in it.

‘I just liked it. I liked its roots and the trunks and branches and everything,’ the world No 1 tells reporters at post-match press conference