Shot of the day - Nalbandian (twice). Villain of the day - Safina.

It won't be this year for Lleyton Hewitt.

Game, set - but no match. Maria Sharapova's so-called New Zealand "stalker" has apparently left the glamorous tennis star in peace.

Catch live scoring action of day two of the 2011 Australian Open.

The Herald on Sunday's Michael Burgess reviews all the action from the Australian Open's opening day in Melbourne.

Caroline Wozniacki started her first major as the No 1-ranked woman in the world with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Gisela Dulko in Melbourne.

Maria Sharapova has bounced back from her quarterfinal exit at the ASB Classic to an easy opening win in the Australian Open.

Catch live scoring action of day one of the 2011 Australian Open.

Roger and Rafa were behaving like best mates on Rod Laver Arena on the eve of the Australian Open. It'll be a different story if they're back on the same court in a fortnight.

It will be super flash - but apparently the casual tennis player won't need to serve up more cash.

Dream final might be stretching it, but the best two players will certainly contest today's Auckland Open men's decider.

Crowd favourite John Isner says he wants to keep coming back to Auckland despite a less than memorable performance in 2011.

Rafael Nadal is poised to become just the third man to hold all four Grand Slam trophies at once. The "Rafa Slam" is on.

Argentine sixth seed David Nalbandian remains on track to add the Auckland men's Open to his 11 career titles.