MELBOURNE, Australia – Finally, it’s here.

The Grand Slam with fans, the “Happy Slam” has arrived.

And if the leadup to it was pretty unusual and will affect the final outcome, the excessive amount of tennis was enough to satisfy any diehard leading into the main event.

Australian Open
Melbourne, Australia (Grand Slam)

Men’s singles

[11] Denis Shapovalov
1st rd: def. Jannik Sinner (ITA) 36 63 62 46 64
2nd rd: def. [Q] Bernard Tomic (AUS) 61 63 62
3rd rd: lost to [20] Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 75 75 63

[14] Milos Raonic
1st rd: def. Federico Coria (ARG) 63 63 62
2nd rd: def. Corentin Moutet (FRA) 67 (1) 61 61 64
3rd rd: def Marton Fucsovics (HUN) 76 (2) 57 62 62
4th rd: lost to [1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) 76 (4) 46 61 64

[20] Félix Auger-Aliassime
1st rd: def. [LL] Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (GER) 62 64 62
2nd rd: def. James Duckworth (AUS) 64 61 62
3rd rd: def. [11] Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 75 75 63
4th rd: lost to [Q] Aslan Karatsev (RUS) 36 16 63 63 64

Vasek Pospisil
1st rd: lost to [4] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 61 61 64

Women’s singles

[8] Bianca Andreescu
1st rd: def. [LL] Mihaela Buzarnescu (ROU) 62 46 63
2nd rd: lost to Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) 63 62

Leylah Fernandez
1st rd: lost to [18] Elise Mertens (BEL) 61 63

[Q] Rebecca Marino
1st rd: def. [WC] Kimberly Birrell (AUS) 60 76 (9)
2nd rd: lost to [19] Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) 61 75

Men’s doubles

Vasek Pospisil / Denis Shapovalov
1st rd: def. ~~[WC] Alex Bolt / Jordan Thompson (AUS)~~ [ALT] Andrej Martin (SVK) / Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) 63 76 (3)
2nd rd: lost to Nicholas Monroe / Frances Tiafoe (USA) 26 76 (9) 62

Félix Auger-Aliassime / Hubert Hurkacz (POL)
1st rd: lost to [16] Ken Skupski / Neal Skupski (GBR) 63 62

Women’s doubles

[6] Gabriela Dabrowski / Bethanie Mattek-Sands
1st rd: def Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) / Kaitlyn Christian (USA) 62 63
2nd rd: lost to Coco Gauff / Caty McNally (USA) 61 62

Leylah Fernandez / Heather Watson (GBR)
1st rd: def [10] Samantha Stosur / Zhang Shuai (CHN) 64 36 62
2nd rd: def [WC] Olivia Gadecki / Belinda Woolcock (AUS) 75 62
3rd rd: lost to Sharon Fichman / Giuliana Olmos (MEX) 63 62

Sharon Fichman / Giuliana Olmos (MEX)
1st rd: def [5] Hao-Ching Chan / Latisha Chan (TPE) 16 76 (1) 62
2nd rd: def Lucie Hradecka / Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) 75 63
3rd rd: def. Leylah Fernandez / Heather Watson (GBR) 63 62
QF: lost to [3] Barbora Krejcikova / Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 75 57 62

Mixed doubles

[3] Gabriela Dabrowski / Mate Pavic (CRO)
1st rd: def. [WC] Ivana Popovic / Aleksandar Vukic (CRO) 61 61
2nd rd: def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Jamie Murray (GBR) 76 (7) 57 [10-3]
QF: lost to [6] Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) / Rajeev Ram (USA) 76 (3) 63

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PotchOpen1
Potchefstroom, South Africa (ATP Challenger Tour)

Singles

[5] Brayden Schnur
1st rd: lost to [Q] Liam Broady (GBR) 64 63

[7] Peter Polansky
1st rd: def Viktor Galovic (CRO) 62 36 76 (2)
2nd rd: def Tristan Lamasine (FRA) 64 64
QF: lost to [Q] Nick Chappell (USA) 64 67 (3) 64

Doubles

Peter Polansky / Brayden Schnur
1st rd: def [4] Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) / Mark Vervoort (NED) 63 76 (4)
QF: vs. Dimitar Kuzmanov (BUL) / Roberto Quiroz (ECU) 76 (6) 36 [10-8]
SF: def. [1] Raven Klaasen / Ruan Roelofse (RSA) 63 64
F: vs. [2] Marc-Andrea Huesler (SUI) / Zdenek Kolar (CZE) 64 26 [10-4]

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Biella Challenger Indoor 1
Biella, Italy (ATP Challenger Tour)

Doubles

Adil Shamasdin / Jamie Cerretani (USA)
1st rd: def Evan King / Nathan Pasha (USA) 75 62
QF: lost to [4] Robert Galloway / Alex Lawson (USA) 76 (5) 57 [10-7]

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