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• Sam McClure
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Follow our rolling coverage of day of the 2017 Australian Open from Melbourne Park.

• Linda Pearce

Destanee. There is a story in the name. Had to be. "The truth is, yeah, people have a lot of questions about that," says Rosie Aiava, the mother and coach of the 16-year-old Australian who who will make her grand slam debut as the youngest player at next week's Australian Open.

• Linda Pearce

Alexander Zverev, all 198 gifted, confident, composed centimetres of him, is strolling down a hallway with a Tennis Australia staffer, wondering out loud why a couple of local journalists would want to do this interview. We could joke we're planning to make him a star. Might have, actually. Except that Zverev already has that route well-covered.

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• Linda Pearce

When Roger Federer describes Nick Kyrgios as "tough to beat here", the 17-time grand slam champion is not talking about the Australian Open title he doubts that Kyrgios is ready to win.

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• Linda Pearce

When Roger Federer discovered he would need a lengthy rest after Wimbledon to heal the wonky knee injured, freakishly, in a Melbourne hotel bathroom, he did not dust off a pile of overdue jobs wife Mirka wanted done around the house, or vow to finally reorganise his sock drawer.

• Casey Dellacqua

There's a shift happening in women's tennis, with the once invincible Serena Williams finally being challenged.

Dan Evans, who has worked hard to shed the reputation of being British tennis' bad boy, will reignite his doubles partnership with Nick Kyrgios at the Australian Open.

• Linda Pearce

As we prepare for two weeks of top tennis, here are five storylines to look out for during the Australian Open.

Luxembourg lefty Gilles Muller's persistence paid off in Sydney on Saturday night, when the 33-year-old ended his long wait for a maiden ATP title.

• Eamonn Tiernan

Dudi Sela came from behind to oust Jan-Lennard Struff in the Canberra Challenger final on Saturday.

• Roy Ward

Roger Federer returns to Melbourne Park as the underdog, the No 17 seed and perhaps the most dangerous player outside the top seeds.

• Linda Pearce

Bernard Tomic was not talking about weight loss. Diets, salads, none of it.

• Linda Pearce

Nick Kyrgios will have the final cortisone-patch treatment on his troublesome knee the day before embarking on an Australian Open passage he is confident will carry him at least as far as the second week for the third consecutive year.

• Scott Spits

Andy Murray was unveiled to the Australian audience as a gangly but exceptionally talented teenager, burdened by the white-hot glare of the Fleet Street pack. We've watched from afar his career flourish bit-by-bit.

• Jon Pierik

Serena Williams has vowed to not let the joy of her recent engagement sink in just yet, declaring her focus is only on claiming a seventh Australian Open.

• Scott Spits

In Australia for the first time in three years without the No.1 ranking, six-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic wouldn't bite on criticism from Boris Becker that his work-rate had dropped off.

Australian tennis player Calum Puttergill has been hit with a six-month ban and fined $US10,000 ($A13,500) for betting-related corruption offences.

• Michael Chammas and Cameron Mee

Sydney-born Brit Johanna Konta has completed her homecoming with her second WTA title, bizarrely choosing to celebrate her victory with a ham and cheese toastie and a can of Coke.

• Eamonn Tiernan

No.1 seed German Jan-Lennard Struff to face Israeli Dudi Sela in Canberra Challenger final on Saturday.

His only win this year came in a hit-and-giggle Fast4 match against Dominic Thiem.

• Linda Pearce

Host nation fares reasonably in an Australian Open draw that is less kind to five-time women's champion Serena Williams and delivers potential quarter-final blockbuster between Murray and Roger Federer.

• Linda Pearce

The third seed's new quest for self-improvement is all about sleep.

• COMMENT
• Darren Kane

Pardon me for just one second, so I can get this all straight in my head. Nick Kyrgios is a rusted-on Democrat. Even with the benefit of 20/20 binoculars that, my friends, was harder to pick than a broken nose. Or, maybe The Donald appointing his son-in-law as a senior White House advisor was simply the straw that broke the camel's proverbial for Nick. Who could know.

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• Ronny Lerner

Tune in here to find out the main match-ups for the big names and the Australian contingent at Australian Open 2017.

• Linda Pearce

Angelique Kerber left Australia last January with Tim Tams, Vegemite, the Australian Open singles trophy and a heap more fans.

Forget his No.2 seeding or supposed form slump, six-time champion Novak Djokovic believes he can not only defend his Australian Open title but also accomplish feats not seen in tennis for almost half a century.

World No.1 tennis player Andy Murray says the sky is the limit for Australian hope Nick Kyrgios, as long as he stays focused on the court.

The wedding can wait for newly-engaged tennis great Serena Williams, who has only one thing on her mind at the moment - another Australian Open title.