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Sam McClure

Sam McClure won the Clinton Grybas rising star award at the AFL media association awards in 2015.

Colourful: Denis Istomin is hard to miss with his eye-catching glasses and bandana.

Nicking off down the street

With his fitness and overall preparation called into question after his shock second-round exit at the Australian Open, perhaps Nick Kyrgios has started pre-season early.

Australia's Andrew Whittington.

Whittington bows out

The charmed run of little-known local wildcard Andrew Whittington at the Australian Open is over, with the man from Williamstown bundled out by big-serving Croatian Ivo Karlovic.

It's all good: Bernard Tomic is looking forward to playing Brit Dan Evans.

Tomic ready for 'awkward' encounter

With Nick Kyrgios' infamous exit from the second round o f the Australian Open now complete, all eyes in the men's draw now turns to Bernard Tomic.

Rafael Nadal's not jumping up and down about a routine, first-round win in a grand slam, but he's "going to fight to not ...

I'm here to fight: Nadal

If there was one quote that summarised Rafael Nadal's outlook on his tennis career as it stands, after his straight set demolition of Florian Mayer, it was this: 

Four games: Spain's Nicolas Almagro lasted just 23 minutes before retiring injured.

New injury rule may favour 'lucky loser'

A new rule, designed to tackle the issue of players retiring early in matches due to pre-existing injuries could be adopted by the Australian Open as early as next year.