Fans arrive at the Rod Laver Arena at Melbourne Park as the Australian Open gets under way

Tim Henman narrowly manages to take the opening set against Russian opponent Dmitry Tursunov

Tursunov holds his nerve and bounces back in emphatic style to take the second and third sets

Henman looks set to level in the fourth after leading 5-1, but loses the next six games to slump to a 7-5 3-6 4-6 5-7 defeat

Germany's Julia Schruff causes the first upset of the tournament with victory over ninth seed Elena Dementieva

Venus Williams wins the first set against 18-year-old Tszvetana Pironkova but produces plenty of unforced errors

Playing in her first Grand Slam event, Pironkova pounces on Williams' loose play and takes the match 2-6 6-0 9-7

David Nalbandian makes a strong start against Danai Udomchoke but eventually needs five sets to see off the Thai

Fourth seed Maria Sharapova is hugely impressive in her opening 6-2 6-1 win over Sandra Kloesel

Top seed Lindsay Davenport sees off Australian wildcard Casey Dellacqua 6-2 6-1 without ever finding top gear

Jelena Dokic suffers a disappointing return to Australia, seeing two match points slip away before losing to Virginie Razzano