Novak Djokovic’s return to Melbourne Park, a year on from his deportation from Australia, ended in success as he claimed a record tenth Australian Open men’s singles title with a straight sets 6-3, 7-6, 7-6 win over Stefanos Tsitsipas.

A total of 534,528 have flocked to Melbourne Park for the first week of the Australian Open tennis, and a record daily attendance figure of more than 94,000 has been set.

Novak Djokovic made a winning return to the Australian Open, a year on from his infamous deportation, on a day where extreme heat and rain disrupted play on the outside courts.

Top men's and women's seeds Rafael Nadal of Spain and Iga Świątek will both start their Australian Open tennis campaigns at Melbourne Park with tough draws.

Britain's Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid won the Australian Open wheelchair men's doubles final in Melbourne to take a record ninth consecutive Grand Slam title.

Sixth seed Karolína Plíšková was the biggest casualty on the first full day played behind closed doors at the Australian Open, while world number one and home favourite Ashleigh Barty swept into the fourth round in Melbourne.