The Australian Open Tennis Championship starts today, Monday 18 January 2016, in Melbourne, Australia.

Luxembourg's Gilles Muller (ranked #38), who had his best ever Australian Open last year when he reached the 4th round, has been drawn against 20th seed Fabio Fognini (Italy, ranked #23), who also got to the 4th round in 2104 and last year won the Men's Doubles..

In the first qualifying round of the Women's Singles Championship, Luxembourg's Mandy Minella (ranked #171) was defeated 6-3, 6-2 by China's ZHANG Shuai (ranked #133), the 18th seed.

Photo by Jan McIntyre of Gilles Muller in 2015