Injured Australian rugby players will this year have their bloodied uniforms sprayed with bleach as a precaution to kill the virus which causes AIDS, a move which may have implications for contact sports worldwide.
Top seed Martina Hingis stayed on a collision course with the Williams sisters on Thursday when she sped past Belgian Els Callens 6-1 6-0 to reach the third round of the Australian Open.
Spanish ninth seed Juan Carlos Ferrero became the Australian Open's biggest casualty on Wednesday when he was beaten 3-6 6-2 6-1 1-6 6-2 in the second round by Andrew Ilie.
Marat Safin provided the power and purpose and Anna Kournikova the fizz and colour as the two Russians grabbed centre stage on the first day of the Australian Open on Monday.
Tennis officials said on Sunday they had accepted Jelena Dokic's decision to play the Australian Open as a Yugoslav rather than an Australian, signalling Dokic's rocky relationship with her adopted home is probably over.
