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The competition—and weather—at Melbourne Park continues to heat up as the Australian Open heads into the second round of play.

Wednesday will feature a stellar ensemble of players including a surprising first round doubles match between four current or former Top 5 singles stars.

The featured match for day three at the 2009 Australian Open is between Anna Chakvetadze and Jelena Dokic.

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Venus and Serena Williams successfully launched their 2009 Australian Open campaigns with straight sets wins on Tuesday.

Elena Dementieva won her 2008 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships title the hard way, and she will not relinquish it easily when she returns to the UAE in February.

The 2009 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships has announced that Dementieva and 2008 French Open champion Ana Ivanovic will compete in next month’s Premier tournament.

Venus and Serena Williams will launch their 2009 Australian Open campaigns on day two of the season’s first Grand Slam.

The bottom half of the women’s draw will hit the courts at Melbourne Park on Tuesday.

The featured match for day two at the 2009 Australian Open is between Venus Williams and Angelique Kerber.

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Jelena Dokic successfully returned to competition at the Australian Open by winning her first round match against Tamira Paszek on Monday.

Top seed Jelena Jankovic won her first match at the 2009 Australian Open in a dominating fashion.

The world number one cruised into the second round of play after beating Yvonne Meusburger in two sets 6-1, 6-3.

Japan’s Kimiko Date Krumm is a relative stranger to most of the women in the Australian Open’s locker room.

But it is not because she is a newcomer to professional tennis. It’s because she has not competed at a Grand Slam in over a decade.

Wold number one Jelena Jankovic will wear a new clothing brand when she steps onto the court at the Australian Open for the first time on Monday.

Leading Chinese sportswear enterprise, ANTA Sports Products Limited, announced on Sunday that it had secured one of the biggest deals in women’s tennis by signing Jankovic to exclusively wear ANTA sports apparel, shoes and accessories world-wide.

The 2009 Australian Open kicks off on Monday at Melbourne Park.

One hundred twenty-eight players will compete in the women’s main draw for the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup trophy and a winner’s check of two million dollars.

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Top seed Jelena Jankovic leads the action on day one of the 2009 Australian Open. Other players scheduled to compete on Monday include Dinara Safina, Ana Ivanovic and Vera Zvonareva.

The 2009 Australian Open will be streamed live on the internet through ESPN’s online service, ESPN360.com.

Fans in the United States with access to the service can enjoy the live feeds starting on January 18 at 7:00 pm ET.