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Nadal withdrew before the Open started, citing a knee injury.

As the sun set, the few stores still open started closing.

The Australian Open started today, but the bulk of the conversation was about those who were no longer in contention.

Rafael Nadal's quest to complete his Rafa Slam at the Australian Open started with a first-round victory that lasted only 47 minutes.

Federer's stranglehold of the baseline on Thursday night at the U.S. Open started by making 72 per cent of his first serves (Tsonga only made 53 per cent).

A little more than two weeks ago, the United States Open started under the threat of Hurricane Irene, a harbinger, perhaps, of the tumult that lay ahead.

In early June, round-trip air fares for departures to Edinburgh from the New York area, in time for the Open, started at $904.

"Just the way the second shot sets up there," Jack Nicklaus said before this Open started, "it's my favorite shot in golf".