Melbourne: World No 2 Simona Halep and veteran Venus Williams went crashing out of the Australian Open first round yesterday as a dramatic day of upsets grabbed attention away from a match-fixing controversy which has left tennis reeling.


Romania's Simona Halep returns to China's Zhang Shuai

Halep, the women's world number two, in an almighty upset, lost to Chinese qualifier Zhang Shuai, who wept freely as she won her first Grand Slam match in 15 attempts.