The Australian Open was thrown into chaos on opening day as wild weather shut down the majority of court activity for over six hours and forced eight matches to be rescheduled.

By Nick Mulvenney and Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Organisers cancelled five singles matches as persistent rain washed out a large chunk of play on the opening day of the Australian Open on Sunday,

In her first match on Melbourne Park’s main court since her loss in last year’s final, Zheng advanced 7-6 (7-3), 6-1 over 20-year-old qualifier Anca Todoni.