In Tennis, world number five Venus Williams and her fellow American Sloane Stephens today made shocking first round exits from the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the season, at Melbourne.While Venus, the two-time finalist, was stunned by Swiss Belinda Bencic, 3-6, 5-7, Stephens, the world number 13, lost to China's Shuai Zhang, 6-2, 6-7, 2-6.India's Yuki Bhamri, the only Indian in the Men's Singles, crashed out in the opening round after losing to Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus. South Africa's 11th seed Kevin Anderson, and 16th placed American John Isner also bowed out. World number one Rafael Nadal will begin his campaign later today.