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.In Men's Singles, South Africa's 11th seed Kevin Anderson, and 16th placed American John Isner also crashed out in the opening round. World number one Rafael Nadal will begin his campaign later today.