You mentioned it in the headline, naomi osaka is through. Did she do it easy . Yeah, she did. She looked really comfortable. A warm welcome today one of the Australian Open. What a bumper draw in store for us today. She was brilliant, naomi osaka. Interesting to note, she was speaking coming into this tournament how difficult she found last year. When she wrapped up that first sat injust under ten when she wrapped up that first sat in just under ten minutes, when she wrapped up that first sat injust under ten minutes, certainly no signs of that on her shoulders this year, as she came through co mforta bly this year, as she came through comfortably in the end, 6 2, 6 4 against marie pushover. A sucker has against marie pushover. A sucker has a real pedigree commission on the us open in 2017 and followed that up with an Australian Open victory, but she couldnt carry on that form in the latter stages of last year. But she is up and running with a victory and of course you will be one of the favourites once again to go on and successfully defend her title. Well number one Ashleigh Barty plays later on this evening, your time. But a man named Novak Djokovic is also out on the court. And he has something to prove, doesnt he . He is chasing quite a record. Yeah, a record extending eighth Australian Open title, and as we know, he has got rafael nadal and Roger Federer in his sights, with 20 grand slam titles, if he wins here he will move on to 17. Astonishing to think that those three top the charts as far as the mens game is concerned. All those grand slam titles to their names. When he comes to the hard courts, Novak Djokovic, he is dominant. So often we have seen it play out here in melbourne. We wonder whether or not we will see that again. He was brilliant in the atp cup as serbia went on to win the tournament, which was of course played here on the hard courts. The perfect preparation for him, as he begins the defence of his title here once again. Lets hear what he said coming into the tournament. Once again. Lets hear what he said coming into the tournamentm once again. Lets hear what he said coming into the tournament. It was phenomenal, a couple of weeks. A great lead up to the Australian Open. Did take lot out of me. Sol did adjust my training sessions, i had a little bit more recuperation rather thanjust had a little bit more recuperation rather than just stepping on had a little bit more recuperation rather thanjust stepping on the accelerator, you know, a little bit more. Given that Novak Djokovic will be playing on rod laver arena with a roof that can be used, bushfires that have caused smoke and obviously all the turmoil over the country, it is rain that could be the biggest problem on the opening day . Yeah, i think that is something the organisers are aware of. We know that there are three rooftops on the three show courts here. It is the outside courts that could be mostly affected, there is a lot of cloud and rain here. Lots of that yesterday, and lots of the play on the outside courts could be affected by more today. As you say, it is the bushfires of course which have dominated the conversations in the lead up to this tournament, and we saw the effects of the laying out in qualifying, with a number of matches and the start of play being pushed back on tuesday. We saw a delay on wednesday and the advice for people here in melbourne was to stay indoors. It is astonishing to think that play continued on those days in light of the public advice, and a number of the players were really disappointed that play went ahead. It is something that has been raised in the lead up to this tournament. The organisers have said they will be pushing on as normal, and in fairness, today, the opening day of these championships, it seems as though it is the rain that will be causing most of the issues, and not that smoke generated from those terrible bushfires which have obviously affected the country a great deal. Play under way here, and it looks as though it is the rain thatis it looks as though it is the rain that is really going to affect things in this opening week. John, fingers crossed it isnt too bad and we can get most of the action in. Thanks very much for now. Patrick mahomes and his Kansas City Chiefs are the first team through to the nfls superbowl 5a after a 35 24 win over the Tennessee Titans handing them the afc title. Its their first time in the decider since 1970 and theyll play the winner of the nfc decider, which is being played now between the Green Bay Packers and San Francisco 49ers in california. They are currently 34 7 up, against the Green Bay Packers in california. In the nba, san antonio have beaten the miami heat by five points in texas. It was tight heading down the home stretch when Lamarcus Aldridge layed up to give the spurs a 1 point lead, and late on trailing by three, Duncan Robinson missed this three pointer for the heat which wouldve tied the game up with the home side holding on. Now to football, where Quique Setiens first game at camp nou ended in victory as barcelona beat granada 1 0 in spain. It took until the final 15 minutes and a wonderful piece of teamwork inside the box from the catalans as lionel messi got on the end of the movement to slot home with his right foot and take barcelona back level with real madrid at the top of la liga. Translation we spoke about trying to be brave, trying to win the ball aggressively, in the opposition half. That gave us lots of options after winning the ball. Lots of options to do them damage. I would have to watch it in the light of day, but i am quite proud of what the players did. Two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo have taken juventus four points clear at the top of serie a. His first was a little bit lucky, taking a deflection off the defender and wrong footing the goalkeeper just before half time. Parma did get an equaliser, but three minutes later ronaldo did it again, sweeping in a cross from the right hand side to make it 2 1. Second placed inter struggled to break down lecce, Alessandro Bastoni eventually putting them ahead with less than 20 minutes to go. But that lead didnt last long, as Marco Mancosu equalised to keep his side out of the relegation zone. Bayern munich are up to second in the bundesliga after a thumping 4 0 win at hertha berlin. All four goals came in the second half and it takes the champions to within four points of rb leipzig while Bayer Leverkusen were 4 1 winners at bottom of the table paderborn. Liverpool have one hand on the premier League Trophy with just over half the season played and now lead by 16 points with a game in hand. Jurgen klopps side were 2 0 winners over Manchester United at anfield on sunday. Virgil van dyke and Mohamad Salah scored the goals for the reds as they remain unbeaten this season. We came out of the block like, wow. Exactly like we wanted to. Created chances, unbelievable. Super football, against such a defensive organisation. It is so difficult and we did so well. I really loved that. Soa we did so well. I really loved that. So a big relief in that moment. The players have given us everything, i think today, we held on for a bit, the second half especially, difficult play. I thought our players handle but really well, the way that we have gone on defending, to weather the storm in the first five or ten minutes. And the last 30 minutes, i thought they were excellent. Just didnt have the quality in the finish or in the last past. Englands cricketers need four more wickets for victory and a 2 1 series lead, in their third test against south africa in port elizabeth. The hosts will resume on the final day on 102 6 in their second innings, still needing 188 more runs just to make england bat again. The guys are pretty disappointed in the dressing room at the moment. But like i said, going forward, we found a way to try to up skill and get them ready for tomorrow, and hopefully the last test match as well. Zimbabwe are 1892 against sri lanka. They are playing their first test series for two years. While west indies won by nine wickets in st kitts and nevis to claim the third and final t20 match of their series against ireland, meaning they draw the series 1 1 after the second match was abandoned due to the weather. The finish of the lpga tournament of champions will have to wait until monday. Former world number one innbee park was eliminated from the three way play off, hitting the water on the 18th after nasa hataokam gaby lopez, and her had finished on 13 under. Hataoka and lopez matched par five times in a playoff at the 197 yard 18th hole until it was too dark to continue sunday, and theyll return to finish on monday to see who gets the trophy. And just to let you know, Serena Williams is about to head out onto rod laver arena. The website is the place to go for all the updates. But from around the rest of the team. Goodbye. Hello. For much of england, wales and southern scotland, its a cold and frosty start to monday. Also some problems with fog, particularly across wales, north west england and the midlands. We have already seen some Poor Visibility in places through the first part of the night. Another thing of note is that the pressure reading across parts of wales has exceeded 1050 millibars and is continuing to rise. Thats the highest its been since 1957. This area of High Pressure is the dominant feature in the week ahead, bringing a lot of dry weather. This frontal system will bring some outbreaks of rain into northern scotland later on monday. But we start monday, for many, cold, frosty, temperatures as low as 6 or 7 across parts of southern england. Close to freezing for Northern England, southern scotland and Northern Ireland. Eight or nine for the far north of scotland. And for scotland and Northern Ireland, monday is a cloudy, breezy day. Some of that cloud extending down into Northern England and some of the mist and fog i spoke about could well be slow to clear. But there will be further spells of sunshine across a large sway of england and wales. Perhaps not as much as we saw through sunday, through east anglia and south east england. Light winds for many. Away from northern and western scotland, those touch gusts could touch 50mph, maybe 55 mph. Ten or 11 celsius though for the far north of scotland. 6 9 for most. And close to freezing where any fog is slow to clear. So through monday nightand into tuesday, the cloud thickens across northern and western scotland, with outbreak of rain sliding their way southwards. It runs into an area of High Pressure and that rain will tend to fizzle out. Clearer skies further south, still with some mist and fog. And again it will be a frosty start to tuesday for much of central, southern england but not as cold as sunday night. So this is how tuesday shapes up High Pressure still very much in charge. This frontal system trying to slide its way southwards but, as it runs into that area of High Pressure, most of the rain is going to tens to fizzle out. We will see more cloud arriving into Northern England and the midlands. Another cloudy, breezy day across Northern Ireland and for most on tuesday a much cloudier day, a colder feeling day as well. For central, southern england, temperatures here not much higher than six or seven celsius. Heres this area of hig hpressure still with us as we go into wednesday, a longer, drier spell for much of the uk, in the week ahead. It does not necessarily mean sunny weather. A good deal of cloud around on wednesday. Underneath the area of High Pressure, were feeding in a lot of moisture and we can see some mist and murkiness and Poor Visibility. Best chance of anything brighter will be along some eastern coasts. Temperatures around nine or ten degrees celsius. So to sum up the week ahead, a lot of dry weather. Some frosty nights, particularly at first. A bit of sunshine but generally a lot of cloud and also further problems with mist and fog. Goodbye. Welcome to bbc news im maryam moshiri. Our top stories prince harry speaks publicly for the First Time Since the announcement he and meghan will start a new life in canada without their royal titles. The decision that i have made for my wife and i to step back is not one i make lightly. 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