At a quirky, off-the-chain opening major to this season, records were broken, and records were extended. By the time the singles finals rolled around, the event had taken on a certain vintage, namely 2008 feel—Serena vs. Venus and Rafa vs. Roger.

Here are the highlights and lowlights among all that was seen and heard on the ground in Melbourne these past two weeks:

See No. 15 here.

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Indian Wells tournament director and ATP stalwart Tommy Haas had to retire from his opening match, but he still gave his fans the world over what they wanted out of that unfortunate outcome:

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Check out No. 13.