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. 5 here.

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Women's doubles winners Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Luciue Safarova gave them something to talk about even after defeating Andrea Hlavackova and Peng Shuai for their latest, greatest major feat:

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