While the Australian Open got off to an interesting start, it’s only really starting to get going as it enters its second week. Yesterday, it exploded into life in dramatic fashion as Rafael Nadal and Nick Kyrgios clashed in a memorable match that eventually saw the world number one progress.

It was anything other than easy for the Spanish tennis legend.

With the total aces served during the Australian Open reaching 9,812 on the day, and creating a massive $5,657,871 fund to go towards the victims of the Australian bushfires, the official Australian Open site enjoyed its biggest day of the fortnight as everyone wanted to follow the action across all the courts, with major stars in action.

The biggest draw in Melbourne, however, was easily Nadal and Kyrgios. To say that the two men have history is a little like saying it can get a bit chilly at the South Pole in winter. The two men clearly wouldn’t invite the other to a party if everyone else on the planet was busy washing their hair. Nadal, the compulsive tidier of his hairline, his water bottles and his precision forehands taking on Kyrgios, the whirling dervish of devilry, all loud shorts and attitude, each shot seemingly made in anger at the tennis ball, is the perfect tennis match-up. Should the pair of them ever need the money after retirement, the exhibition matches would be worth any ticket price in any country.