Nick Kyrgios is hoping to become the first Australian man to win the Australian tennis Open in fourty seven years when the tournaments gets underway this afternoon.
But he'll have to go through defending champion Rafael Nadal and nine-time winner Novak Djokovic to do it.
And on the women's side it's anyone's game, after home hero Ash Barty's shock retirement last year.
Host of the tennis radio show The First Serve, Brett Phillips, spoke to Jimmy Ellingham.
