An eventful fortnight at Melbourne Park ended with Novak Djokovic and Sofia Kenin taking home the Australian Open singles trophies.

Here, the PA news agency picks out five things we learned from the year’s first grand slam.

Thiem’s time will come

Kenin here to stay

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Sofia Kenin holds the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup on the Yarra River following her win over Spain’s Garbine Muguruza (Lee Jin-man/AP

Kyrgios can

Kyrgios (right) came up short against Nadal
Kyrgios (right) came up short against Nadal (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill)

The climate change challenge

Melbourne faced significant challenges
Melbourne faced significant challenges (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Salisbury aspires to be the best

Australian Open Tennis
Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram hold their trophy aloft (Lee Jin-man/AP)

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