Tennis-Smoke threat recedes as Australian Open approaches
(WorldNews Environment)

MELBOURNE — Fears of more disruption to the Australian Open from bushfire smoke receded on Saturday as hundreds of children flooded the Melbourne Park precinct under sunny skies on Kid’s Day at the year’s first Grand Slam. Victoria’s Environmental Protection Authority rated the air quality in central Melbourne as “good” and the final round of qualifying for the multi-million dollar tournament got underway on schedule. That was in stark contrast to earlier rounds of the...