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MELBOURNE: The first Grand Slam of the annual tennis calendar, the Australian Open (AO) will launch yet another first in 2019 with the inaugural AO Sports Film Festival. Throughout the entire two weeks of the tournament, tennis fans can mix up their tennis action with a daily dose of blockbusters, documentaries and all-time sports films from around the world.

More than 50 films, covering a whopping 23 sports, will screen across three locations – The AO Ballpark (Emirates Family Sanctuary), AO Tennis Club at Birrarung Marr and The Glasshouse.