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The Australian Open 2026 opens the tennis season with world-class competition in Melbourne, setting the tone for the year ahead with fast courts, intense conditions, and early-season drama.
Sunglasses offer clear benefits in tennis, but at the professional level they are rarely used during matches. This is not because elite players overlook their value, but because of practical considerations. High-intensity movement can cause sunglasses to shift or fall, sweat can smear or fog lenses and briefly impair vision, and constantly changing light conditions make tinted lenses unreliable. For most professionals, playing without sunglasses provides the most consistent, distraction-free vision under all conditions.