Justine Henin-Hardenne, the head girl of women’s tennis, taught 15-year-old Australian Olivia Lukaszewicz a harsh lesson about what it takes to mix it with the grown-ups at a grand slam.

World number one Justine Henin-Hardenne taught 15-year-old schoolgirl Olivia Lukaszewicz a harsh lesson about life in a Grand Slam – but not all the seeds were as impressive on the first day of the Australian Open.

Top seed Rainer Schuettler of Germany broke a two-year drought when he captured the Japan Open with a 7-6 (7-5) 6-2 victory over Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean of France in today's final.

TOP seed and two-time champion Andre Agassi crushed Spain’s Alex Corretja 6-1 6-2 6-2 in the opening round of the US Open at Flushing Meadows.

Sixth seed Jennifer Capriati, who has emerged as one of the favourites in the absence of injured sisters Serena and Venus Williams, cruised into the second round of the US Open with a 35-minute destruction of Spain’s Cristina Torrens Valero, 6-0 6-1.

French Open champion Justine Henin-Hardenne put her hand injury to the back of her mind as she eased through to the last 16 of the women’s singles.

JUSTIN HENIN-HARDENNE, the slim Belgian star with the biggest promise of ending the women’s power era at Wimbledon, fought through the pain of a hand injury to reach the second round against tall Ukrainian Julia Vakulenko.

Results so far from Round 1 at Wimbledon.

Women's Singles, Round 1

Andre Agassi will finally begin his quest for a second French Open title on the third day of competition at Roland Garros today.

Justine Henin has been knocked out of the French Open by a qualifier ranked 179th.

Australian Open winner Jennifer Capriati reached the semi-finals of the WTA US Indoor tournament in Oklahoma City with a 6-4 3-6 6-4 triumph over fellow American Lisa Raymond.