Fifth seeded and seven-times Grand Slam champion Venus Williams was sent packing out of the Australian Open by Swiss
Belinda Bencic with a 6-3 7-5 win in Melbourne.
The unseeded 20 years old Swiss ranked 78 has now won 16 tour matches in a row, and 28 of her last 31, as she races back up the rankings.
Bencic grabbed the first break but Williams hit back after a rain delay resulted in the roof being brought across on Rod Laver Arena.
The Swiss continued to press, however, breaking once more to clinch the set and pegging Williams back twice at the start of the second.
Williams held on under huge pressure to make it 4-4 but Bencic sealed victory after one hour and 55 minutes.
With defending champion Serena Williams absent following the birth of her first child, it is only the third time in 20 years that neither Williams sister has reached the second round at a Grand Slam.
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