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MELBOURNE, Australia - The opening Grand Slam tournament of the year ended Sunday with Novak Djokovic winning his fifth Australian Open title and denying Andy Murray his first.Outside of a few days when the temperatures topped 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) in the first week, the searing hot temperatures that can often affect play at the tournament were not an issue this year.It was also two weeks of record attendance — 703,899, breaking the previous mark of 686,006 in 2012 — due in part to a new roof on Margaret Court Arena, giving Melbourne Park three stadiums with retractable roofs.Here are some things we learned from the 103rd edition of the Australian Open:___TOUGH AT THE TOP: Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams extended their impressive records in finals at the Australian Open, where the No. 1 seeds in the mens and womens draws clinched the titles. Williams has won all six singles finals she has contested at the Australian Open, and Djokovic maintained his 100 per cent record in five finals. It was another disappointment Down Under for Murray, who has lost four Australian Open finals in six years, including three defeats to Djokovic.____BIG FOUR RESTORED: Andy Murray moved into fourth place in the ATP rankings, despite his loss to Djokovic in the final, restoring the so-called Big Four. Djokovic remains at No. 1, followed by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Thats a combined total of 41 Grand Slam singles titles — Federer has 17, Nadal 14, Djokovic eight and Murray two. The men frequently touted as challenging the Big Four for Grand Slam titles in the future will have to wait for another major — U.S. Open finalist Kei Nishikori and Wimbledon semifinalist Milos Raonic lost in the quarterfinals and Grigor Dimitrov went out in the fourth round.____SERENA VS. SHARAPOVA: Maria Sharapova lost her 16th consecutive match to Serena Williams, who won her 19th Grand Slam singles title in the straight-sets Australian Open final to move closer to Steffi Grafs Open-era total of 22. No. 2-ranked Sharapova was gracious in defeat. I havent beaten her in a long time but I love every time I step on the court with her, said Sharapova, who trails 17-2 in career head-to-heads and hasnt beaten Williams since 2004. Ive had some of the best memories of my career on this court and also some of my toughest losses, but thats the life of a tennis player. Her best memory of any match against Williams was her first major — Wimbledon in 2004 — when she beat the American in straight sets in only their second career meeting.___KEYS AND THE AMERICANS: Madison Keys, a 19-year-old rising star, had a breakthrough tournament, beating Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova in the third round and fellow Americans Madison Brengle and Venus Williams in the fourth round and quarterfinals before losing to Serena Williams in the semis. Four American women reached the round of 16, a good start for the U.S. contingent in the first major of the year, particularly the return to the quarterfinals of Venus Williams after an energy-sapping illness affected her play for more than four years.___THE CONTROVERSIES: An on-court presenter asked 20-year-old Eugenie Bouchard of Canada to give us a twirl, to show off her dress, which soon became known as Twirlgate. Andy Murrays fiancée Kim Sears mouthing obscenities from the player box during the Scotsmans fiery win over Tomas Berdych (who hired Murrays former coach) in the semifinals. At Sundays final, Sears poked fun at herself by wearing a t-shirt which said: Parental Advisory Explicit Content. And she appeared to behave herself, unlike two political protesters who were arrested after a court invasion during the mens final. Play was delayed in the second set after a protester was grabbed by a security guard at the back of the court. Organizers said police were expected to lay charges Monday.___MAJOR MARTINA: Martina Hingis won her first Grand Slam singles title at the Australian Open in 1997, and the 34-year-old Swiss player added her 16th of all varieties when she combined with Indias Leander Paes to take the mixed doubles title at Melbourne Park on Sunday. Hingis, who won the 1997 Wimbledon and U.S. Open singles titles, also won the Australian Open in 1998 and 1999 for a trio of singles titles at Melbourne Park. She has nine Grand Slam womens doubles titles, including four in Australia, where she has now won the mixed doubles twice. I never thought I would be standing here nearly 20 years later, Hingis said during the trophy presentations. Fake Custom Jerseys . -- Canadian womens amateur golf champion Brooke Henderson is a little less starstruck as she prepares for her second career appearance at an LPGA Tour major event. 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"I get a good 18 hours to beat myself up and then its time to turn the page and enjoy that we won the game," Dickey said after he failed to retire any of his four batters in a three-run seventh inning by the Cleveland Indians. "I do have an expectation of myself thats better than what Im producing." With Juan Francisco and Adam Lind each driving in two runs and left fielder Melky Cabrera throwing out a runner at the plate to end the eighth inning, the Blue Jays defeated the Indians 5-4. Dickey (4-3) allowed five hits, two walks, one hit batsman and four runs-- two earned-- in six-plus innings. "The good news is I feel like Im pounding the zone and pitching to contact and I had a great knuckleball," Dickey said. "But I am not making it easy on myself or my team in those later innings. "Quite frankly, I feel a little bit embarrassed that I havent been able to get through seventh innings with some of the stuff that Ive hadaI had some really good change-ups tonight and had a swing and miss knuckleball and was pounding the zone and on a different night I might have been able to go seven or eight." He has pitched seven innings once this season, a loss to the Houston Astros on April 10. Cleveland right-hander Justin Masterson (2-2) allowed six hits-- including Franciscos homer that snapped a 1-1 tie in the fifth-- three walks and five runs in 5 1/3 innings. "First time through the order he went through them really well," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "He got a couple of balls up that they stayed on pretty well. We just couldnt get one big hit." The victory in the opener of the three-game series against the Indians (18-21) gave the Blue Jays (20-20) their second win in a row after dropping three straight to the Los Angeles Angels. The Indians appeared to be set to take Masterson off the hook for the loss and take the win away from Dickey with two out in the top of the eighth inning. But Cabrera cut down the potential tying run with his throw home. Clevelands Carlos Santana, who led off the inning with a single against left-hander Brett Cecil and took second on a passed ball, was out at the plate after Yan Gomes lined a single to left. "That was just heroic, thats what that was," Dickey said. "It saved the game." "It was possibly the game right there," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said.dddddddddddd. "They come back and tie it you never know whats going to happen." Casey Janssen pitched the ninth for his first save of the season in his second appearance after coming off the disabled list where he was placed Mar. 29 with a back problem. "Hes reliable," Gibbons said. "Its good to have him back." Cleveland took a 1-0 lead in the third on a single to right by Nick Swisher. Jose Bautista made a tumbling attempt at a catch on the sinking drive that scored Mike Aviles, who singled with two out and took second on a walk to Michael Bourn. The Blue Jays tied the game in the fourth on a triple to left-centre by Jose Reyes and a sacrifice fly to the warning track in centre by Cabrera. Francisco hit a 1-0 sinker to right centre for his sixth homer of the season with one out in the fifth to give the Blue Jays a 2-1 lead. Francisco started at third base to get his left-handed bat into the lineup against Masterson and Brett Lawrie started at second base. The Blue Jays added three runs in the sixth, two on a slicing double by Lind to left centre that scored Cabrera, who led off with a walk, and Bautista, who had an infield single. Francisco doubled down the right-field line to score Lind. Masterson was pulled for left-hander Josh Outman after Lawrie walked. The Indians answered with three runs in the seventh after Dickey faced four batters without an out. "It seemed like the wheels were falling off but overall in the game he was tremendous," Toronto catcher Josh Thole said. Asdrubal Cabrera singled, David Murphy reached first on Lawries error on his sharp groundball, Gomes walked and Lonnie Chisenhall was hit by a pitch to force in a run. Left-hander Aaron Loup allowed a one-out single by Bourn and a sacrifice fly by Swisher to cut the lead to one. NOTES: The Blue Jays recalled outfielder Kevin Pillar from triple-A Buffalo where he was batting .305 with one home run and 19 RBI. Pillar started in centre field Tuesday while Colby Rasmus rested his mild right hamstring strain, but it seems unlikely he will need to go on the disabled list. a Infielder Jonathan Diaz, who played on Monday to give regular shortstop Reyes a rest, was returned on option to Buffalo. a Blue Jays right-hander Dustin McGowan (2-1, 4.63 earned-run average) will start Wednesday against right-hander Corey Kluber (3-3, 3.48 ERA). ' ' '