Australian Open 2016: New dad Ben Mitchell takes his first step into the main draw

By Linda Pearce
Updated January 13 2016 - 9:13pm, first published 8:13pm

As Ben Mitchell begins his first year on tour as a new father to three-week old Zara, he is hearing about how well others have managed on-the-road tennis parenthood. "People use that [example], 'you know, it worked for Novak, it worked for Roger'," Mitchell smiles. "I'm like 'yeah, but they've got 11 nannies'."

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