Sofia KENIN (USA) plays Maddison Inglis (AUS) on Rod Laver Arena during Day 2 of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Tuesday, February 9, 2021. MANDATORY PHOTO CREDIT Tennis Australia/ MORGAN HANCOCK
Sofia Kenin stuttered to victory over Australian Maddison Inglis as she began her defence of the 2020 title.
The Aussie wildcard gave a good account of herself before succumbing to Kenin on her third match point in straight sets 7-5,6-4
After the match Kenin admitted to suffering first round nerves and not feeling 100%.
She will play Kaia Kinepi in the second round.
Last year’s losing finalist Garbine Muguruza convincingly beat lucky loser Margarita Gasparyan 6-4, 6-0
She will face either Ludmila Samsonova or Paula Badosa in the second round
20 year old American Ann Li, who reached her first WTA final last week,the Grampians although it was never played due to scheduling issues, sprang a surprise, easily beatin 31st seed Zhang Shuai 6-2, 6-0 in just 47 minutes to reach the second round.
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