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Clinical Barty ‘delighted’ to be back after big win
- By Peter Rowe
- . January 17, 2022
World No. 1 Ash Barty breezed through her opening round match against Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko, winning 6-0, 6-1 on Monday evening. “It’s felt like an
British No. 1 out in first round
- By Bill Scott
- . January 17, 2022
Cam Norrie, the world number 12 and British number one, has been knocked out of the Australian Open in the first match by Sebastian Korda.
Nadal rolls Giron in straight sets
- By Peter Rowe
- . January 17, 2022
Rafa Nadal helped close out the Novak Djokovic distraction with a dominant straight sets win on day one of the Australian Open on Monday. Nadal
Gauff gone in Wang upset
- By Peter Rowe
- . January 17, 2022
In another shock on day one of the Australian Open, American teenager Coco Gauff was dumped out of the event, losing 6-4, 6-2 to China’s
Osaka eases into second round at Melbourne Park
- By Peter Rowe
- . January 17, 2022
Defending champion Naomi Osaka eased into the second round of the Australian Open with a straight sets 6-3 6-3 win over Colombian Camila Osorio on
First round shock as local hero Vukic beats Harris
- By Peter Rowe
- . January 17, 2022
Local wildcard Aleksandar Vukic produced a shock on day one of the Australian Open with a four-set upset South African Lloyd Harris. Vukic won a
Straight sets win for Sakkari
- By Peter Rowe
- . January 17, 2022
Maria Sakkari opened her Australian Open campaign with a win against Germany’s Tatjana Maria on Monday. The No.5 seed defeated the German 6-4, 7-6(2) in
Alcaraz dominates on day one in Melbourne
- By Peter Rowe
- . January 17, 2022
Carlos Alcaraz faced just one break point and broke five times on the way to a dominating 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 win over Chilean qualifier Alejando
Bencic off to a flyer at AO gets under way
- By Peter Rowe
- . January 17, 2022
Olympic champion Belinda Bencic kicked off the Australian Open with a straight-sets 6-4 6-3 victory over Kristina Mladenovic in Melbourne on Monday. Bencic was too
Lucky loser Caruso takes Djoko’s spot in draw
- By Peter Rowe
- . January 17, 2022
Italy’s Salvatore Caruso, who was the runner-up in the men’s singles qualifying tournament, has taken Novak Djokovic’s spot in the Australian Open draw as a
