Tennis – Australian Open – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia – January 18, 2022 Spain’s Garbine Muguruza during her first round match against France’s Clara Burel REUTERS/Morgan Sette
January 18, 2022
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Highlights of the second day of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Tuesday, all times local (GMT +11):
1421 RUBLEV, SCHWARTZMAN POWER INTO SECOND ROUND
Fifth seed Andrey Rublev, who reached the quarter-finals last year, sealed a comprehensive 6-3 6-2 6-2 win over Gianluca Mager.
Joining the Russian in the next round is Diego Schwartzman following his 6-3 6-4 7-5 victory over Filip Krajinovic. Roberto Bautista Agut, the 15th seed, also advanced with a 7-6(2) 6-4 5-7 6-1 win over Stefano Travaglia.
1413 SWIATEK HANDS DART BAGEL EN ROUTE TO VICTORY
Former French Open champion Iga Swiatek overcame a slow start to cruise into the second round with a 6-3 6-0 win over British qualifier Harriet Dart. The seventh seed takes on Rebecca Peterson in the second round.
Earlier, 2020 quarter-finalist Anett Kontaveit beat Katerina Siniakova 6-2 6-3.
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1342 STOSUR COMES FROM BEHIND TO BEAT ANDERSON
Former U.S. Open champion Sam Stosur began her 20th and final Australian Open singles campaign with a 6-7(5) 6-3 6-3 win over Robin Anderson. Stosur is set to finish her singles career after the Grand Slam but will continue to play doubles in 2022.
“Man, that was incredible,” said Stosur. “That’s a match I’m going to remember forever, probably one of the best singles matches I’ve played in a long time. To do it today, at home… it wasn’t going to be the last. Happy to have another one.”
1248 MUGURUZA MOVES PAST BUREL
Third seed Garbine Muguruza got her campaign underway with a 6-3 6-4 victory over Clara Burel. The 2020 runner-up faces Alize Cornet in the second round after the Frenchwoman beat Viktoriya Tomova 6-3 6-3.
1230 KVITOVA CRASHES OUT IN FIRST ROUND
Former Wimbledon champion and Australian Open finalist Petra Kvitova fell at the first hurdle with a 6-2 6-2 loss to Romanian veteran Sorana Cirstea.
1105 PLAY UNDERWAY ON DAY TWO
Play at Melbourne Park got underway as scheduled on day two of the year’s first Grand Slam.
The temperature was hovering just under 20 degrees Celsius (68 degrees Fahrenheit) with a maximum of 21 forecast.
(Reporting by Nick Mulvenney and Shrivathsa Sridhar, Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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