Highlights of the primary day of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Sunday, all occasions native (GMT +11): 1346 TSURENKO SEALS COMEBACK WIN

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Canada’s Leylah Fernandez stated she hoped to loosen up and unwind with some crocheting after seeing off Czech Sara Bejlek 7-6(5) 6-2 to achieve the second spherical. “First I’m going to recover. Then afterwards, I’m probably going to watch a show called ‘Reachers’, it’s a pretty good one. Maybe I’m going to crochet a little bit. I love crocheting,” the 2021 U.S. Open finalist stated.

1218 – RAKHIMOVA FIRST PLAYER INTO SECOND ROUND World quantity 93 Kamilla Rakhimova took the honour of being the primary participant into the second spherical at Melbourne Park after beating American Emina Bektas 6-4 6-4 in windy circumstances on court docket six.

The 22-year-old Russian baseliner secured the win when the American went lengthy with a service return. Bektas will financial institution a cheque for A$120,000 ($80,220) for making the lengthy journey right down to Australia. 1107 – PLAY UNDERWAY AT THE 112TH AUSTRALIAN OPEN

Play received underway as scheduled on the outer courts at Melbourne Park. The Grand Slam began on a Sunday for the primary time within the trendy period after the addition of an additional day to make it a 15-day match. A clement day is predicted for the primary spherical matches with the temperature set to rise from the present 20 levels Celsius (68 levels Fahrenheit) to a forecast excessive of 24. ($1 = 1.4959 Australian {dollars})

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