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She didn’t sparkle but Coco Gauff did enough to see off Sofia Kenin on Rod Laver Arena. Both players were rusty, with Kenin hitting 14 more unforced errors than winners, and Gauff serving nine double faults. She has just spoken on court that her second serve suffered because of the glare from the sun.
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Great Britain’s Jodie Burrage up next.
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The first winner of the day is Great Britain’s Jodie Burrage. Burrage missed six months of the 2024 season through injury and considered quitting the sport, but used her protected ranking to start in Melbourne, and she is through to the second round after outclassing French qualifier Leolia Jeanjean.
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Next up for her: Gauff or Kenin.
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Ballage was an early winner on Day 2 of the Australian Open.”,”caption”:”Jody Ballage was an early winner on Day 2 of the Australian Open “, “Credit”:”Photo: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images”}}],”attributes”:{“pinned”:false,”keyEvent”:true,”summary”:false},”blockCreatedOn”:1736731420000,”blockCreatedOnDisplay”:”20.23 EST”,”blockLastUpdated”:1736731815000,”blockLastUpdatedDisplay”: “20.30 EST”,”blockFirstPublished”:1736731679000,”blockFirstPublishedDisplay”:”20.27 EST”,”blockFirstPublishedDisplayNoTimezone”:”20.27″,”title”:”Jody Ballage defeats Leoria Janjan 6-2, 6-4″, “contributors”:[],”primaryDateLine”:”Sunday, January 12, 2025 23:51 EST”,”secondaryDateLine”:”First published on Sunday, January 12, 2025 18:56 EST”},{“id”:”67837d8b8f08a644578d6796 “,”elements”:[{“_type”:”model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement”,”html”:”
Hello everybody and welcome to live coverage of the second day’s play at the 2025 Australian Open. Action kicked off on the outside courts of Melbourne Park at 11am sharp local time, while the stadium courts welcome some of the sport’s biggest stars from 11.30am.
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I’ll be focusing on the daytime matches for now, ahead of a jam-packed evening session which features Nick Kyrgios, Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz and Naomi Osaka.
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A selection of the first round singles matches we’ll be paying close attention to during the day session include:
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11:00am: Stefanos Tsitsipas (11) v Alex Michelsen
\n 11:30am: Coco Gauff (3) v Sofia Kenin
\n 1:30pm: Iga Swiatek (2) v Katerina Siniakova
\n 2:00pm: Jannik Sinner (1) v Nicolas Jarry
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Other names to keep an eye out for include a stack of home hopes: Ajla Tomljanovic, Jordan Thompson, Talia Gibson, James Duckworth, Thanasi Kokkinakis, Christopher O’Connell, Destanee Aiava, James McCabe, Tristan Schoolkate, and Aleksandar Vukic.
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While plenty of other interesting seeded players get their tournaments underway, including American challengers Tommy Paul (12) and Frances Tiafoe (17), rising British contender Jack Draper (15), and former champion Victoria Azarenka (21).
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There are also a couple of intriguing match-ups featuring unseeded players with serious CVs, specifically Olympic gold medallist Belinda Bencic v 16th seed Jelena Ostapenko, and Italian veteran Fabio Fognini v 10th seed Grigor Dimitrov.
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It’s going to be a job keeping up with it all, so feel free to nudge me in the direction of something interesting as it unfolds. The address is jonathan.howcroft.casual@theguardian.com for all correspondence.
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Hopefully today’s action is an improvement on yesterday’s thin gruel. Day one patrons were not favoured either by the schedulers or the weather, with little of note occurring inside the major arenas and six hours of play lost to wild storms on the outside courts.
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jack snape
The Nick Kyrgios effect is in full effect, with hundreds of fans waiting patiently outside John Cain Arena for the Australian's long-awaited return to the Grand Slam.
A failure of the QR code-based virtual queuing system forced organizers to return to physical queues to regulate access to the arena, known as the “People's Court” at Melbourne Park. By 2:30 p.m., a line of several hundred fans had already formed on the east side of John Cain Arena, snaking in the sun.
Adele, 14, was there with a friend and her mother and was prepared to wait more than two hours. “Kyrgios always puts on a show. He's always fun to watch. At least you know something interesting is going to happen there. And he's been out for a while,” the teenager said. said.
The group arrived at Melbourne Park at 8am to secure a spot for both the daytime and evening sessions, unaware that the arena would empty before filling up again for the evening games.
“I ran out the entrance to John Cain Arena and got the seat I wanted and some people behind me said, 'I'm here all day to watch Kyrgios. You know you’re not there, you’re going to get kicked out.’ You have to fight for a spot.”
It was a distracting build-up for second-seeded Poland, but Iga Swiatek Defeats Czech doubles specialist to advance to second round at Australian Open Katerina Sinakova 6-3 6-4．
Things didn't go her way for the former world No. 1, as she was broken once in each set, but she ultimately won fairly easily and set up a second-round match against Slovakia. Rebecca Schramkova.
Former two-time champion victoria azarenka It boils over and you're out!
italian Lucia Bronzetti Belarus did not come into this year's tournament in its best form, winning only once in its last two assaults at the Australian Open, but won the second set tie-break. He lost the 21st place and missed out on the biggest victory of his career. Seeds 6-2 7-6.
swiatek break Sinakowa On the go john cain arena Then immediately hold serve. One more break and she will be able to get past the Czech doubles specialist and head into the second round against Slovakia. Rebecca Schramkova.
Other actions include Portugal's Borges She dominated against France's Muller, winning the third set 6-2.
Former Wimbledon champion given chance to play in main tournament after injury Marketa Vondrosova — lucky loser This has to be one of the best phrases in sports — the British harriet dartt Won the first set in the qualifying match against Croatia Jana Fett.
McCabeMeanwhile, he moved to a two-set lead. landalucea breakup in the third, 6-4, 6-3, 3-1.
And the top male seed with a powerful ace sinner I can finally steal the march Jarry Won the first set in 1 hour and 13 minutes at Rod Laver Arena! If things continue like this, it could be a long battle.
french arthur linder neck Pushed him all the way, but the 17th-seeded American Francis Tiafoe won the first round at 1573 Arena 7-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-7, 6-3.
There's a little bit happening everywhere right now as Thompson takes the tiebreaker and the first set against Koepfer 7-6 at Margaret Court Arena. Sinakowa meanwhile, The women's 2nd seed is at stake. swiatek In the second set, he broke back against John Cain and held serve to go up 2-3.
sinner There is a break point to take the first set. Johnny, Twice, but he can't take advantage of it! The Chilean took the top male seed to a tiebreak in the first set, much to the delight of the crowd. “Chi! Chi! blood! Les! Les! le! ”
In other places, thompson held serve against köpfer Bring the first set to a tiebreak. Sinakowa Meanwhile, it stopped Mr. Siviatek A series of breaks put John Kane up 1-2.
Tier Four He took what could have been a decisive break in the fifth set of the match. linder neckholds serve at 4-3 and hopes to take another big step towards the second round.
The winner will take either Sabos Wild or Marozanboth looking for a break in the clashing third set.
Another Australian will take to the field this afternoon at Margaret Court Arena as the men's No. 27 seed jordan thompson Play against the German qualifiers dominique koepfer.
The pair traded breaks in the first set, with Koepfer holding serve to make it 5-6.
sinner and Jarry I continue to search in vain for what could be a decisive break in the first set against Rod Laver, but that seems to be less and less of a problem. swiatekwho broke Mr. Shinakova's He won the first game of the second set by serving three times in a row.
Looking around the precincts, alexander muller and Nuno Borges In the third set of the match on court 14, both players won a set piece, and this scenario was mirrored on court 8. Thiago Seabos Wilde and Fabian Marosan.
I'm taking a break. I'm taking a break. swiatek and Sinakowathe Polish second seed broke back again and had a chance to serve in the first set. And she does! Poland, the second seed, won the first set 6-3.
duckworth He wasn't fooling around on Court 3 and took the second set against his opponent. Stricker And now they are leading 6-2, 6-4 going into the third set and hoping it will be the final set.
azarenka broken Mr. Bronzetti She serves as she tries to tie the match at one set at Kia Arena. Tier Four and linder neck The match started with both players holding serve.
sinner Giving up two break points before holding the serve can make you sweat. Jarry. Sinakowa However, she broke back in straight sets against the second seeded female opponent. Swiatek!
Another Australian active today is a wild card. james mccabewon the first set against the Spanish qualifiers. martin randalus 6-4 out on court 6.
And now that I've said that, Civiatek (2) broken Sinakowa Take control in the first set.
In other places, linder neck succeeded in taking Tier Four (17) He advanced to the fifth set and took the fourth set in a tiebreak, ensuring a goal at 1573 Arena.
