Australian Open: Raducanu wins to set up blockbuster second round against Gauff
Emma Raducanu defeated Tamara Korpatsch 6-3, 6-2 to reach the second round in Melbourne for the second year in a row
Former US Open champion Emma Raducanu shrugged off injury concerns to beat German Tamara Korpatsch 6-3, 6-2 and reach the second round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Monday.
The 20-year-old had injured her ankle in Adelaide 10 days ago to start her season on an unlucky note. But the Brit, who said she had worked hard with her team to get in shape for the match, appeared to be untroubled by the injury during the one hour and 26 minute encounter.
The win sets up a blockbuster second round showdown against 18-year-old Coco Gauff, the No 7 seed, next. The American scored a straight sets win over Katerina Siniakova in straight sets in the first match on Rod Laver Arena.
Australian Open (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 24.297.942, most recent results first):
- Marta Kostyuk beat Amanda Anisimova (28): 6-3, 6-4
- Olivia Gadecki (WC) beat Polina Kudermetova (Q): 7-5, 6-1
- Jessica Pegula (3) beat Jaqueline Cristian: 6-0, 6-1
- Coco Gauff beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-1, 6-4
- Tamara Zidansek vs. Ons Jabeur
- Viktoriya Tomova vs. Belinda Bencic
- Alison Riske-Amritraj vs. Marketa Vondrousova
- Sloane Stephens vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
- Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Elizabeth Mandlik
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Varvara Gracheva
- Claire Liu vs. Madison Brengle
- Mayar Sherif vs. Magda Linette
- Maryna Zanevska vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Shuai Zhang vs. Patricia Maria Tig
- Lucrezia Stefanini vs. Tatjana Maria
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Laura Siegemund
- Petra Martic vs. Viktorija Golubic
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Donna Vekic vs. Oksana Selekhmeteva
- Lauren Davis vs. Danka Kovinic
- Anett Kontaveit vs. Julia Grabher
- Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Jaimee Fourlis
- Katherine Sebov vs. Caroline Garcia
- Katie Volynets vs. Evgeniya Rodina
- Xiyu Wang vs. Karolina Pliskova
- Kaia Kanepi vs. Kimberly Birrell
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Camila Giorgi
- Martina Trevisan vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
- Garbine Muguruza vs. Elise Mertens
- Arianne Hartono vs. Shelby Rogers
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Tereza Martincova
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Alize Cornet
- Ysaline Bonaventure vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Diane Parry vs. Taylor Townsend
- Madison Keys vs. Anna Blinkova
- Iga Swiatek vs. Jule Niemeier
- Leolia Jeanjean vs. Nadia Podoroska
- Xinyu Wang vs. Storm Hunter
- Jil Teichmann vs. Harriet Dart
- Kaja Juvan vs. Selena Janicijevic
- Elena Rybakina vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Laura Pigossi vs. Catherine McNally
- Panna Udvardy vs. Camila Osorio
- Lin Zhu vs. Rebecca Marino
- Sofia Kenin vs. Victoria Azarenka
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Sara Bejlek
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Dalma Galfi
- Anna Bondar vs. Ana Bogdan
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Alison Van Uytvanck vs. Petra Kvitova
- Coco Vandeweghe vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Brenda Fruhvirtova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
- Bernarda Pera vs. Moyuka Uchijima
- Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Kateryna Baindl
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Karolina Muchova
- Yue Yuan vs. Maria Sakkari
- Talia Gibson vs. Clara Burel
- Kristina Kucova vs. Diana Shnaider
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Danielle Collins
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Eva Lys