Australian Open: Frech beats in-form Kudermetova

Pole Magdalena Frech, the No 23 seed, moved into the second round of the Australian Open by beating Russian qualifier Polina Kudermetova 6-4, 6-4 at Melbourne Park on Monday.

Frech, ranked No 24, will play Russian Anna Blinkova next.

Melbourne (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 60.627.573, most recent results first):

• Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Emma Raducanu
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Catherine McNally
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Kimberly Birrell
• Viktoriya Tomova vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Anna Bondar vs. Yafan Wang
• Shuai Zhang vs. McCartney Kessler
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Camila Osorio vs. Maria Sakkari
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Ons Jabeur
• Xiyu Wang vs. Julia Grabher
• Emma Navarro vs. Peyton Stearns
• Sijia Wei vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Taylor Townsend vs. Renata Zarazua
• Rebecca Marino vs. Katie Boulter
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Olivia Gadecki
• Saisai Zheng vs. Erika Andreeva
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Julia Riera
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
• Madison Keys vs. Ann Li
• Mayar Sherif vs. Dayana Yastremska
• Danka Kovinic vs. Lulu Sun
• Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Iva Jovic
• Elena Rybakina vs. Emerson Jones
• Daria Snigur vs. Danielle Collins
• Naomi Osaka vs. Caroline Garcia
• Maya Joint vs. Jessica Pegula
• Greet Minnen vs. Destanee Aiava
• Karolina Muchova vs. Nadia Podoroska
• Elise Mertens vs. Viktorija Golubic
• Petra Martic vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Nao Hibino vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Jule Niemeier vs. Maja Chwalinska
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Yue Yuan
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Iga Swiatek
• Sara Bejlek vs. Caroline Dolehide
• Belinda Bencic vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Tamara Zidansek vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Harriet Dart vs. Jana Fett
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Victoria Azarenka: monday
• Elina Svitolina vs. Sorana Cirstea: monday
• Coco Gauff (3) beat Sofia Kenin: 6-3, 6-3
• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Ashlyn Krueger: monday
• Rebecca Sramkova beat Katie Volynets: 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
• Olga Danilovic beat Arantxa Rus: 6-4, 6-4
• Liudmila Samsonova (25) beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 6-2, 6-4
• Talia Gibson (WC) beat Zeynep Sonmez: 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-1
• Jodie Burrage beat Leolia Jeanjean (Q): 6-2, 6-4
• Laura Siegemund vs. Hailey Baptiste: monday
• Diana Shnaider (12) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Moyuka Uchijima beat Magda Linette: 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (8)
• Anna Blinkova beat Daria Saville (WC): 1-6, 6-4, 7-5
• Cristina Bucsa beat Chloe Paquet (WC): 6-2, 6-3
• Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-3, 6-2
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro beat Sonay Kartal: 6-1, 7-6 (5)
• Clara Tauson beat Linda Noskova (29): 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
• Paula Badosa (11) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Donna Vekic (18) beat Diane Parry: 6-4, 6-4
• Qinwen Zheng (5) beat Anca Todoni (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-1
• Suzan Lamens beat Veronika Erjavec (Q): 7-5, 7-6 (2)
• Leylah Fernandez (30) beat Yuliia Starodubtseva: 7-5, 6-4
• Mirra Andreeva (14) beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-3, 6-3
• Tatjana Maria beat Bernarda Pera: 7-6 (3), 6-4