Australian Open: Sakkari cruises past Hibino, into second round

Greek Maria Sakkari is up and running at the 2024 Australian Open. The No 8 seed advanced to the second round on Sunday afternoon by easing past Japanese Nao Hibino 6-4, 6-1 in Rod Laver Arena.

The Greek needed just 71 minutes to earn her 14th career Australian Open win. She hit 18 winners to just six for Hibino, and converted four of five break points to dominate the match.

The former world No 3, who has held a Top 10 ranking since September of 2021, improves to 2-0 lifetime vs Hibino.

Sakkari, ranked No 8, will play Russian Elina Avanesyan next.

Melbourne (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 58.910.000, most recent results first):

• Rebecca Marino vs. Jessica Pegula
• Aleksandra Krunic vs. Clara Burel
• Renata Zarazua vs. Martina Trevisan
• Lin Zhu vs. Oceane Dodin
• Yafan Wang vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Emma Raducanu vs. Shelby Rogers
• Katie Boulter vs. Yue Yuan
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Peyton Stearns vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Sloane Stephens vs. Olivia Gadecki
• Cristina Bucsa vs. Anna Blinkova
• Elena Rybakina vs. Karolina Pliskova
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Lulu Sun
• Emma Navarro vs. Xiyu Wang
• Camila Giorgi vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Greet Minnen vs. Clara Tauson
• Petra Martic vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Kimberly Birrell
• Danielle Collins vs. Angelique Kerber
• Iga Swiatek vs. Sofia Kenin
• Caroline Garcia vs. Naomi Osaka
• Ons Jabeur vs. Yulia Starodubtseva
• Taylor Townsend vs. Paula Badosa
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Bernarda Pera
• Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Katie Volynets
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Arantxa Rus
• Viktorija Golubic vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Anastasia Zakharova
• Magdalena Frech vs. Daria Saville
• Mayar Sherif vs. Elise Mertens
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Donna Vekic
• Rebeka Masarova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Claire Liu
• Diana Shnaider vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Tatjana Maria vs. Camila Osorio
• Fiona Ferro vs. Mccartney Kessler
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Laura Siegemund
• Kaja Juvan vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Coco Gauff
• Nadia Podoroska vs. Tamara Zidansek
• Storm Hunter vs. Sara Errani
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Marketa Vondrousova
• Yanina Wickmayer vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Kayla Day vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Elina Svitolina vs. Taylah Preston
• Linda Noskova vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Ella Seidel vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Magda Linette vs. Caroline Wozniacki
• Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Alina Korneeva
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Leolia Jeanjean
• Diane Parry vs. Xinyu Wang: sunday
• Ana Bogdan vs. Brenda Fruhvirtova: sunday
• Maria Timofeeva (Q) beat Alize Cornet (WC): 6-2, 6-4
• Alycia Parks beat Daria Snigur (Q): 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Tamara Korpatsch beat Jodie Burrage: 2-6, 6-3, 6-0
• Elina Avanesyan beat Zhuoxuan Bai: 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
• Barbora Krejcikova (9) beat Mai Hontama (WC): 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Lesia Tsurenko (28) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
• Kamilla Rakhimova beat Emina Bektas: 6-4, 6-4
• Leylah Fernandez (32) beat Sara Bejlek (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-2