On Tuesday, the American tennis star Jessica Pegula started her Australia Open campaign with a great win to advance to the tournament's Round 2.
The fifth-seeded American breezed into the second round with a straight-set win over Rebecca Marino.
World's No.1 seed Iga Swiatek and No. 3 seed Elena Rybakina also had easy victories to pass to Round 2.
The Spanish Boy Carlos Alcaraz had an easy win over Richard Gasquet, but Alexander Zverev and Holger Rune each advanced in four sets. The three are the latest arrivals to Round 2.
The full results of Tuesday are as follows:
Men's Singles
No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz def. Richard Gasquet, 7-6 (5), 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 Alexander Zverev def. Dominik Koepfer, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3), 6-3
No. 8 Holger Rune def. Yoshihito Nishioka, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4
No. 11 Casper Ruud def. Albert Ramos Vinolas, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1
No. 13 Grigor Dimitrov def. Marton Fucsovics, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1), 6-2
No. 14 Tommy Paul def. Gregoire Barriere, 6-2, 6-3, 6-3
No. 19 Cameron Norrie def. Juan Pablo Varillas, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
No. 28 Tallon Griekspoor def. Roman Safiullin, 2-6, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 7-5
Sumit Nagal def. No. 31 Alexander Bublik, 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (5)
No. 32 Jiri Lehecka def. Bernabe Zapata Miralles, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
Women's Singles
No. 1 Iga Swiatek def. Sofia Kenin, 7-6 (2), 6-2
No. 3 Elena Rybakina def. Karolina Pliskova, 7-6 (6), 6-4
No. 5 Jessica Pegula def. Rebecca Marino, 6-2, 6-4
No. 11 Jelena Ostapenko def. Kimberly Birrell, 7-6 (5), 6-1
No. 12 Zheng Qinwen def. Ashlyn Krueger, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
No. 14 Daria Kasatkina def. Peyton Stearns, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
No. 18 Victoria Azarenka def. Camila Giorgi, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
Wang Yafan def. No. 22 Sorana Cirstea, 0-6, 7-5, 6-2
No. 27 Emma Navarro def. Wang Xiyu, 6-1, 6-7 (5), 7-5
Oceane Dodin def. No. 29 Zhu Lin, 6-4, 6-3
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