Summary

  • Listen to live commentary of Naomi Osaka v Carolina Garcia on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra (UK only)

  • Day two of the Australian Open

  • Novak Djokovic beats wildcard Nishesh Basavareddy in four sets to begin Melbourne campaign

  • GB's Jacob Fearnley beats Nick Kyrgios to reach second round on debut

  • British number one Jack Draper battles past Mariano Navone in five sets

  • Britain's Jodie Burrage claims emotional win, Harriet Dart through

  • Defending champion Jannik Sinner wins but 11th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas out

  • Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek among first-round winners

  1. What happened on the opening day?published at 04:51 Greenwich Mean Time

    Alexander ZverevImage source, Getty Images

    German second seed Alexander Zverev began his latest bid for a first Grand Slam title with a comfortable straight-set victory over French wildcard Lucas Pouille at the Australian Open.

    The 27-year-old, who reached the semi-finals in Melbourne last year, cruised into the second round with a 6-4 6-4 6-4 win.

    Norwegian sixth seed Casper Ruud narrowly avoided becoming the first top-10 casualty in Melbourne as he came through in five sets against Spain's Jaume Munar.

    The 26-year-old, who is a three-time Slam runner-up but has never gone beyond round four at the Australian Open, won 6-3 1-6 7-5 2-6 6-1.

    Meanwhile, Kei Nishikori revealed he "almost" quit tennis last year after he saved two match points to beat Brazil's Thiago Monteiro 4-6 6-7 (4-7) 7-5 6-2 6-3 and clinch his first win at the Australian Open since 2019.

  2. Draper saves break points to hold serve in opening gamepublished at 04:48 Greenwich Mean Time

    Draper 1-0 Navone*

    Not exactly the most relaxing start to his Australian Open for Jack Draper, who must defend two break points in a nervy start under the Melbourne sun.

    But the Briton comes through that early examination, winning four consecutive points to hold in his opening game.

  3. Draper in actionpublished at 04:46 Greenwich Mean Time

    We'll bring you up to speed with what else has been going on at Melbourne Park.

    But British number one Jack Draper is just getting his first round match against Argentine Mariano Navone under way on court three.

    And that is where we will focus our attention first!

  4. What happened on the opening day?published at 04:43 Greenwich Mean Time

    Aryna SabalenkaImage source, Getty Images

    World number one Aryna Sabalenka began her title defence with a straight-set victory over American Sloane Stephens.

    The 26-year-old Belarusian, aiming to become first player to claim a third straight Australian Open women's singles title since Martina Hingis in 1999, won 6-3 6-2 in the first round on Rod Laver Arena.

    The top seed will face Spain's Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, who knocked out British hopeful Sonay Kartal, in the next round.

    Last year's women's singles runner-up Zheng Qinwen also progressed with a straight-set win over Romanian qualifier Anca Todoni. The Olympic champion won 7-6 (7-3) 6-1.

    Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva recorded a straight-set first-round win over Czech Marie Bouzkova, recording a routine 6-3 6-3 win.

  5. Day two at the Australian Openpublished at 04:40 Greenwich Mean Time

    Good morning!

    After a rain-disrupted day one at Melbourne Park, the Australian Open well and truly sparks into life on day two with big names in action everywhere you look.

    Jannik Sinner has begun the defence of his Australian Open crown against Chile's Nicolas Jarry, while other singles title hopefuls taking to the court include Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic in the men's draw, and Iga Swiatek and Jessica Pegula in the women's.

    Britons Jack Draper and Jacob Fearnley get their campaigns started later this morning.

    Jannik Sinner begins the defence of his Australian Open title