MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Highlights of the second day of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Tuesday, all times local (GMT +11):
1230 SABALENKA, GIORGI, ALEXANDROVA RACE INTO ROUND TWO
With the temperature rising, fifth seed Aryna Sabalenka wasted no time on her first match at the tournament with a convincing 6-1 6-4 victory over Tereza Martincova.
The Belarusian will next face American Shelby Rogers, who beat qualifier Arianne Hartono 6-4 6-3.
Italian Camila Giorgi also spent as little time as possible on Court Six as she raced into the second round with a 6-0 6-1 humbling of Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in just 56 minutes.
Ekaterina Alexandrova, the 19th seed, was four minutes quicker in winning her first-round tie against Belgian Ysaline Bonaventure 6-2 6-1 on Court 13.
1110 HOT DAY AHEAD AT MELBOURNE PARK
The action at Melbourne Park got under way as scheduled on the second day of the year’s first Grand Slam.
A hot day is expected for the first-round matches with the temperature in the precinct already over 30 degrees Celsius (86°F) and forecast to rise as high as 36.
Tournament organisers use their own Heat Stress Scale – based on the strength of the sun, air temperature in the shade, relative humidity and wind speed – to decide whether play should be suspended at any stage.
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(Reporting by Nick Mulvenney in Melbourne; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
