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Players seem to enjoy the new three-day first-round format.

MELBOURNE, Australia -- The extra-day experiment for the first round finished on time on the Australian Opens two main courts, with Jessica Pegula converting her second match point just before midnight to conclude the program on Tuesday.

The Spaniard has not been beyond the third round in his previous two visits.

MELBOURNE, Australia -- The extra-day experiment for the first round finished on time on the Australian Opens two main courts, with Jessica Pegula converting her second match point just before midnight to conclude the program Tuesday.

MELBOURNE, Australia—The extra-day experiment for the first round finished on time on the Australian Open’s two main courts, with Jessica Pegula converting her second match point just before midnight to conclude the program on Tuesday. In a bid to reduce the number of late finishes, organizers extended the Australian Open to 15…

World number two demolishes French veteran 7-6 (7/5), 6-1, 6-2 in his first competitive match of the year

British number one, Katie Boulter, also won her first-round match on Tuesday and could eventually face Emma Raducanu later down the line in Melbourne.

Iga Swiatek survived a tough test against former Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin to reach the second round in Melbourne on Tuesday as Carlos Alcaraz prepared to make his bow.

Top-ranked Iga Swiatek survived an early test of her Australian Open title hopes when she beat former champion Sofia Kenin 7-6 (2), 6-2 in the first round on Tuesday. Kenin, the winner in 2020, served for the first set at 5-4 but could not close it out and Swiatek took it in the tiebreaker. The No. 1 seed then broke Kenin in the fifth game of the second set and held on to clinch victory.

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