Overview
- Carlos Alcaraz opened with a 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-2 win over Australia’s Adam Walton and will face Germany’s Yannick Hanfmann in round two.
- Aryna Sabalenka advanced 6-4, 6-1 against Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah and is set to meet qualifier Zhuoxuan Bai next.
- Alexander Zverev recovered to beat Gabriel Diallo 6-7 (1), 6-1, 6-4, 6-2, marking his 10th straight second-round appearance in Melbourne.
- Argentina’s Tomás Etcheverry, Francisco Cerúndolo and Francisco Comesaña won their openers, while Camilo Ugo Carabelli lost to Marton Fucsovics.
- At 45, Venus Williams took the first set before falling to Olga Danilovic, and Sebastián Báez arrives from the Auckland final with a scheduled doubles opener alongside Comesaña.