Overview
- No. 5 seed Elena Rybakina defeated Kaia Juvan 6-4, 6-3 in 1 hour 12 minutes and will face Varvara Gracheva next.
- No. 15 seed Karen Khachanov edged Alex Michelsen 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 after 3 hours 55 minutes and awaits Christopher O’Connell or Nishesh Basavareddi.
- Khachanov now leads Michelsen 2-1 in their head-to-head after avenging his 2025 Australian Open loss to the American.
- No. 31 seed Anna Kalinskaya beat Sonay Kartal 7-6 (7-3), 6-1 in 1 hour 38 minutes and will play Julia Grabher in round two.
- The Australian Open is being played on hard courts in Melbourne as the season’s first Grand Slam, with the event running to February 1 and a prize fund of about $75 million.