Overview
- World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka beat French wildcard Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah 6-4, 6-1 and will face Bai Zhuoxuan in the second round.
- Carlos Alcaraz defeated Australia’s Adam Walton 6-3, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2 to open his bid to complete a career Grand Slam, with Yannick Hanfmann next.
- Third seed Alexander Zverev recovered from a first-set tiebreak loss to overcome Gabriel Diallo 6-7 (7), 6-1, 6-4, 6-2.
- Qualifiers delivered notable shocks as Elsa Jacquemot ousted No. 20 Marta Kostyuk, Zeynep Sönmez eliminated No. 11 Ekaterina Alexandrova, and Arthur Fery beat No. 20 Flavio Cobolli.
- Venus Williams, the oldest women’s singles competitor at 45, fell to Olga Danilovic 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4 after leading 4-0 in the final set.