The number one tennis player in the world, Polish Iga Sfjontek, qualified for the second round of the Australian Open, after defeating the 41st tennis player in the world, American Sofia Kenin, after two sets this morning, 7:6, 6:2.
Sfjontek won after one hour and 51 minutes.
In the first set, the tennis players made two breaks each and a tie-break was played, which Sfjontek won 7:2.
She continued to play much better, she made breaks in the fifth and seventh games and after the second match point, she advanced to the second round.
In the second round, Sfjontek will play against American Daniel Collins, who defeated Angelique Kerber from Germany 6:2, 3:6, 6:1.
The American Sloane Stevens is also in the second round, with a victory against the domestic tennis player Olivia Gadecki 6:3, 6:1, after 56 minutes.
Her opponent will be the Russian Daria Kasatkina, who defeated the American Peyton Stearns 6:2, 3:6, 6:2.
Italian tennis player Marta Trevisan won in the first round against French player Renata Sarasua 6:4, 4:6, 6:2.
She will play against the Frenchwoman Osean Doden, who was better than the Chinese Lin Zhu 6:4, 6:3.
The Belarusian tennis player Victoria Azarenka qualified for the second round today after defeating the 53rd tennis player in the world, the Italian Camila Djordje, after three sets - 6:1, 4:6, 6:3.
Azarenka, the 22rd tennis player in the world, won after two and a half hours.
She broke her opponent's serve five times, and she made two breaks.
The two-time champion of the Australian Open will play in the second round against Denmark's Klara Tauson, who was better than Belgium's Gret Minen 7:5, 7:5.
Latvian tennis player Jelena Ostapenko advanced to the second round by winning against domestic tennis player Kimberli Birel 7:5, 6:1.
The British Katie Boluter is also in the second round with a victory against the Chinese Yue Yuan 7:5, 7:6.
The Russian Ana Blinkova beat the Spaniard Kristina Buksa 6:2, 6:4.
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