rublev managed to regain his composure in the decisive tie break, eventually winning on his fifth match point. in the women s draw, there was an almost flawless start for the defending champion aryna sabalenka, thrashing the german ella seidel 6 0, 6 1. been in the main draw atjust 53 minutes. sabalenka came close to a whitewash win, but qualifier seidel was only able to chalk up her first game at 5 0 down in the second set. sabalenka will next face the czech 16 year old brenda fruhvirtova in a couple of days time. so, the top seeds safely through, but it wasn t a happy debut in the main draw in melbourne forjodie burrage. the british number two suffered defeat after a promising start against tamara korpatsch ending 2 6, 6 3, 6 0. burrage let a one set lead slip, allowing korpatsch to take control and win nine of the final ten games. burrage was the first of seven britons playing in the singles,
they could be a potential star of the future there in dino prizmic. jannik sinner started his australian open campaign with a straight sets win over botic van de zandshulp. playing his first match since leading italy to davis cup glory in november, sinner fought his way to a 6 4, 7 5, 6 3 victory. last year s quarterfinalist, andrey rublev, survived a first round scare, as brazillian thiago seyboth wild piled the pressure onto the world number five with points like this. rublev managed to regain his composure in the decisive tie break, eventually winning on his fifth match point. in the women s draw, there was an almost flawless start for the defending champion aryna sabalenka, thrashing the german ella seidel 6 love, 6 1. it was the second quickest australian open match there has ever been in the main draw, atjust 53 minutes. sabalenka came close to a whitewash win, but qualifier seidel was only