The Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, seeded No. 28, won two sets to zero (6-4, 6-4) against the Romanian Sorana Cirstea in the first round of the Australian Open, on Sunday night to Monday, French time.
Svitolina only gave up her serve once, on two break points, while she was already leading 4-1 in the first set, and converted three of the twelve that she obtained.
Cirstea, currently ranked 71st in the world, made her return to the circuit at the WTA 500 in Adelaide where she lost during qualifying at the beginning of January. She had not played since her defeat in the first round of Wimbledon due to a foot injury.
Svitolina, ranked 29th on the WTA, will face American Caroline Dolehide in the second round of the Australian Open.
The other posters from the first round at the Australian Open (Grand Slam, Melbourne Park, hard, 60,627,573 USD, results displayed from newest to oldest):
- Maria Lourdes Carle – Amanda Anisimova: to play
- Ekaterina Alexandrova – Emma Raducanu: to play
- Varvara Gracheva – Catherine McNally: to play
- Anna Kalinskaya – Kimberly Birrell: to play
- Viktoriya Tomova – Daria Kasatkina: to play
- Anna Bondar – Yafan Wang: to play
- Shuai Zhang – McCartney Kessler: to play
- Yulia Putintseva – Elina Avanesyan : à jouer
- Camila Osorio – Maria Sakkari: to play
- Anhelina Kalinina – Ons Jabeur: to play
- Xiyu Wang – Julia Grabher: to play
- Emma Navarro – Peyton Stearns: to play
- Sijia Wei – Jasmine Paolini: to play
- Taylor Townsend – Renata Zarazua: to play
- Rebecca Marino – Katie Boulter: to play
- Veronika Kudermetova – Olivia Gadecki: to play
- Saisai Zheng – Erika Andreeva: to play
- Beatriz Haddad Maia – Julia Riera: to play
- Irina-Camelia Begu – Elena-Gabriela Ruse: to play
- Madison Keys – Ann Li: to play
- Mayar Sherif – Dayana Yastremska: Here
- Danka Kovinic – Lulu Sun: to play
- Nuria Parrizas Diaz – Iva Jovic : à jouer
- Elena Rybakina – Emerson Jones: to play
- Daria Snigur – Danielle Collins: scheduled for Monday
- Naomi Osaka – Caroline Garcia: scheduled for Monday
- Maya Joint – Jessica Pegula: scheduled for Monday
- Greet Minnen – Destanee Aiava : scheduled Monday
- Karolina Muchova – Nadia Podoroska: Monday program
- Elise Mertens – Viktorija Golubic: scheduled for Monday
- Petra Martic – Jaqueline Cristian : scheduled Monday
- Nao Hibino – Marta Kostyuk : programmé lundi
- Jule Niemeier – Maja Chwalinska: programmé lundi
- Belinda Bencic – Jelena Ostapenko: scheduled for Monday
- Tamara Zidansek – Anastasia Potapova : programmé lundi
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – Yue Yuan: scheduled Monday
- Katerina Siniakova – Iga Swiatek : scheduled Monday
- Sara Bejlek – Caroline Dolehide: scheduled for Monday
- Harriet Dart – Jana Fett: scheduled for Monday
- Lucia Bronzetti – Victoria Azarenka: scheduled for Monday
- Magdalena Frech (N.23) – Polina Kudermetova (Q) : 6-4, 6-4
- Coco Gauff (No.3) – Sofia Kenin : 6-3, 6-3
- Ajla Tomljanovic (WC) – Ashlyn Krueger : 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
- Rebecca Sramkova – Katie Volynets : 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
- Olga Danilovic – Arantxa Rus: 6-4, 6-4
- Liudmila Samsonova (N.25) – Kamilla Rakhimova : 6-2, 6-4
- Talia Gibson (WC) – Zeynep Sonmez : 3-6, 7-6 [5]6-1
- Jodie Burrage – Leolia Jeanjean (Q): 6-2, 6-4
- Laura Siegemund – Hailey Baptiste: scheduled for Monday
- Diana Shnaider (N.12) – Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 7-6 [4]6-4
- Moyuka Uchijima – Magda Linette : 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 [8]
- Anna Blinkova – Daria Saville (WC) : 1-6, 6-4, 7-5
- Cristina Bucsa – Chloe Paquet (WC): 6-2, 6-3
- Aryna Sabalenka (N.1) – Sloane Stephens: 6-3, 6-2
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro – Sonay Kartal : 6-1, 7-6 [5]
- Clara Tauson – Linda Noskova (N.29): 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
- Paula Badosa (N.11) – Xinyu Wang : 6-3, 7-6 [5]
- Donna Vekic (N.18) – Diane Parry : 6-4, 6-4
- Qinwen Zheng (N.5) – Anca Todoni (Q) : 7-6 [3]6-1
- Suzan Lamens – Veronika Erjavec (Q): 7-5, 7-6 [2]
- Leylah Fernandez (N.30) – Yuliia Starodubtseva : 7-5, 6-4
- Mirra Andreeva (N.14) – Marie Bouzkova : 6-3, 6-3
- Tatjana Maria – Bernarda Pera : 7-6 [3]6-4
