Emma Raducanu was a winner at a grand slam again, comfortably beating Shelby Rogers to reach the second round of the Australian Open.
She was joined by Cameron Norrie, Katie Boulter and Jack Draper, who struggled in the heat but came from two sets to one down to beat American Marcos Giron before immediately running to a courtside bin to vomit.
Dan Evans was unable to make it a British full house, losing to Lorenzo Sonego, but it was a good day for the big names, with Carlos Alcaraz, Iga Swiatek and Elena Rybakina all winning.
Picture of the day
Andrey Zooblev ?? pic.twitter.com/SxiAvyOCKb
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Quote of the day
“On the people’s court he is the people’s champion!”
12 months on from 5th set heartbreak, @TKokkinakis exorcises the demons!#AusOpen • @wwos • @espn • @eurosport • @wowowtennis pic.twitter.com/vjaf2vMh6k
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Twelve months after his epic loss to Andy Murray at 4am, Thanasi Kokkinakis came out on the right side of a fifth-set tie-break to beat Sebastian Ofner.
Chips not down for Ruud
Fallen seeds
Women: Sorana Cirstea (22), Zhu Lin (29)
Men: Alexander Bublik (31)
Who’s up next?
His fellow defending champion Aryna Sabalenka is also under the lights against young Czech Brenda Fruhvirtova, while fellow 16-year-old Mirra Andreeva takes on sixth seed Ons Jabeur.
Coco Gauff plays countrywomen Caroline Dolehide, with Jannik Sinner, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Caroline Wozniacki also looking to reach round three.
