2021 Australian Open – Day 1 women’s singles final results

MELBOURNE, Australia – It all gets under way, notably with the return to action of 2019 US Open champion Bianca Andreescu.

And another Canadian on the comeback trail, Rebecca Marino, is in her first Australian Open main draw since 2013 – and moves onto the second round!

2021 Australian Open
Women’s singles, first round
Monday, Feb. 8, 2021
Final results

Canadian content

[8] Bianca Andreescu (CAN) def. [LL] Mihaela Buzarnescu (ROU) 62 46 63

[Q] Rebecca Marino (CAN) def. [WC] Kimberly Birrell (AUS) 60 76 (9)

Upsets

Bernarda Pera (USA) def [23] Angelique Kerber (GER) 60 64

Anastasia Potapova (RUS) def [24] Alison Riske (USA) 62 61

[Q] Sara Errani (ITA) def [30] Qiang Wang (CHN) 26 64 64

Extra time

Varvara Gracheva (RUS) def Anna Blinkova (RUS) 61 36 76 [10-7]
Alizé Cornet (FRA) def. [Q] Valeria Savinykh (RUS) 62 46 76 (10-7]

Seeds advancing

[3] Naomi Osaka (JPN) def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 61 62
[7] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) def Viktoria Kuzmova (SVK) 60 64
[9] Petra Kvitova (CZE) def. [Q] Greet Minnen (BEL) 63 64
[10] Serena Williams (USA) def. Laura Siegemund (GER) 61 61
[15] Iga Swiatek (POL) def. Arantxa Rus (NED) 61 63
[17] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) def. Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 46 64 64
[19] Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) def. Rebecca Peterson (SWE) 26 75 75
[27] Ons Jabeur (TUN) def Andrea Petkovic (GER) 63 36 64
[32] Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) def Marta Kostyuk (UKR) 62 76 (5)

Other results (in alphabetical order)

[Q] Timea Babos (HUN) def. Ysaline Bonaventure (BEL) 76 (0) 64
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) def. Patricia Maria Tig (ROU) 62 61
Zarina Diyas (KAZ) def Tamara Zidansek (SLO) 62 75
Fiona Ferro (FRA) def Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 67 (5) 62 64
Caroline Garcia (FRA) def. Polona Hercog (SLO) 76 (6) 63
Camila Giorgi (ITA) def. [PR] Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 63 63
Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) def. [Q] Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 75 62
Daria Kasatkina (RUS) def. [PR] Katie Boulter (GBR) 61 64
[LL] Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) def. Mayo Hibi (JPN) 76 (2) 64
Nina Stojanovic (SRB) def Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 63 64
Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) def. Misaki Doi (JPN)62 61
Venus Williams (USA) def Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 75 62