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MELBOURNE, Australia – Two of the Canadian women were in action Monday in the first round of the 2023 Australian Open.

Two more will come Tuesday, with qualifier Katherine Sebov and 2021 US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez competing the set.

On Monday, Bianca Andreescu had a tough task against No. 25 seed Marie Bouzkova. But she actually made it look pretty routine.

And later in the day, Rebecca Marino went up against Zhu Lin of China, a player she felt she could beat. But she wasn’t able to pull the trigger.

As for the rest, only one (not entirely unexpected) upset as Marta Kostyuk took out Amanda Anisimova (in addition to Andreescu taking out Bouzkova).

’23 Australian Open – Day 1 men’s final results

Melbourne is 16 hours ahead of Eastern time.

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AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Jan 16 – 29, 2023
Draw size: S128 / D64 / XD32

Monday, Jan. 16, 2023
Final results

Canadian content

Bianca Andreescu (CAN) def [25] Marie Bouzkova (CZE) 62 64

Zhu Lin (CHN) def Rebecca Marino (CAN) 62 64

Upsets

Marta Kostyuk (UKR) def [28] Amanda Anisimova (USA) 63 64

Qualifiers corner

[Q] Cristina Bucsa (ESP) def. [Q] Eva Lys (GER) 26 60 62
[Q] Clara Burel (FRA) def. [WC] Talia Gibson (AUS) 63 64
[Q] Diana Schnaider (RUS) def Kristina Kucova (SVK)76 (6) 75

[20] Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) def [Q] Sara Beljek (CZE) 63 61
Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) def. [Q] Brenda Fruhvirtova (CZE) 75 62
Kaja Juvan (SLO) def [Q] Selena Janicijevic (FRA) 75 61
[WC] Olivia Gadecki (AUS) def [Q] Polina Kudermetova (RUS) 75 61
Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) def. [Q] Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 63 61
Karolina Muchova (CZE) def. [Q] Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 62 61

Nadia Podoroska (ARG) def. [LL] Léolia Jeanjean (FRA) 60 63
Caty McNally (USA) def. [LL] Laura Pigossi (BRA) 75 61

Seeds pulling through

[10] Madison Keys (USA) def. Anna Blinkova (RUS) 64 36 62
[13] Danielle Collins (USA) def Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) 75 57 64
[24] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) def [PR] Sofia Kenin (USA) 64 76 (3)

Seeds rolling

[1] Iga Swiatek (POL) def. def Jule Niemeier (GER) 64 75
[3] Jessica Pegula (USA) def. [PR] Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) 60 61
[6] Maria Sakkari (GRE) def Yuan Yue (CHN) 61 64
[7] Coco Gauff (USA) def. Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 61 64
[15] Petra Kvitova (CZE) def. Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) 76 (3) 62
[17] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def. Dayana Yastremska (UKR) 64 62
[22] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) def Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) 75 63
[29] Zheng Qinwen (CHN) def. Dalma Galfi (HUN) 60 62
[32] Jil Teichmann (SUI) def Harriet Dart (GBR) 75 61

Other results (in alphabetical order)

Anna Bondar (HUN) def Ana Bogdan (ROU) 62 26 63
Camila Osorio (COL) def Panna Udvardy (HUN) 64 61
Bernarda Pera (USA) def. [WC] Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) 26 63 61
Emma Raducanu (GBR) def. Tamara Korpatsch (GER) 63 62
Wang Xinyu (CHN) def. [WC] Storm Hunter (AUS) 76 (2) 64