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MELBOURNE, Australia – There was plenty of suspense before the draw, wondering where the former champion Naomi Osaka – unseeded, on a protected ranking – would end up in the draw.

It literally could have been any opponent – even the world No. 1. The drawer of the short stick was No. 16 seed Caroline Garcia, who will face Osaka late night on Rod Laver Arena.

Upsets possible? Pavlyuchenkova over Vekic. Townsend over Badosa. Yastremska over Vondrousova.

Go down the lineup and pick’em.

AO 2024 – Day 2 men’s final results

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Australian Open
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Jan. 14 – 28, 2024
Prize money: $86.5 million AUD
Draws: S128 / D64

Monday, Jan. 15, 2024
Final results

Extra time

Laura Siegemund (GER) def [17] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) 62 36 76 [11-9]

Retirements

[25] Elise Mertens (BEL) def. Mayar Sherif (EGY) 62 20 retd

Upsets

[Q] Dayana Yastremska (UKR) def [7] Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) 61 62
Viktorija Golubic (SUI) def. [15] Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 76 (4) 16 61
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) def [21] Donna Vekic (CRO) 64 64
Kaja Juvan (SLO) def [23] Anastasia Potapova (RUS) 61 64
Arantxa Rus (NED) def. [24] Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) 61 60
Linda Noskova (CZE) def [31] Marie Bouzkova (CZE) 61 75

Seeds advancing

[4] Coco Gauff (USA) def Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) 63 60
[6] Ons Jabeur (TUN) def [Q] Yuliia Starodubtseva (UKR) 63 61
[10] Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) def. Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) 62 36 62
[16] Caroline Garcia (FRA) def. [PR] Naomi Osaka (JPN) 64 76 (2)
[19] Elina Svitolina (UKR) def. [WC] Taylah Preston (AUS) 62 62
[26] Jasmine Paolini (ITA) def. Diana Shnaider (RUS) 63 64

Qualifiers and WCs

[Q] Storm Hunter (AUS) def Sara Errani (ITA) 64 63
[WC] McCartney Kessler (USA) def [Q] Fiona Ferro (FRA) 36 63 62
[Q] Anastasia Zakharova (RUS) def Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 26 60 63

Other results (in alphabetical order)

Mirra Andreva (RUS) def. Bernarda Pera (USA) 75 62
Paula Badosa (ESP) def Taylor Townsend (USA) 61 63
Magdalena Frech (POL) def. [WC] Daria Saville (AUS) 67 (5) 63 75
Varvara Gracheva (FRA) def Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 63 64
Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) def. [Q] Katie Volynets (USA) 63 36 62
Marta Kostyuk (UKR) def Claire Liu (USA) 63 46 61
Tatjana Maria (GER) def Camila Osorio (COL) 75 67 (4) 64
Rebeka Masarova (ESP) def Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) 63 64
Nadia Podoroska (ARG) def Tamara Zidansek (SLO) 61 60
Katerina Siniakova (CZE) def. Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) 62 75
Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) def Kayla Day (USA) 64 62