Fails to make most of wild card

her best showing at a major has been the quarterfinals at the 2018 French Open.

She wasn’t making any excuses.

‘‘I mean, I think I’m not the only one — I can speak about my struggles and the things that I’ve gone through with my shoulder, but it’s not really in my character to,’’ Sharapova said.

She reached the fourth round in Australia last year, and her profile means she still gets a spot on centre court.

Johanna Konta, a 2016 Australian Open semifinalist, lost her first-round match to Ons Jabeur 6-4 6-2. It was only her second match since she lost in the quarterfinals of last year’s US Open because of a tendinitis-related problem in her right knee.

Konta had always made at least the second round in four previous appearances in the main draw here. Still, she was upbeat after the loss.

‘‘I think ultimately the main thing was to start playing again, and I am,’’ she said. ‘‘And how I physically felt out there is obviously a massive tick for me compared to where I was in September of last year.’’

Jabeur said her goal this year is to make it into the top 20 — she’s currently 78th — and to inspire other African Arab players to pick up the sport.

After torrential rain hit Melbourne Park on day 1, organisers had to move dozens of matches over to yesterday.

Second-seeded Karolina Pliskova beat Kristina Mladenovic 6-1 7-5 and sixth-seeded Belinda Bencic advanced 6-3 7-5 over Anna Karolina Schmiedlova.

In a men’s match suspended from Monday, 18-year-old Jannik Sinner completed a 7-6 (2) 6-2 6-4 win over Australian qualifier Max Purcell, 2018 Australian Open finalist Marin Cilic beat Corentin Moutet 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.

No 12-seeded Fabio Fognini lost the first two sets Monday against Reilly Opelka but rallied yesterday to win 3-6 6-7 (3) 6-4, 6-3 7-6 (5), including the 10-point tiebreaker in the final set. Milos Raonic returned to play two games to finish off Lorenzo Giustino 6-2 6-1 6-3.

Rafael Nadal wasted little time advancing to the second round, casting aside Bolivian Hugo Dellien for the loss of only five games.

The men’s world No.1 won the first five games and the last eight in a 6-2 6-3 6-0 mauling yesterday.