DAY ONE RESULTS, HIGHLIGHTS OF TODAY’S ACTION

MEN ROUND ONE

6-Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) bt Salvatore Caruso (ITA) 6-0 6-2 6-3; 18-Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) bt Juan Ignacio Londero (ARG) 4-6 6-2 6-0 6-4; 3-Roger Federer (SUI) bt Steve Johnson (USA) 6-3 6-2 6-2; 30-Daniel Evans (GBR) bt Mackenzie McDonald (USA) 3-6 4-6 6-1 6-2 6-3; 22Guido Pella (ARG) bt WCJohn-Patrick Smith (AUS) 6-3 7-5 6-4; 8-Matteo Berrettini (ITA) bt WC-Andrew Harris (AUS) 6-3 6-1 6-3.

WOMEN ROUND ONE

1-Ashleigh Barty (AUS) bt Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 5-7 6-1 6-1; Q-Caty McNally (USA) bt Samantha Stosur (AUS) 6-1 6-4; Cori Gauff (USA) bt Venus Williams (USA) 7-6(5) 6-3; 7-Petra Kvitova (CZE) bt Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 6-1 6-0; Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) bt Kristie Ahn (USA) 6-1 6-3; Q-Ann Li (USA) bt WC-Lizette Cabrera (AUS) 76(4) 7-6(10); Sorana Cirstea (ROU) bt 32-Barbora Strycova (CZE) 6-2 7-6(5); 8Serena Williams (USA) bt Anastasia Potapova (RUS) 6-0 6-3; 25-Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) bt Jil Teichmann (SUI) 6-4 4-6 6-2; 14-Sofia Kenin (USA) bt QMartina Trevisan (ITA) 6-2 6-4; 3-Naomi Osaka (JPN) bt Marie Bouzkova (CZE) 6-2 6-4; 13-Petra Martic (CRO) bt Christina McHale (USA) 6-3 6-0.

MUST-SEE DAY TWO 23-Nick Kyrgios (AUS) v Lorenzo Sonego (ITA)

Kyrgios carries good form into the tournament having won three of his four singles matches at the ATP Cup. Sonego enjoyed a steady rise up the rankings in 2019 and won his first ATP title, at Antalya.

28-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) v Alexei Popyrin (AUS)

The flamboyant French veteran and the towering Australian rising star will play each other for the first time in what promises to be an entertaining encounter. *

2-Karolina Pliskova (CZE) v Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)

Pliskova comes in with impressive form, having beaten 2019 Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka on her way to the Brisbane International title.

4-Daniil Medvedev (RUS) v Frances Tiafoe (USA)

Medvedev looms as the player most likely outside the big three to break through with a grand slam victory, his 2019 tourtopping 59 wins and an epic US Open comeback against Rafael Nadal that finished just short, testament to that.

4-Simona Halep (ROM) v Jennifer Brady (USA)

It’s the tactician versus the heavy hitter in an opening round encounter that belies rankings.