Australian Open | Melbourne
Welcome to the Evening Standard’s LIVE coverage of the 2019 Australian Open.
World No1s Novak Djokovic and Simona Halep advanced to the second round, though Halep had to come from a set down to beat Kaia Kanepi.
Djokovic cruised past qualifier Mitchell Krueger and now faces Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the next stage.
Johanna Konta has progressed to the second round after a thrilling victory over Ajla Tomljanovic on Court T.
The British No1 required a third set tiebreak to topple Australian, and will now face former Wimbledon and French Open winner Garbine Muguruza on Thursday.
Elsewhere, Serena Williams dispatched of the Tajana Maria in straight sets at the Rod Laver Arena to set up an intriguing tie with Canadian Eugenie Bouchard.
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Day Two Schedule (show courts)
Rod Laver Arena
- Destanee Aiava (Aus) v (17) Madison Keys (USA), Tatjana Maria (Ger) v (16) Serena Williams (USA), (4) Alexander Zverev (Ger) v Aljaz Bedene (Slo), (1) Novak Djokovic (Ser) v Mitchell Krueger (USA), (4) Naomi Osaka (Jpn) v Magda Linette (Pol)
Margaret Court Arena
- Kamil Majchrzak (Pol) v (8) Kei Nishikori (Jpn), Tamara Zidansek (Slo) v Daria Gavrilova (Aus), Venus Williams (USA) v (25) Mihaela Buzarnescu (Rom), (1) Simona Halep (Rom) v Kaia Kanepi (Est), Benoit Paire (Fra) v (7) Dominic Thiem (Aut)
Melbourne Arena
- Karolina Muchova (Cze) v (7) Karolina Pliskova (Cze), (11) Borna Coric (Cro) v Steve Darcis (Bel), Laura Siegemund (Ger) v Victoria Azarenka (Blr), Samantha Stosur (Aus) v Dayana Yastremska (Ukr), Nick Kyrgios (Aus) v (16) Milos Raonic (Can)
Court 5
- Ilya Ivashka (Blr) v Malek Jaziri (Tun), Natalia Vikhlyantseva (Rus) v Varvara Lepchenko (USA), Filip Krajinovic (Ser) v (17) Marco Cecchinato (Ita)
Court 7
- Elise Mertens (Bel) v Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Svk), Alex Bolt (Aus) v Jack Sock (USA), (27) Camila Giorgi (Ita) v Dalila Jakupovic (Slo), Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) v Martin Klizan (Svk)
Court 8
- (21) Qiang Wang (Chn) v Fiona Ferro (Fra), (24) Hyeon Chung (Kor) v Bradley Klahn (USA), (32) Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) v Zhe Li (Chn), (26) Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) v Shuai Zhang (Chn)
Court 10
- Pauline Parmentier (Fra) v Anastasia Potapova (Rus), Luca Vanni (Ita) v (23) Pablo Carreno-Busta (Spa), Jeremy Chardy (Fra) v Ugo Humbert (Fra)
Court 12
- Zarina Diyas (Kaz) v Aleksandra Krunic (Ser), Laslo Djere (Ser) v Evgeny Donskoy (Rus), Marcel Granollers (Spa) v Marius Copil (Rom), Sofia Kenin (USA) v Veronika Kudermetova (Rus)
Court 13
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Spa) v Marton Fucsovics (Hun), (10) Daria Kasatkina (Rus) v Timea Bacsinszky (Swi), Stefanie Voegele (Swi) v (28) Su-Wei Hsieh (Tpe), Alexei Popyrin (Aus) v Mischa Zverev (Ger)
Court 14
- Lloyd George Harris (Rsa) v (15) Daniil Medvedev (Rus), Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) v (29) Gilles Simon (Fra), (23) Carla Suarez Navarro (Spa) v Clara Burel (Fra), Kristyna Pliskova (Cze) v Anna Blinkova (Rus)
Court 15
- Nicolas Jarry (Chi) v Leonardo Mayer (Arg), Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Can) v Whitney Osuigwe (USA), Lin Zhu (Chn) v Margarita Gasparyan (Rus), Maximilian Marterer (Ger) v Gleb Sakharov (Fra)
Court 19
- Ivo Karlovic (Cro) v Hubert Hurkacz (Pol), Madison Brengle (USA) v Misaki Doi (Jpn), (28) Lucas Pouille (Fra) v Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz), Iga Swiatek (Pol) v Ana Bogdan (Rom)
Court 20
- Sam Querrey (USA) v Pierre-Hugues Herbert (Fra), Mona Barthel (Ger) v (13) Anastasija Sevastova (Lat), (21) David Goffin (Bel) v Christian Garin (Chi), Viktoria Kuzmova (Svk) v Kateryna Kozlova (Ukr)
Court 22
- Jiri Vesely (Cze) v Ryan Harrison (USA), Guido Pella (Arg) v Joao Sousa (Por), Alize Cornet (Fra) v Lara Arruabarrena (Spa)
1573 Arena
- (12) Fabio Fognini (Ita) v Jaume Munar (Spa), Eugenie Bouchard (Can) v Shuai Peng (Chn), Pablo Andujar (Spa) v (25) Denis Shapovalov (Can), Viktorija Golubic (Swi) v (6) Elina Svitolina (Ukr)
Court 3
- Johanna Konta (Gbr) v Ajla Tomljanovic (Aus), Saisai Zheng (Chn) v (18) Garbine Muguruza (Spa), Taro Daniel (Jpn) v Thanasi Kokkinakis (Aus), Stan Wawrinka (Swi) v Ernests Gulbis (Lat)
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