Australian Open: Bencic upsets Ostapenko
Belinda Bencic beat Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 7-6 (6) on Monday night and will face Dutchwoman Suzan Lamens in the next round
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Swiss Belinda Bencic won against Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 16 seed, 6-3, 7-6 (6) to reach the second round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Monday night.
Bencic, ranked No 421, will play Dutchwoman Suzan Lamens next.
Melbourne (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 60.627.573, most recent results first):
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Olivia Gadecki
- Sijia Wei vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Madison Keys vs. Ann Li
- Camila Osorio vs. Maria Sakkari
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Ons Jabeur
- Rebecca Marino vs. Katie Boulter
- Taylor Townsend vs. Renata Zarazua
- Shuai Zhang vs. McCartney Kessler
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Danka Kovinic vs. Lulu Sun
- Elena Rybakina vs. Emerson Jones
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Catherine McNally
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Kimberly Birrell
- Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
- Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Iva Jovic
- Mayar Sherif vs. Dayana Yastremska
- Emma Navarro vs. Peyton Stearns
- Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Emma Raducanu
- Viktoriya Tomova vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Anna Bondar vs. Yafan Wang
- Xiyu Wang vs. Julia Grabher
- Saisai Zheng vs. Erika Andreeva
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Julia Riera
- Daria Snigur vs. Danielle Collins
- Naomi Osaka vs. Caroline Garcia
- Greet Minnen vs. Destanee Aiava
- Elise Mertens vs. Viktorija Golubic
- Nao Hibino vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Karolina Muchova vs. Nadia Podoroska
- Petra Martic vs. Jaqueline Cristian: monday
- Maya Joint vs. Jessica Pegula: monday
- Jule Niemeier beat Maja Chwalinska (Q): 6-0, 6-1
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Yue Yuan: monday
- Anastasia Potapova beat Tamara Zidansek (Q): 6-2, 7-5
- Iga Swiatek (2) beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-3, 6-4
- Caroline Dolehide beat Sara Bejlek (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Harriet Dart (LL) beat Jana Fett (Q): 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (7)
- Lucia Bronzetti beat Victoria Azarenka (21): 6-2, 7-6 (2)
- Elina Svitolina (28) beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-4, 6-4
- Magdalena Frech (23) beat Polina Kudermetova (Q): 6-4, 6-4
- Coco Gauff (3) beat Sofia Kenin: 6-3, 6-3
- Ajla Tomljanovic (WC) beat Ashlyn Krueger: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
- Rebecca Sramkova beat Katie Volynets: 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
- Olga Danilovic beat Arantxa Rus: 6-4, 6-4
- Liudmila Samsonova (25) beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 6-2, 6-4
- Talia Gibson (WC) beat Zeynep Sonmez: 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-1
- Jodie Burrage beat Leolia Jeanjean (Q): 6-2, 6-4
- Laura Siegemund beat Hailey Baptiste: 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
- Diana Shnaider (12) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Moyuka Uchijima beat Magda Linette: 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (8)
- Anna Blinkova beat Daria Saville (WC): 1-6, 6-4, 7-5
- Cristina Bucsa beat Chloe Paquet (WC): 6-2, 6-3
- Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-3, 6-2
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro beat Sonay Kartal: 6-1, 7-6 (5)
- Clara Tauson beat Linda Noskova (29): 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
- Paula Badosa (11) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Donna Vekic (18) beat Diane Parry: 6-4, 6-4
- Qinwen Zheng (5) beat Anca Todoni (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-1
- Suzan Lamens beat Veronika Erjavec (Q): 7-5, 7-6 (2)
- Leylah Fernandez (30) beat Yuliia Starodubtseva: 7-5, 6-4
- Mirra Andreeva (14) beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-3, 6-3
- Tatjana Maria beat Bernarda Pera: 7-6 (3), 6-4
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