Australian Open: Clutch Raducanu reaches second round

Emma Raducanu beat Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 26 seed, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2) to move into the second round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Tuesday.

Raducanu, ranked No 61, will play American Amanda Anisimova 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
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
• Elena Rybakina vs. Emerson Jones
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Catherine McNally
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Kimberly Birrell
• Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Iva Jovic
• Mayar Sherif vs. Dayana Yastremska
• Emma Navarro vs. Peyton Stearns: tuesday
• Amanda Anisimova beat Maria Lourdes Carle: 6-2, 6-3
• Daria Kasatkina (9) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-1, 6-3
• Yafan Wang beat Anna Bondar: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Xiyu Wang beat Julia Grabher: 6-1, 7-5
• Erika Andreeva beat Saisai Zheng: 6-1, 7-6 (6)
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Julia Riera: tuesday
• Naomi Osaka beat Caroline Garcia: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
• Danielle Collins (10) beat Daria Snigur (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Karolina Muchova (20) beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-1, 6-1
• Destanee Aiava (Q) beat Greet Minnen: 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (5)
• Elise Mertens beat Viktorija Golubic (Q): 4-6, 7-6 (8), 6-4
• Marta Kostyuk (17) beat Nao Hibino (Q): 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Jaqueline Cristian beat Petra Martic (LL): 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (7)
• Jessica Pegula (7) beat Maya Joint (WC): 6-3, 6-0
• Jule Niemeier beat Maja Chwalinska (Q): 6-0, 6-1
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (27) beat Yue Yuan: 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
• Belinda Bencic beat Jelena Ostapenko (16): 6-3, 7-6 (6)
• 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