Australian Open: Gracheva beats former US Open semi-finalist Wickmayer to reach second round

Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva beat Belgian Yanina Wickmayer 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Monday night.

Gracheva, ranked No 39, will play the winner of the match between Ukrainian qualifier Dayana Yastremska and No 7 seed Marketa Vondrousova next.

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Melbourne (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 58.910.000, most recent results first):

• Rebecca Marino vs. Jessica Pegula
• Elena Rybakina vs. Karolina Pliskova
• Petra Martic vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
• Emma Raducanu vs. Shelby Rogers
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Yafan Wang vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Aleksandra Krunic vs. Clara Burel
• Katie Boulter vs. Yue Yuan
• Cristina Bucsa vs. Anna Blinkova
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Kimberly Birrell
• Camila Giorgi vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Lin Zhu vs. Oceane Dodin
• Emma Navarro vs. Xiyu Wang
• Greet Minnen vs. Clara Tauson
• Danielle Collins vs. Angelique Kerber
• Iga Swiatek vs. Sofia Kenin
• Renata Zarazua vs. Martina Trevisan
• Peyton Stearns vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Sloane Stephens vs. Olivia Gadecki
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Lulu Sun
• Caroline Garcia vs. Naomi Osaka
• Ons Jabeur vs. Yulia Starodubtseva
• Taylor Townsend vs. Paula Badosa
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Bernarda Pera
• Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Katie Volynets
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Arantxa Rus
• Viktorija Golubic vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Anastasia Zakharova
• Magdalena Frech vs. Daria Saville
• Mayar Sherif vs. Elise Mertens
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Donna Vekic
• Rebeka Masarova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Claire Liu
• Diana Shnaider vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Tatjana Maria vs. Camila Osorio
• Fiona Ferro vs. Mccartney Kessler
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Laura Siegemund
• Kaja Juvan vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Coco Gauff: monday
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Marketa Vondrousova: monday
• Nadia Podoroska beat Tamara Zidansek: 6-1, 6-0
• Storm Hunter vs. Sara Errani: monday
• Kayla Day vs. Viktoriya Tomova: monday
• Elina Svitolina (19) beat Taylah Preston (WC): 6-2, 6-2
• Linda Noskova vs. Marie Bouzkova: monday
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Ella Seidel (Q): 6-0, 6-1
• Caroline Wozniacki (WC) beat Magda Linette (20): 6-2, 2-0 ret.
• Caroline Dolehide beat Leolia Jeanjean (Q): 6-2, 6-4
• Alina Korneeva (Q) beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Amanda Anisimova beat Liudmila Samsonova (13): 6-3, 6-4
• Diane Parry beat Xinyu Wang (30): 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
• Maria Sakkari (8) beat Nao Hibino: 6-4, 6-1
• Brenda Fruhvirtova (Q) beat Ana Bogdan: 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Maria Timofeeva (Q) beat Alize Cornet (WC): 6-2, 6-4
• Alycia Parks beat Daria Snigur (Q): 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Tamara Korpatsch beat Jodie Burrage: 2-6, 6-3, 6-0
• Elina Avanesyan beat Zhuoxuan Bai: 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
• Barbora Krejcikova (9) beat Mai Hontama (WC): 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Lesia Tsurenko (28) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
• Kamilla Rakhimova beat Emina Bektas: 6-4, 6-4
• Leylah Fernandez (32) beat Sara Bejlek (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-2