Australian Open: Maria defeats Pera to move into second round

German Tatjana Maria reached the second round of the Australian Open by beating American Bernarda Pera 7-6 (3), 6-4 at Melbourne.

Maria, ranked No 89, will face the winner of the match between Dane Clara Tauson and No 29 seed Linda Noskova next.

Melbourne (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 60.627.573, most recent results first):

• Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Emma Raducanu
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Catherine McNally
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Kimberly Birrell
• Viktoriya Tomova vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Anna Bondar vs. Yafan Wang
• Shuai Zhang vs. McCartney Kessler
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Xiyu Wang vs. Julia Grabher
• Emma Navarro vs. Peyton Stearns
• Sijia Wei vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Taylor Townsend vs. Renata Zarazua
• Rebecca Marino vs. Katie Boulter
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Olivia Gadecki
• Saisai Zheng vs. Erika Andreeva
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Julia Riera
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
• Madison Keys vs. Ann Li
• Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Iva Jovic
• Elena Rybakina vs. Emerson Jones
• Daria Snigur vs. Danielle Collins
• Naomi Osaka vs. Caroline Garcia
• Maya Joint vs. Jessica Pegula
• Greet Minnen vs. Destanee Aiava
• Karolina Muchova vs. Nadia Podoroska
• Elise Mertens vs. Viktorija Golubic
• Petra Martic vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Camila Osorio vs. Maria Sakkari
• Mayar Sherif vs. Dayana Yastremska
• Danka Kovinic vs. Lulu Sun
• Nao Hibino vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Jule Niemeier vs. Maja Chwalinska
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Yue Yuan
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Ons Jabeur
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Iga Swiatek
• Sara Bejlek vs. Caroline Dolehide
• Belinda Bencic vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Jana Fett
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Elina Svitolina vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Tamara Zidansek vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Magdalena Frech vs. Polina Kudermetova
• Coco Gauff vs. Sofia Kenin
• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Rebecca Sramkova vs. Katie Volynets
• Arantxa Rus vs. Olga Danilovic
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
• Zeynep Sonmez vs. Talia Gibson
• Leolia Jeanjean vs. Jodie Burrage
• Laura Siegemund vs. Hailey Baptiste
• Diana Shnaider vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Magda Linette
• Anna Blinkova vs. Daria Saville
• Cristina Bucsa vs. Chloe Paquet
• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Sloane Stephens: sunday
• Sonay Kartal vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: sunday
• Clara Tauson vs. Linda Noskova: sunday
• Paula Badosa vs. Xinyu Wang: sunday
• Donna Vekic (18) beat Diane Parry: 6-4, 6-4
• Qinwen Zheng (5) beat Anca Todoni (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-1
• Veronika Erjavec vs. Suzan Lamens: sunday
• Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Leylah Fernandez: sunday
• Mirra Andreeva (14) beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-3, 6-3