Australian Open: Maria defeats Pera to move into second round
Tatjana Maria beat Bernarda Pera 7-6 (3), 6-4 and will face either Clara Tauson or No 29th seed Linda Noskova in the next round
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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
