Australian Open: Muchova races past Podoroska to move into second round

No 20 seed Karolina Muchova won against Argentinian Nadia Podoroska 6-1, 6-1 to reach the second round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park.

Muchova, ranked No 21, will face the winner of the match between Japanese Naomi Osaka and Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia 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
• Naomi Osaka vs. Caroline Garcia
• Daria Snigur vs. Danielle Collins
• Greet Minnen vs. Destanee Aiava: monday
• Elise Mertens vs. Viktorija Golubic: monday
• 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