Australian Open: Samsonova races past Rakhimova to make second round

No 25 seed Liudmila Samsonova won against Kamilla Rakhimova 6-2, 6-4 to move into the second round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Monday.

Samsonova, ranked No 26, will face the winner of the match between Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus and Serb Olga Danilovic 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
• Camila Osorio vs. Maria Sakkari
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Ons Jabeur
• 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
• Mayar Sherif vs. Dayana Yastremska
• Danka Kovinic vs. Lulu Sun
• 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
• Nao Hibino vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Jule Niemeier vs. Maja Chwalinska
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Yue Yuan
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Iga Swiatek
• Sara Bejlek vs. Caroline Dolehide
• Belinda Bencic vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Harriet Dart vs. Jana Fett
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Tamara Zidansek vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Elina Svitolina vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Magdalena Frech vs. Polina Kudermetova
• Coco Gauff vs. Sofia Kenin: monday
• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Ashlyn Krueger: monday
• Rebecca Sramkova vs. Katie Volynets: monday
• Arantxa Rus vs. Olga Danilovic: monday
• Zeynep Sonmez vs. Talia Gibson: monday
• Jodie Burrage beat Leolia Jeanjean (Q): 6-2, 6-4
• Laura Siegemund vs. Hailey Baptiste: monday
• Diana Shnaider vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto: monday
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Magda Linette: monday
• 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