Australian Open: Svitolina races past Preston, into round 2

Elina Svitolina is back at the Australian Open for the first time since becoming a mother, and the No 19 seed is back in winning ways as well. The two-time Australian Open quarter-finalist ousted Aussie wildcard Taylah Preston 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Monday afternoon.

Svitolina is 12-3 at the majors since returning to the tour last spring – she reached the quarter-finals at Roland-Garros and the semi-finals at Wimbledon.

Svitolina kept the stat sheet clean, striking 13 winners against 12 unforced errors as she converted six of ten break points.

The 29-year-old, making her 40th career Grand Slam appearance, is one of eight moms contesting the main draw at this year’s Australian Open.

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“I’m happy with the win today” – Svitolina after her first round win

Svitolina, ranked No 23, will play the winner of the match between American Kayla Day and Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova next.

“I’m just happy with the way I started, Australian Open in general. Of course not easy at the beginning of the match, but then played quite solid, so I’m happy with the win today,” Svitolina told the media after her win today.

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
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Marketa Vondrousova: monday
• Nadia Podoroska vs. Tamara Zidansek: monday
• Storm Hunter vs. Sara Errani: monday
• Yanina Wickmayer vs. Varvara Gracheva: monday
• Kayla Day vs. Viktoriya Tomova: monday
• 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