Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic is back at Melbourne Park, while world No.1 Iga Swiatek and Spanish ace Carlos Alcaraz are also in action.
Today’s key matches
By Caroline Schelle
Here are the key matches for day 3 of the Australian Open.
‘Being nicer to myself is key’: Osaka after first-round loss
Former world No.1 Naomi Osaka is out of the Australian Open despite showing promising signs of a return to form against France’s Caroline Garcia, who progressed to the second round in a tie-breaker 6-4 7-6 (7-2).
After the match, Osaka said she had been worried she wouldn’t be able to keep up with other competitors when she came back to tennis after giving birth to a daughter.
“Coming here and playing three tough matches, I feel positive that I’m able to play, I’m at least able to challenge them. You know what I mean?” she said.
“I have to tell myself, ‘Hey, like six months ago you were pregnant,’ stuff like that. There’s a voice in my head that is [saying], Who are you to think you can come back and immediately start winning matches? I don’t know. I kind of always expect myself to stand a chance anyways. I guess just being nicer to myself is like a key thing that I learned in my time away.”
Today’s key matches
By Caroline Schelle
Here are the key matches for day 3 of the Australian Open.
Good morning
By Caroline Schelle
Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of day 3 of the Australian Open as the first round of the grand slam continues.
The sun’s out at Melbourne Park and tennis fans will have a feast lined up from 11am, with world No.1 Iga Swiatek beginning her title quest, while Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic returns to Melbourne Park this evening after injury absence to do battle with Croatia’s Petra Martic. Spanish young gun Carlos Alcaraz also steps out on Rod Laver Arena tonight.
I’m Caroline Schelle and I’ll be taking you through today’s action. Let’s get into it.
