Early in Sydney, Hobart, Auckland

Early results in the final tournaments contested prior to the Australian Open:

SYDNEY 

The late withdrawals of seeded players Naomi Osaka and Karolina Pliskova caused a restructure of the women’s main draw

Anastasija Sevastova and Elise Mertens were instated as 9th and 10th seeds and added to the existing six seeds, drawn to play in the quarter finals.  

Lesia Tsurenko completed a trio of late withdrawals, and the replacements in the main draw were lucky losers Monica Puig, Bernarda Pera and Tatjana Maria.

On the men’s side, defending champion Daniil Medvedev withdrew late, and was replaced by lucky loser Taro Daniel, who replaced Rafa Nadal when the Spaniard withdrew from Brisbane last week.

Daniel gained the first round bye which Medvedev had.

WTA

Sydney International first round 

Qualifier Yulia Putintseva defeated wildcard Dasha Gavrilova 6-1 7-6(4)

Garbine Muguruza defeated defeated fellow Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro 6-3 6-4

Kiki Bertens (7) defeated lucky loser Bernarda Pera 7-5 6-4

Wildcard Samantha Stosur defeated Dominika Cibulkova 3-6 6-3 6-4

Timea Bacsinszky defeated Anastasija Sevastova (9) 6-7(3) 6-4 6-4

Camila Giorgi defeated wildcard Ajla Tomljanovic 6-3 6-3

ATP

Sydney International first round

Martín Klizan defeated wildcard Alexei Popyrin 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(5)

Wildcard Jordan Thompson defeated Adrian Mannarino 6-3 6-3

Lucky loser Guido Andreozzi defeated Matthew Ebden 3-6 6-3 6-4

Qualifier Yoshihito Nishioka defeated Ryan Harrison 6-4 6-2

Sam Querrey defeated Malek Jaziri 6-1 4-1 (retired)

Alex de Minaur (5) defeated Dusan Lajovic 6-4 6-3

Qualifier Reilly Opelka defeated Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-3 6-4

HOBART 

WTA

Hobart International first round

Ons Jabeur defeated Ana Bogdan 7-6(8) 6-2

Qualifier Greet Minnen defeated lucky loser Kateryna Kozlova 6-4 6-0

Pauline Parmentier defeated wildcard Ellen Perez 6-2 5-7 7-5

Anna Karolina Schmiedlova defeated Evgeniya Rodina 7-5 6-7(5) 6-3

Irina-Camelia Begu defeated qualifier Heather Watson 6-1 6-4

Vera Lapko defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (5) 6-3 3-6 6-3

Dayana Yastremska defeated qualifier Laura Siegemund 6-3 6-1

AUCKLAND

ATP

ASB Classic first round

Taylor Fritz defeated Marius Copil 4-6 6-3 6-4

Wildcard Cameron Norrie defeated Benoit Paire 6-3 6-2

Joao Sousa defeated Denis Shapovalov (7) 4-6 6-4 6-4

Jan-Lennard Struff defeated lucky loser Laslo Djere 7-6(5) 2-0 (retired)

Matteo Berrettini defeated qualifier Mackenzie McDonald 6-3 6-4

Tennys Sandgren defeated qualifier Maximilian Marterer 6-3 6-4

Philipp Kohlschreiber defeated qualifier Bradley Klahn 6-4 7-6(2)