AO - Women’s Singles 1R continued

Day Two - First round continued at the 2023 Australian Open.

Excessive heat suspended matches on outside courts for a few hours during the afternoon.

Later in the evening, rain prevented matches on those courts from being completed or begun.

2023 Australian Open, on Hard, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16-29 January 2023.

2022 champion (not defending):

Ashleigh Barty (1) who defeated Danielle Collins (27) 6-3 7-6(2)

First round results:

- Daria Kasatkina (8) v Varvara Gracheva rescheduled to Day 3

- Qualifier Lucrezia Stefanini v Tatjana Maria rescheduled to Day 3

- Yulia Putintseva defeated Sorana Cirstea 2-6 6-4 6-3

- Karolina Pliskova (30) defeated Wang Xiyu 6-1 6-3

- Zhang Shuai (23) v Patricia Maria Tig rescheduled to Day 3

- Petra Martic defeated Viktorija Golubic 6-3 6-4

- Qualifier Katie Volynets defeated Evgeniya Rodina 6-3 6-2

- Veronika Kudermetova (9) defeated Maryna Zanevska 6-2 7-6(4)

- Anett Kontaveit (16) defeated Julia Grabher 6-2 6-3

- Mayar Sherif v Magda Linette rescheduled to Day 3

- Wildcard Taylor Townsend defeated wildcard Diane Parry 6-1 6-1

- Ekaterina Alexandrova (19) defeated Ysaline Bonaventure 6-2 6-1

- Irina-Camelia Begu (27) v lucky loser Elizabeth Mandlik rescheduled to Day 3

- Lucia Bronzetti v Laura Siegemund rescheduled to Day 3

- Leylah Fernandez defeated Alizé Cornet 7-5 6-2

- Caroline Garcia (4) defeated qualifier Katherine Sebov 6-3 6-0

- Aryna Sabalenka (5) defeated Tereza Martincova 6-1 6-4

- Shelby Rogers defeated qualifier Arianne Hartono 6-4 6-3

- Lauren Davis led Danka Kovinic 1-6 7-5 4-1 when rain stopped play and match was rescheduled to Day 3

- Elise Mertens (26) defeated Garbiñe Muguruza 3-6 7-6(3) 6-1

- Qualifier Anna Karolina Schmiedlova defeated Martina Trevisan (21) 6-3 6-2

- Camila Giorgi defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-0 6-1

- Claire Liu led Madison Brengle 4-2 when rain stopped play and match was rescheduled to Day 3

- Belinda Bencic (12) defeated Viktoriya Tomova 6-1 6-2

- Beatriz Haddad Maia (14) v Nuria Parrizas Diaz rescheduled to Day 3

- Sloane Stephens v Anastasia Potapova rescheduled to Day 3

- Donna Vekic and qualifier Oksana Selekhmeteva were tied at 6-2 2-6 6-6 when rain stopped play and match was rescheduled to Day 3

- Liudmila Samsonova (18) defeated Jasmine Paolini 6-2 6-4

- Wildcard Kimberly Birrell defeated Kaia Kanepi (31) 3-6 7-6(4) 6-1

- Linda Fruhvirtova defeated wildcard Jaimee Fourlis 6-0 6-4

- Alison Riske-Amritraj led Marketa Vondrousova 4-1 when rain stopped play and match was rescheduled to Day 3

- Ons Jabeur (2) defeated Tamara Zidansek 7-6(8) 4-6 6-1