Australian Open 2022: Naomi Osaka on court as grand slam begins without Novak Djokovic – live!

Rolling report: The year’s first tennis grand slam gets under way with Naomi Osaka and Rafael Nadal among those in action during the day session. Join Mike Hytner for updates

Around the ground, first-round matches have started up. Greek fifth seed Maria Sakari is up on Rod Laver, 15th seed Elina Svitolina on Margaret Court and Denis Shapovalov, the men’s 14th seed, on John Caine are among those in action.

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