Game-by-game report: Rafa Nadal faces a potential banana skin in the first round against rising British star Jack Draper. Join Mike Hytner for updates
A couple of big results to bring you up to speed with, then. First, a big one with a local flavour – rising star, who is being mentored by none other than Ash Barty at this Open, won her first main draw grand slam match 7-5, 6-1 against teenage qualifier. The 20-year-old was lost for words earlier, after becoming the first Australian into the second round of this year’s tournament.
“I actually can’t believe it. Wow, I’m speechless,” Gadecki said. “It’s such an amazing crowd, my home slam, my first-ever main-draw grand slam win. I mean, a girl can only dream.”: According to our woman on the ground, Emma Kemp, it’s “hot af” in Melbourne today. Emma, this is for the liveblog, have you any more printable details? “The mercury says 25C but with with humidity feels closer to 30, which means on court it will feel a few degrees hotter than that,” she elaborates.
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