Melbourne – From the top 16 of the seeding on Tuesday at the Australian Open only on her 34th birthday Angelique Kerber given a starting nudity. Co-Title Favorite Daniel Medvedev (No. 2) defeated in the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year Henri Laaksonen (SUI) 6:1,6.4,7:6(3), his Russian compatriot Andrej Rublew (5) Gianluca Mager (ITA) 6:3,6:2,6:2. Stefanos Tsitipas (GRE-4) convinced against Mikael Ymer (SWE) with a 6:2.6:4.6:3. For women, it increased Aryna Sabalenka (BLR-2) in three sentences, Garbine Muguruza (ESP-3) in two sentences.