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Laura Siegemund with her first round victory
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Jule Niemeier, Eva Lys and Tamara Korpatsch flew out on Monday, followed two days later by Tatjana Maria.
Only Laura Siegemund was able to reach the second round of the Australian Open.
The men also narrowly missed out completely, only Alexander Zverev was able to make it into the second round in a five-set match.
Wimbledon semi-finalist Maria failed at the opening hurdle at the Australian Open.
The 35-year-old was beaten 6: 3, 5: 7 and 4: 6 in her duel against the Italian qualifier Lucrezia Stefanini.
For the world number 71.
it was the fifth first-round loss in a row in Melbourne.
The match was originally scheduled for Tuesday, but had to be postponed a day due to rain.
For the same reason, the start of the game on Wednesday was postponed by several hours into the evening.
Siegemund, on the other hand, made it into the second round in Melbourne.
The 34-year-old defeated the Italian Lucia Bronzetti 2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3 in her first round match on Wednesday.
At the beginning of the third set she had to be treated for a long time, after which she brought the match home with nerves of steel.
For Siegemund it is the first victory in a Grand Slam tournament since her participation in the quarterfinals at the French Open 2020. She now meets Irina-Camelia Begu from Romania.
Favorite wins for Gauff and Tsitsipas
18-year-old Coco Gauff lived up to her role as favorite and defeated 20-year-old Briton Emma Raducanu 6: 3, 7: 6 (7: 4).
Raducanu has never made it past the second round of a Grand Slam tournament after her US Open title.
Stefanos Tsitsipas, seeded number three, easily won against Rinky Hijikata in three sets: 6: 3, 6: 0, 6: 2 for the Greek in the end.
Number seven Daniil Medvedev also easily qualified for the next round (7:5, 6:2, 6:2 against John Millman), while Canadian FélixAuger-Aliassime, seeded in sixth, had to work hard: he won only after 0:2 -Set deficit in five sets against Slovak Alex Molčanm 3:6, 3:6, 6:3, 6:2, 6:2.
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