- US Open champion beats Caroline Garcia in a 6-2, 6-3 victory
- Andreescu and Kvitova crash out; Halep scrapes through
Of all the strange events to have already unfolded during this unique Australian Open, few moments have been as peculiar as the tournament’s draw ceremony. Instead of its usual glamorous presentation, the draw was live-streamed from a claustrophobic office in Melbourne Park where the draw coordinator badly mispronounced countless names and nobody could actually see the pairings.
When they were finally published, the consensus was clear: Naomi Osaka had been handed a tough, tough draw, potentially filled with a series of prominent opponents who are more than capable of beating her if she lets them.
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