the polish Iga Swiatek (7), Estonian Anett Kontaveit (6) and the Romanian Simona Halep (14) shone in their Australian Open debuts after comfortably beating British qualifier Harriet Dart, Czech Katerina Siniakova and Polish Magdalena Frech.
The Roland Garros champion in 2020, Swiatek, condemned the English with a devilish rhythm from the rest dart after harvesting five of the seven break balls he set out. His aggressiveness from the baseline resulted in 21 winners that contrasted with the few occasions in which he ended up winning the point at the net (4). Her next rival will be the Swedish Rebecca Peterson after she ended the hopes of the Australian and invited Daria Saville, better known in tennis with the last name of Gavrilova.
For her part, the Estonian Kontaveit was more inspired by the decisive points than a Siniakova that he only got two of the eleven break options available to him. Her next rival will be the winner of the duel between the Danish Clara Tauson and the Australian Astra Sharma.
The champion of two great Halep also did her homework after beating the Polish in an hour and a half French with one of its most aggressive versions with 25 winners. Her next rival will be known after the conclusion of the match between the American qualifier Katie Volynets and the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia.