MELBOURNE, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Following are the selected results of the Australian Open here on Monday (prefix number denotes seeding):
Women's singles
First round
24-Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine, beat Ekaterina Alexandrova, Russia, 6-4, 7-6 (4)
11-Aryna Sabalenka, Belarus, bt Anna Kalinskaya, Russia, 6-1, 6-4
Wang Yafan, China, bt Ellen Perez, Australia, 6-4, 6-0
30-Maria Sharapova, Russia, bt Harriet Dart, Britain, 6-0, 6-0
5-Sloane Stephens, United States, bt Taylor Townsend, United States, 6-4, 6-2.
9-Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, bt Alison Riske, United States, 6-3, 6-3
19-Caroline Garcia, France, bt Jessika Ponchet, France, 6-2, 6-3
2-Angelique Kerber, Germany, bt Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 6-2, 6-2
Men's singles first round:
26-Fernando Verdasco, Spain, bt Miomir Kecmanovic, Serbia, 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-3
10-Karen Khachanov, Russia, bt Peter Gojowczyk, Germany, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
14-Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greece, bt Matteo Berrettini, Italy, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
19-Nikoloz Basilashvili, Georgia, bt Christopher Eubanks, United States, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3
5-Kevin Anderson, South Africa, bt Adrian Mannarino, France, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1
20-Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria, bt Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-4
18-Diego Schwartzman, Argentina, bt Rudolf Molleker, Germany, 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-0
27-Alex de Minaur, Australia, bt Pedro Sousa, Portugal, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
2-Rafael Nadal, Spain, bt James Duckworth, Australia, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5
