Barbora Krejcikova had a hard start but qualified for the second round of the Australian Open

The 9th-seeded Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic) started her Australian Open participation with a tough win. The Czech tennis player had to make a turnover to eliminate Mai Hontama (Japan). She pulled out the victory after 2-1 (2:6, 6:4, 6:3) in her favor in nearly 2 and a half hours of play.

The Japanese tennis player won the first set after two break in the 5th and 7th games and even started the second set with a lead breaking for 3:1. However, Barbora Krejcikova improved her first serve and after three more breaks in her favor overturned the set to equalize the score. In the third set, the Czech tennis player made two breaks against one one for her opponent and succeeded to win the match.

Thus, Barbora Krejcikova found the right way to the second round of the tournament, where will face Tamara Korpatsch (Germany), who also had to play three sets to overcome Jodie Burrage (Great Britain) after 2-1 (2:6, 6:3, 6:0).

In the other matches from the first day of the Australian Open, Kamilla Rakhimova (Russia) eliminated Emina Bektas (USA) by 2-0 (6:4, 6:4), while Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine) defeated Lucia Bronzetti (Italy) by 2-1 (3:6, 7:5, 6:3).

Leylah Fernandez (Canada) also advanced to the second round of the Australian open after defeating Sara Bejlek (Czech Republic) by 2-0 (7:5, 6:2), while Elina Avanesyan (Russia) defeated Zhuoxuan Bai (China) by 2-1 (4:6, 7:5, 6:2) and Alycia Parks (USA) won her match versus Daria Snigur (Ukraine) by 2-1 (2:6, 6:2, 6:4).