Day one was a profitable one for the three British gamers in motion as Raducanu, Norrie and qualifier Arthur Fery all secured spots within the second spherical.
Fery brought about an upset in opposition to Italian twentieth seed Flavio Cobolli, whereas Norrie got here by means of a deciding set in opposition to France’s Benjamin Bonzi.
Within the girls’s draw, Raducanu recovered from a sluggish begin to beat Thai participant Mananchaya Sawangkaew in straight units.
The trio play their respective second-round matches on Wednesday.
Jacob Fearnley and Francesca Jones exited within the first spherical on Monday – Jones retired injured within the second set of her opening contest – whereas Katie Boulter and Sonay Kartal had been knocked out of the ladies’s draw on Tuesday.
Norrie, Fearnley, Raducanu, Jones and Kartal all reached the primary draw as they’re ranked contained in the world’s high 100, whereas British quantity 4 Boulter additionally acquired a go into the primary draw after a number of withdrawals.
British primary Jack Draper is just not that includes at Melbourne Park this 12 months due to an arm damage.
Fery got here by means of qualifying to achieve a primary abroad Grand Slam primary draw, however George Loffhagen was overwhelmed within the remaining spherical.
Dan Evans, Jay Clarke, Jack Pinnington Jones, Oliver Crawford, Billy Harris, Jan Choinski and Ryan Peniston all fell within the first spherical of qualifiers.
Britons Mimi Xu and Harriet Dart misplaced within the first and second spherical of qualifying respectively.
