MELBOURNE, Australia — Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova was dumped out of the Australian Open within the first spherical on Sunday, overwhelmed 6-1, 6-2 by Dayana Yastremska.
The seventh-seeded Vondrousova missed the Adelaide tune-up occasion with a hip harm and struggled on serve all through, hitting seven double faults as she was dominated by the world’s No. 93-ranked participant.
Yastremska, who had misplaced within the first spherical in her previous seven Grand Slam appearances, had 26 winners.
In different early play, Nineteenth-seeded Elina Svitolina superior to the second spherical, beating Taylah Preston, a wild-card entry from Australia, 6-2, 6-2.
Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka start their campaigns later within the day.
Gauff, who gained her first Grand Slam title on the U.S. Open final September, confronted Anna Karolina Schmiedlova of Slovakia.
4-time main winner Osaka makes her much-anticipated comeback to Grand Slam tennis after the start of her daughter. The Japanese participant takes on Caroline Garcia of France within the first spherical within the remaining match on Heart Courtroom.
