Tereza Valentova v Maya Joint: Australian Open first round – live

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Recap: Australia on day two

OK. Recapping yesterday’s Australian results.

After his initial opponent Matteo Berrettini withdrew, Alex de Minaur faced a slightly lower first hurdle to start his Open. Lucky loser American Mackenzie McDonald got the call-up and as predicted De Minaur dispatched him easily – following up with a strong statement of intent for the tournament. Jack Snape was at Rod Laver Arena for the match:

Earlier in the day the effervescent Storm Hunter made a winning return to the AO after serious injury, defeating Spaniard Jessica Bouzas 6-4, 6-4. Priscilla Hon and Jordan Thompson also won through to the second round, but youngster Emerson Jones went out and Alexei Popyrin was devestated to fall short in the first round.

The big global stories from day two (I’ll get to the Aussies in a sec) were Novak Djokovic winning his 100th Australian Open match, a feat he has also achieved at Wimbledon and Roland Garros. Check out tennis correspondent Tumaini Carayol’s report from the match at Rod Laver Arena:

But there was a more sombre tone to the day due to a number of retirements, include men’s seventh seed Félix Auger‑Aliassime. We unpack all of that here:

Plus Coco Gauff and Emma Raducanu powered through to the second round.

Preamble

Hello and good morning from sunny Melbourne!

Welcome to day three of the Australian Open where there are nine Australians in action in the singles, plus Rinky Hijikata and Tristan Schoolkate in the men’s doubles. Our match of the day session, which I’ll be bringing to you game-by-game very soon, is Australian No 1 Maya Joint v Tereza Valentova of Czech Republic on John Cain Arena.

The 19-year-old Joint was born in the US but switched her allegiances to her father’s country of birth after not getting the support she was after in the US system. And of course Australia is more than happy to claim the bourgeoning tennis star. What’s in store for her second Australian Open.

It’s currently 21C in Melbourne, on its way to a top of 28C. Perfect Australian Open conditions? I think so.

Play starts at 11am AEDT. Let’s get into it!