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The 2021 U.S Open champion needed two hours and
27 minutes to win her first competition since Stuttgart in May,
following multiple wrist and ankle surgeries. Raducanu will face
No. 2 seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine in the second round.
Svitolina defeated Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 6-3.
Also advancing were top-seeded Coco Gauff, No. 8 Varvara
Gracheva of France, Brenda Fruhvirtova of the Czech Republic and
China's Yue Yuan. Gauff defeated fellow American Claire Liu 6-4,
6-2.
Brisbane International
Australia's Arina Rodionova knocked out No. 14 seed Sofia Kenin
7-5, 7-6 (7) in the opening round in Australia. Kenin faced a
whopping 21 break points, saving 17 of them.
No. 8 Victoria Azarenka of Russia defeated compatriot Anna
Kalinskaya 6-1, 7-6 (8) in the day's only other match involving
a seeded player.
Other first-round winners included Danielle Collins, Julia Riera
of Argentina, Clara Burel of France, Linda Noskova of the Czech
Republic and Australia's Olivia Gadecki.
--Field Level Media
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