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Australian Open Tennis Alexander Zverev of Germany waves after defeating John Millman of Australia in their second round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. Australian Open organizers clarified the process on Day 4 of the tournament, saying daily rapid antigen tests were being provided, testing clinics were open both onsite and at the player hotel, and there was mandatory symptomatic testing. Except at the Australian Open. His win over 21st-seeded Nikoloz Basilashvili in the first round was his first at the Australian Open since 2017. Murray engaged in a Twitter admiration exchange with Australian Open women's champion Naomi Osaka this week.

The safety protocols for COVID-19 have been a touchy subject at the Australian Open.

Australian Open Tennis Daniil Medvedev of Russia plays a forehand return to Henri Laaksonen of Switzerland during their first round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. Nobody has dominated on that court like Djokovic, who was unbeaten in the nine finals he reached at the Australian Open. Sixth-seeded Anett Kontaveit, runner-up to Muguruza at least year’s WTA Finals, had a 6-2, 6-3 win over Katerina Siniakova. Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova lost to Sorana Cirstea of Romania for the second straight year, this time 6-2, 6-2 in the first round. 5 Andrey Rublev beat Gianluca Mager 6-3, 6-2, 6-2, No.

Australian Open Tennis Maddison Inglis of Australia reacts after defeating Leylah Fernandez of Canada in their first round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. She lost in the first round at last year’s Australian Open to then defending champion Sofia Kenin. Raducanu was scheduled to play later Tuesday against 2017 U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens. “Yeah, I think that she likes my game, that she just is going for it," Kvitova, an Australian Open finalist three years ago, said. With Djokovic out of the Australian Open, deported because he failed to meet Australia's strict COVID-19 vaccination rules, Medvedev is among the favorites.

Australian Open Tennis Leylah Fernandez of Canada plays a backhand return to Maddison Inglis of Australia during their first round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Simon Baker) (Simon Baker)MELBOURNE, Australia — (AP) — The Latest on Tuesday from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park (all times local):___3:25 p.m.U.S. Open finalist Leylah Fernandez has lost in the first round of the Australian Open to local wild-card entry Maddison Inglis. She lost in the first round at last year’s Australian Open to then defending champion Sofia Kenin. The 2020 Australian Open finalist and winner of the 2016 French Open and 2017 Wimbledon tournaments has never lost a first-round match in her now 10th year of competition here. This is Muguruza's 10th Australian Open main draw appearance and she's never lost a first-round match.

Four months later and on the other side of the world, Leylah Fernandez lost to a 133rd-ranked wild-card entry in her first Grand Slam match since her runner-up finish at the U.S. Open. The 19-year-old Canadian had an upset 6-2, 6-4 loss to Maddison Inglis in the first round of the Australian Open on Tuesday, the third straight year she’s failed to progress to the second round at the first tennis major of the year. Fernandez made 30 unforced errors, dropped her serve three times and hit only eight winners on 1573 Arena against Inglis, who converted her third match point to complete her very first win in the main draw of a major.

Spain's Rafael Nadal reacts during his first round match against Serbia's Laslo Djere at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. Daniil Medvedev extended his winning streak to 15 matches with a 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 win over Vasek Pospisil and seventh-seeded Andrey Rublev beat Yannick Hanfmann 6-3, 6-3, 6-4. 9 Matteo Berrettini defeated Kevin Anderson, a two-time finalist at majors, 7-6 (9), 7-5, 6-3. Barty lost to Sofia Kenin in the Australian Open semifinals last year and then skipped the U.S. Open and her title defense at the French Open because she stayed in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic. AdTwo-time Australian Open quarterfinalist Tennys Sandgren also went through the hard lockdown.