After covering the Brisbane International from start to finish, our Jimmie48 is already in Adelaide, where he’s photographing the inaugural edition of the Premier-level Adelaide International. Monday at this Australian Swing tournament was all about first-round action.
The highest seed playing on Monday, No.4 Belinda Bencic of Switzerland, defeated Russian qualifier Daria Kasatkina 6-4 6-4, American seventh seed Sofia Kenin dispatched Swiss qualifier Viktorija Golubic 6-0 6-4, while ninth seed Angelique Kerber of Germany proved a worthy replacement for the injured Petra Kvitova, dominating Chinese Wang Qiang 6-1 6-3 to record her first win this season.