Players who won the Australian Open in 2019, 2018 and 2017 were all winners on Day 1 of the tournament’s 2020 edition, while Coco Gauff again defeated Venus Williams in a repeat of their famous Wimbledon 2019 meeting.
Rocking a custom-made dress that goes in line with the rest of Nike’s Melbourne collection, defending champion Naomi Osaka overcame a slow start to beat Czech Marie Bouzkova 6-2 6-4 in one hour and 20 minutes. During the match, the third-seeded Osaka broke the net with one of her serves!
Chasing a record-equaling 24th Grand Slam title, the 2017 Australian Open winner Serena Williams needed just 58 minutes to dispatch Russian Anastasia Potapova 6-0 6-3.