Australian Open 2024 Day 1 Highlights: Djokovic, Sabalenka, Wozniacki through to second round

Australian Open 2024, Day 1 Live score and updates: Showing great acceleration on the court, Prizmic get the point with some finesse. Djokovic received a warning for time violation from the umpire. He is not impressed with the verdict. Brilliant! GAME Prizmic! What a point by the Croatian. He takes the game and extends the lead over the World No.1 in the 2nd set.

Australian Open 2024, Day 1 Live score and updates: Djokovic is trailing 30-0 in the third game. Make that 40-0! GAME Prizmic! He is fighting against the World No.1 in the second set. Another game is in the bag for the Croatian, who can rewrite history by defeating the defending champion in the first round. He takes 2-1 lead over the Grand Slam champion for the first time in the Australia Open men’s singles opener at the Rod Laver Arena. Into the game 4 we go!

Australian Open 2024, Day 1 Live score and updates: Prizmic has started the second set well by taking a 30-15 lead in game 1. Expect Novak to apply pressure on the qualifier. Prizmic ended up giving away the game to Novak with his series of unforced errors. We don't have the same story in the second set. Yes, the Croatian wins the first game!

Welcome back to Melbourne Park, Novak Djokovic! The defending champion and record-time winner has taken the first set 6-2. A brilliant start for Nole in the first round. The second set will get underway shortly.

Bidding for Grand Slam history at the Australian Open, record-time winner Djokovic has taken a massive 5-2 lead over qualifier Dino Prizmic in his first-round opener at the Rod Laver Arena. He opens the next game with 15-0!

Australian Open 2024, Day 1 Live score and updates: Prizmic has roped in the physiotherapist for a quick medical check in his first-round game against defending champion Djokovic. Quick update! He is back on his feet in no time. The qualifier had his quadricep and hamstring worked on in the medical timeout. We are underway again! Serb starts with 40-0 in game 6!

Australian Open 2024, Day 1 Live score and updates: Djokovic thought he had Prizmic, but the youngster has impressed the partisan crowd by taking another game from Novak. Djokovic stans are still rallying behind the Serbinator. The record-time winner is still leading the first set 3-2.

Australian Open 2024, Day 1 Live score and updates: Wide of the line. And that’s game for Novak! A decent attempt to close angles against Djokovic. Prizmic will have to create history if he wants to enter round 2 of the Australian Open. No qualifier has beaten Djokovic at the Melbourne Park. Djokovic leads Prizmic 3-1 in the first set of the opening-round game at Rod Laver Arena.

Australian Open 2024, Day 1 Live score and updates: Take that Novak! Dino Prizmic has won his first game against the defending champion. However, he then gets behind 15-0 in the fourth game. Djokovic leading the youngster 2-1 in the first set.

Australian Open 2024, Day 1 Live score and updates: Just when Prizmic looked to bank on his start, Djokovic showed his class by wrapping up the second game in no time. He is 30-0 in the thrid game. Make that 40! He is all over the youngster. Novak leading the third game and he is keen on winning the majority of points.

First game in the bag for Novak Djokovic. Prizmic tried to unnerve the Serb in the opener, but Djokovic has finally won the break point to wrap up the first game in his favour. Djokovic is up and running in the 1st set. It’s Djokovic’s time to serve. Novak starts with 15-0 in game 2nd!

A 22-shot rally and the Serb has his advantage in Game 1. The drop shot does the trick for Djokovic, who has an advantage and his second break point. DEUCE 2! Prizmic is right back at the defending champion. OUT! Djokovic gets the advantage again. This is the 3rd break point!

Australian Open 2024, Day 1 Live score and updates: We are underway in the first-round match between Novak Djokovic and Dino Prizmic. The record-time winner is aiming to record his 90th win at the Aussie Grand Slam in the first-round match. The defending champions missed a straight-forward ball in the 1st game. However, the Serb has bagged his first break point.

Australian Open 2024, Day 1 Live score and updates: Young Dino Prizmic is set to take title contender Novak Djokovic in his first-round game of the Australian Open 2024 shortly. The 18-year-old qualified for his first major on court 12. As a reward, he is handed a tough draw as the Croatian is up against World No. 1 and record 10-time Australian Open winner - Djokovic.

Novak Djokovic is set to kickstart his Australian Open title defence against qualifier Dino Prizmic on Day 1 of the Australian Open 2024 at the iconic Rod Laver Arena. The Serbian is the most-decorated player in the men's game with 24 Grand Slams. He is two clear of the injured Rafael Nadal and four ahead of the retired Roger Federer.

Australian Open 2024, Day 1 Live score and updates: What a first-round draw Andrey Rublev just got at the Australian Open. Rublev had to battle hard against Thiago Seyboth Wild on Margaret Court Arena. The Russian was trailing 2-5 in the fifth-set tiebreaker. He staged a comeback with a stunning win to enter the 2nd round. Rublev beat Seyboth 7-5, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6(6) in round 1.

Liudmila Samsonova, No. 13 seed, becomes the first-seeded player to exit from the Australian Open 2024 after a 3-6, 4-6 loss to Amanda Anisimova, who returned from a break from tennis earlier this year. The American had cited burnout and concerns for her mental health in May 2023 after her Madrid Open loss in the first round.

Australian Open 2024 Day 1 Live Updates: Former world number six Matteo Berrettini is out of the Grand Slam event due to a foot injury. The organisers of the Australian Open 2024 have confirmed that Berrettini has withdrawn from the Grand Slam. "Matteo Berrettini has withdrawn from the Australian Open with a right foot injury. He will be replaced in the draw by Zizou Bergs. Wishing you a quick recovery," organisers said in a statement.

Australian Open 2024 Day 1 Live Updates: Marin Cilic is out of the Australian Open in the first round. The 2014 US Open winner had missed all four Grand Slams in 2023 as he struggled with a knee injury. On his return in the 2024 Australian Open, Cilic was drawn against Fábián Marozsán. The 24-year-old Hungarian made the headlines last year after beating Carlos Alcaraz at the Rome Masters. The Croat bounced back from a set down in the round-one tie but was broken thrice over the next two sets as he lost 1-6, 6-2, 2-6, 5-7.

Australian Open 2024 Day 1 Live Updates: Check out the results on day one of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park:

Men's singles 1st round

Jaume Munar (ESP) bt Alexander Shevchenko (RUS) 6-3, 6-3, 6-1

Matteo Arnaldi (ITA) bt Adam Walton (AUS) 7-6 (7/5), 6-2, 6-4

Jannik Sinner (ITA) bt Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) 6-4, 7-5, 6-3

Fabian Marozsan (HUN) bt Marin Cilic (CRO) 6-1, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5

Francisco Cerundolo (ARG x22) bt Dane Sweeny (AUS) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2

Women's singles 1st round

Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) bt Emina Bektas (USA) 6-4, 6-4

Leylah Fernandez (CAN x32) bt Sara Bejlek (CZE) 7-6 (7/5), 6-2

Lesya Tsurenko (UKR x28) bt Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3

Barbora Krejcikova (CZE x9) bt Mai Hontama (JPN) 2-6, 6-4, 6-3

Alycia Parks (USA) bt Daria Snigur (UKR) 2-6, 6-2, 6-4

Tamara Korpatsch (GER) bt Jodie Burrage (GBR) 2-6, 6-3, 6-0

Elina Avanesyan (RUS) bt Bai Zhuoxuan (CHN) 4-6, 7-5, 6-2

Maria Timofeeva (RUS) bt Alize Cornet (FRA) 6-2, 6-4

Maria Sakkari (GRE x8) bt Nao Hibino (JPN) 6-4, 6-1

Brenda Fruhvirtova (CZE) bt Ana Bogdan (ROM) 2-6, 6-4, 6-3

Leylah Fernandez shared her views about below-par results at the Australian Open. The former US Open finalist has reached the second round of the Australian Grand Slam event. Thus, the 21-year-old is assured of matching her best performance in Melbourne.

"I've never had excellent results in Australia, but I think every year I'm just learning little by little about my mistakes, what I've done right, what I've done wrong," she later told reporters. "This year I think we just wanted to come out here and just have fun. I love playing in the summer so ... I'm just going to play and have fun out there, and hopefully the results are coming my way."

Australian Open 2024 Day 1 Live Updates: Jannik Sinner enjoyed the company of Carota Boys in the crowd as the red-white-and-green flags helped him feel at home in the opening round of the Australian Open. Sinner upstaged No. 59-ranked Botic van de Zandschulp to enter the 2nd round of the Grand Slam event. “Means a lot to me to start off with a win,” fourth-seeded Sinner said in a post-match TV interview. “Physically I feel good. I’m here in good shape. I think I can be happy for today.”

Australian Open 2024 Day 1 Live Updates: The eight-time Grand Slam winner and Olympic gold medallist is in the house. Did you know? Agassi has won Norman Brookes Challenge Cup four times during his career - 1995, 2000, 2001, 2003. The former American world No. 1 on Saturday had a word with Carlos Alcaraz, who will begin his Australian Open campaign on Tuesday against Richard Gasquet.

Other results so far from Day 1:

Men's singles -

Matteo Arnadli beats Adam Walton 7-6(5), 6-2, 6-4

Women's singles -

Elina Avanesyan beats Zhuoxuan Bai 4-6, 7-5, 6-2

Alycia Parks beats Daria Snigur 2-6, 6-2, 6-4

Tamara Korpatsch beats Jodie Anna Burrage 2-6, 6-3, 6-0

Barbara Krejcikova beats Mai Hontama 2-6, 6-4, 6-3

Lesia Tsurenko beats Lucia Bronzetti 3-6, 7-5, 6-3