Overview
- Aryna Sabalenka shook off an early break to defeat French wildcard Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah 6-4, 6-1 and will face Chinese qualifier Bai Zhuoxuan next.
- Carlos Alcaraz beat Australia’s Adam Walton 6-3, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2 to launch his career‑Grand‑Slam bid, setting up a second‑round meeting with Germany’s Yannick Hanfmann.
- Third seed Alexander Zverev recovered from a slow start to oust Gabriel Diallo 6-7 (7), 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 and reach the second round for a 10th straight year.
- Qualifiers and debutants produced early shocks, including Elsa Jacquemot over No. 20 Marta Kostyuk in three tiebreaks, Turkey’s Zeynep Sonmez over No. 11 Ekaterina Alexandrova, and Britain’s Arthur Fery over No. 20 Flavio Cobolli.
- Venus Williams, 45, became the oldest women’s singles participant at the event before falling to Olga Danilovic 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 after leading 4-0 in the final set.