MOSCOW, Jan 17 Australian tennis player Ashleigh Barty defeated Ukrainian Lesya Tsurenko in the first round of the Grand Slam tournament — the Australian Open (Australian Open). The meeting ended with a score of 6:0, 6:1 in favor of the first racket of the world. In the second round, the Australian will play with the Italian Lucia Bronzetti, who earlier on Monday won against the Russian woman Varvara Gracheva. Results of other matches of the first round:Jessica Pegula (USA, 21st seed) — Angelina Kalinina (Ukraine) — 4:6, 7:6 (7:1), 7:5; Elena Ostapenko (Latvia, 26) — Anna-Karolina Shmidlova (Slovakia) — 6:7 (7:9), 6:4, 6:1; Madison Keys (USA) — Sofia Kenin (USA, 11) — 7:6 (7 :2), 7:5.
