5 Talking Points from Day1 of Australian Open 2019

Cakewalk for the big names

Roger Federer had an easy round 1 match at 2019 Australian Open

While there were a few upsets on day 1, all the big names had an easy passage to the second round.

The day started off with former champion Maria Sharapova delivering a double bagel to Britain's Harriet Dart at the Rod Laver Arena before men's second seed Rafael Nadal did a light work of Australia's James Duckworth as he beat him 6-4, 6-3, 7-5 in the first round.

The defending champions in both Men's Singles and Women's Singles, Roger Federer and Caroline Wozniacki, also had easy first-round matches as they beat Dennis Istomin 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 and Alison Van Uytvanck 6-3 6-4 respectively.

Former Australian Open champions Angelique Kerber and Marin Cilic also made it to the second round with ease and so did Sloane Stephens, Kiki Bertens, Stefonas Tsitsipas, Kevin Anderson, and Grigor Dimitrov.