PLAYER OF THE DAY: Samantha Stosur. The retiring Australian great kicked off her final singles tournament with a stirring 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 6-3 comeback win over American wildcard Robin Anderson, vindicating the 37-year-old's own wildcard entry.
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STAT OF THE DAY: Stosur's 20th appearance at the Open is the most ever by an Australian woman.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Once you turn 24, you have to find external help and coaches. It's going to be a massive help for me this year financially, which is great. Then I cannot focus and stress too much about that and just focus on things on court. It's a huge help" - Australian Maddison Inglis after upsetting US open finalist Leylah Fernandez in straight sets to earn her biggest career pay day with a cheque for at least $154,000.
TOURNAMENT SUMMARY: Men's second seed Daniil Medvedev cruised into the second round, as did No.5 Andrey Rublev, No.11 Jannik Sinner and No.13 Diego Schwartzman. Ninth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime overcame a scare from Emil Ruusuvuori to progress in five sets. Anett Kontaveit, Iga Swiatek and Simona Halep were among the top women's contenders to progress. Of the Australians, Stosur, Inglis and Chris O'Connell advanced, but Daria Saville, Astra Sharma and Priscilla Hon went out in straight sets, while Jordan Thompson lost to Steve Johnson in five.
Australian Associated Press
