We’ll leave it there for the early session on day three, when Iga Świątek and Casper Ruud were among the favourites to win their first-round matches.
Świątek was particularly impressive, brushing aside 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin in straight sets.
A new blog will be up and running for the evening session when men’s second seed Carlos Alcaraz takes on Richard Gasquet, women’s No 5 Jessica Pegula faces Rebecca Marino, and Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic meets Petra Martic of Croatia.
But for now, Australian fans in particular can enjoy our report on Max Purcell and Máté Valkusz.
Here is how Jack Snape saw the match play out:
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Sebastian Ofner and Thanasi Kokkinakis are meeting at John Cain Arena in what looms as one of the more even matchups on day three. The clash is currently living up to that billing at 5-5 in the first set.
Holger Rune is being pushed by Yoshihito Nishioka over at Rod Laver Arena, as the eighth seed has just claimed the third set in a tie-breaker to lead 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (7-3).
Jelena Ostapenko and Kimberly Birrell, a local wildcard entry, have just started on Court 3 with the 11th seeded Latvian serving first.
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