Australian Open 2026, Day 2 Highlights: Djokovic Bags 100th Melbourne Park Victory; Swiatek Into Next Round

Hello Tennis fans! We are back with the live coverage of Day 2 of the 2026 Australian Open. It's going to be another enthralling day of tennis, where some of the biggest names of tennis will be in action. Stay tuned for the live score and real-time updates of the day.

No 11 seed Daniil Medvedev is currently in action on the Margaret Court Arena. He currently leads Jesper de Jong 7-3 in the first set.

No 3 seed Coco Gauff has made light work of her opponent Kamilla Rakhimova with a 6-2, 6-3 victory in the 1st round at the Rod Laver Arena.

Day 2 serves up yet another shocking upset as no. 7 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime has made a shock exit in the 1st round, losing to Nuno Borges. The Canadian, who had to retire, was trailing 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 to the Portuguese tennis player.

“I feel for him,” Borges said of Auger-Aliassime. “I know how he feels to struggle physically and it is part of tennis. I hope he gets better quickly and back to his best level.

“It’s a great win for me either way. I thought I competed well. Maybe if he was 100 per cent, it would’ve been a different score, but I’m really happy to push through this one and get another opportunity on Wednesday.”

Matteo Berrettini, the Italian tennis star, has withdrawn from AO 2026 ahead of his first-round clash against Australian Alex de Minaur.

“I’m really sorry to have to withdraw from the tournament,” Berrettini said. “I have always enjoyed being and playing here and feeling your incredible support. Thank you to the tournament for their fantastic organisation and I hope to see all of you again very soon.”

Sofia Kenin’s poor recent run at the Australian Open continued as she lost 6-3, 6-2 to fellow-American Peyton Stearns. Kenin, the No.27 seed, was a shock winner here in 2020, but has since struggled at Melbourne Park losing in the first round for the fifth consecutive time.

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Another seeded player made a shock exit in the form of 15-seed Emma Navarro, who was sent packing by Magda Linette. The Pole won 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. Navarro, who came into the tournament as the 15th ranked player in the world, makes her earliest exit at the first major of the season in her career.

Iga Swiatek will open her campaign against Chinese qualifier Yuan Yue after a mixed start to her season. As for Novak Djokovic, the Serb will face Spaniard Pedro Martinez in the final match of the evening session.

Swiatek's match will start at 1:30pm IST

Djokovic's match is slated to start at 2:40pm IST (approx)

Amanda Anisimova has progressed to the second round at AO 2026. The American fourth-seed strolled into the second round with a 6-3 6-2 victory over Switzerland's Simona Waltert in exactly an hour.

Stan Wawrinka is up against Serbia's Laslo Djere. After losing the opening set 5-7, Wawrinka has bounced back to win the second set 6-3.

Spaniard Paula Badosa is in action as he takes on Zarina Diyas in the 1st round. Badosa has wasted no time to take a 2-0 lead in the opening set.

The three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka advances to the next round as he receives a huge ovation from the Melbourne crowd and will possibly meet Czech 17th seed Jiri Lehecka in round two.

Djere 7-5 3-6 4-6 6-7 (4-7) Wawrinka

Novak Djokovic will be in action later in the evening with as we see world no. 2 Iga Swiatek against qualifier Yue Yuan of China.

Meanwhile, Mirra Andreeva, the eighth seed, is in action against Donna Vekic at Margaret Court Arena. 

Women's singles first round matches are underway with Vekic up against Andreeva whereas Swiatek is taking on Yuan Yue.

Mirra Andreeva has sealed her spot in the second round of the Australian Open! Croatia's Donna Vekic did give her scare in the opening set but the 18-year-old powered her way through to clinch the match in three sets.

Second seed Iga Swiatek has sealed a patchy straight-sets win over China's Yuan Ye to move to the second round. The Pole was put to the test, scraping by to win the first set in tie-breaks before wrapping up the match 7-6(5), 6-3.

Meanwhile, Belgium's Elise Mertens has won in straight sets against Thailand's Lanlana Tararude. The world No. 21 won 7-5, 6-1.

In the quest for a record-breaking 25th Grand Slam title, Novak Djokovic is currently in action for his opening-round match against Pedro Martinez. The Serbian legend has taken the first set comfortably by a 6-3 margin. The second set is underway too and is on serve at 1-1.

The 12th-seeded Casper Ruud is through to the second round. He beats Italy's Mattia Bellucci in straight sets 6-1, 6-2, 6-4. Easy going for the Norwegian, who practised with tennis royalty Roger Federer at the Rod Laver Arena in the lead-up, first up. 

Novak Djokovic wins in straight sets (6-3, 6-2, 6-2) against Pedro Martinez to advance to the second round. What's more, this is the Serbian's 100th win at Australian Open, and Djokovic will now set his sights on surpassing Roger Federer’s all-time mark of 102 match wins at the tournament.

What a match to end Day 2 action! France's Alexandre Muller gets the better of Aussie and crowd favourite Alexei Popyrin in an intense five-setter that lasts almost four hour and needs a 10-point tiebreak. Muller prevails 2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (10-4) to notch up the biggest win of his career so far.

With that, we conclude our coverage of today's Australian Open matches. We will be back tomorrow with live updates from Day 3 of the Melbourne Park Grand Slam. Until then, goodbye!