Australian Open 2026: Osaka opens ‘jellyfish season’ with win, Tsitsipas battles through – as it happened

Jannik Sinner started his title defence, Naomi Osaka won in three sets after turning heads with her outfit and Katie Boulter was beaten by the in-form Belinda Bencic

Fritz's 2025 was a slight disappointment, he didn't quite push on from his US Open final appearance in 2024, and as a result he's no longer the highest-ranked American - that's Ben Shelton. Fritz has also been dealing with a knee injury during the early stages of this season, but he leads Royer, the Frenchman who's making his Australian Open debut, 7-6, 5-5.

I'm loving the new multiview action on Discovery+. It's making this job much easier. Gone are the days of needing an extra laptop, mobile and iPad just to keep track of everything. So I'm currently keeping an eye on Sinner v Gaston, Boulter v Bencic, Fritz v Royer and Dimitrov v Machac.