{"id":426109,"date":"2026-01-20T19:37:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T19:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/426109\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T19:37:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T19:37:27","slug":"australian-open-results-2026-dane-sweeny-james-duckworth-taylah-preston-alex-de-minaur-jordan-thompson-priscilla-hon-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/426109\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Open results 2026: Dane Sweeny, James Duckworth, Taylah Preston, Alex De Minaur, Jordan Thompson, Priscilla Hon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jordan<\/p>\n

Jordan Thompson in action in round 1 of the 2026 Australian Open.Credit: Christopher Hopkins<\/p>\n

The 31-year-old from Sydney dropped the first set to Argentine Juan Manuel Cerundolo in a tiebreak on Monday, but managed to advance to the second round in subsequent straight sets.<\/p>\n

Thompson faces Nuno Borges from Portugal on Wednesday, January 21 at 1.40pm on the 1573 Arena.<\/p>\n

Rinky Hijikata<\/p>\n

\"Australian<\/p>\n

Australian Rinky Hijikata is through to the second round of the 2026 Australian Open.Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old advanced to the second round with a win in straight sets over France\u2019s Adrian Mannarino on Monday night.<\/p>\n

Hijikata faces Morocco\u2019s Valentin Vacherot on Thursday, January 22, with a time for the match yet to be announced.<\/p>\n

Dane Sweeny<\/p>\n

\"Dane<\/p>\n

Dane Sweeney refused to give an inch against Gael Monfils at Melbourne Park.Credit: Chris Hopkins<\/p>\n

In a special moment, Dane Sweeny chalked up his first-ever major grand slam win<\/a> against 6-time ATP Tour champion and tournament mainstay Ga\u00ebl Monfils in a first round 4-set epic on the Show Court Arena.<\/p>\n

The first set went to a tiebreak before Sweeny defeated the French showman in his last-ever Australian Open appearance in subsequent sets 7-5, 6-4, 7-5.<\/p>\n

Sweeny\u2019s next opponent is much tougher. He will face world No.8 Ben Shelton, who defeated France\u2019s Ugo Humbert in straight sets on Tuesday, with the time and venue of the match yet to be decided.<\/p>\n

James Duckworth<\/p>\n

\"James<\/p>\n

James Duckworth defeated Croatian Dino Prizmic on Tuesday night.Credit: Chris Hopkins<\/p>\n

It took 4 hours and 21 minutes, but 33-year-old James Duckworth managed to topple Croatian Dino Prizmic in an epic battle on Court 7 on Tuesday night to send himself sailing into the second round.<\/p>\n

Duckworth won the first set in a tiebreak before his opponent mounted a stunning comeback, taking the next two sets 6-3, 6-1. Duckworth retaliated, taking the fourth set 7-5 before out muscling a courageous Prizmic in the fifth set 6-3.<\/p>\n

It won\u2019t get any easier for Duckworth in his second round match on Thursday against world No.2 Jannik Sinner. A time and venue for the match is yet to be decided.
Women\u2019s singles<\/p>\n

Ajla Tomljanovi\u0107<\/p>\n

\"Ajla<\/p>\n

Ajla Tomljanovic celebrates her victory against Yuliia Starodubtseva of Ukraine in the Women\u2019s Singles First Round during day two of the 2026 Australian Open. Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n

The 32-year-old mounted a valiant comeback in the first round against Ukrainian Yuliia Volodymyrivna Starodubtseva at John Cain Arena on Monday night after dropping the first set 6-4.
Tomljanovic faces Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse on Wednesday, January 21 at 5pm on John Cain Arena.<\/p>\n

Talia Gibson<\/p>\n

\"Talia<\/p>\n

Talia Gibson claims victory against Anna Blinkova in round 1 of the 2026 Australian Open.Credit: Eddie Jim<\/p>\n

The 21-year-old wildcard pulled off her career-best win in straight sets<\/a> against Russia\u2019s Anna Blinkova on Monday in a commanding 6-1, 6-3 performance.<\/p>\n

Gibson faces another Russian, Diana Shnaider, in the second round on Wednesday, January 21 at 11am on the Show Court Arena.<\/p>\n

Priscilla Hon<\/p>\n

\"Priscilla<\/p>\n

Priscilla Hon is into the second round of the 2026 Australian Open.Credit: Eddie Jim<\/p>\n

Hon won her first Australian Open match in six years on Monday in a walkover against Canadian Marina Stakusic, with the final score 1-6, 6-4, 5-3 after two hours of play.<\/p>\n

In an exceptional display of sportsmanship, Hon helped her injured opponent off Stadium Australia in a wheelchair<\/a> after Stakusic was suffering with what appeared to be extreme cramps in the final set.<\/p>\n

Hon faces American Iva Jovi\u0107 in the second round on Wednesday, January 21 on Rod Laver Arena at 8.40pm.<\/p>\n

Storm Hunter<\/p>\n

\"Aussie<\/p>\n

Aussie Storm Hunter is through to the second round of the Australian Open.Credit: Eddie Jim<\/p>\n

The 2022 US Open mixed doubles champion defeated Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-4, 6-4 on Monday to advance to the second round.<\/p>\n

Hunter faces American rising star Hailey Baptiste on Wednesday, January 21 at 12.30pm on Stadium Australia.<\/p>\n

Taylah Preston<\/p>\n

\"Taylah<\/p>\n

Taylah Preston moves into the second round.Credit: AP<\/p>\n

Wildcard Taylah Preston stunned Kia Arena on Tuesday, dispatching doubles world No.15 Zhang Shuai 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 to book a place in the second round.<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old Aussie looked emotional as she pinched the late break to seal the match, and again when she spoke on court.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just really, really happy to get the win today, my first grand slam win,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Preston will face the Czech Republic\u2019s Linda Noskov\u00e1 on Wednesday, January 21 with a time for the match yet to be announced.<\/p>\n

Are there any Australian players in action today?<\/p>\n

Maddison Inglis is up one set against fellow Australian Kimberly Birrell. Inglis won the first set in a tiebreak.<\/p>\n

World No.43 Daria Kasatkina is down one set against 19-year-old Czech Nikola Bartunkova (world No.126) on ANZ Arena.<\/p>\n

Read more of our Australian Open coverage:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jordan Thompson in action in round 1 of the 2026 Australian Open.Credit: Christopher Hopkins The 31-year-old from Sydney…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-426109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}