Zverev and Paolini have an easy tour

German Alexander Zverev and Italian Jasmine Paolini advanced to the second round of the Australian Open, the first grand slam tennis tournament of the season.

The tournament, organized in Melbourne, started with first round matches.

Men's singles No. 3 seed Zverev, aiming for his first grand slam victory, won 3-1 against Canadian Gabriel Diallo with sets of 6-7, 6-1, 6-4 and 6-2.

Argentina's Francisco Cerundolo (18) continued on his way with a 3-0 (6-3, 7-6, 6-3) win over China's Zhizhen Zhang.

Great Britain's Arthur Fery, who came from the qualifiers, defeated Italian Flavio Cobolli, the No. 20 seed, 3-0 in straight sets 7-6, 6-4, 6-1 and made one of the surprises of the day.

- Paolini had no trouble in the first round

In the women's singles, two-time grand slam finalist and No. 7 seed Paolini defeated Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus 2-0 in straight sets 6-1, 6-2.

Ukrainian Elina Svitolina (12) defeated Spanish Cristina Bucsa 6-4, 6-1 and Greek Maria Sakkari defeated French Leolia Jeanjean 2-0 with sets ending 6-4, 6-2.

National tennis player Zeynep Sönmez defeated Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, seeded number 11, 2-1 (7-5, 4-6, 6-4) to reach the second round. Zeynep became the first Turkish female tennis player to win a singles match in the Australian Open main draw.