LIVE: Star's Kyrgios swipe over Netflix series

Fears are mounting that Novak Djokovic could beryllium forced to retreat from the Australian Open aft different scheduled signifier league was reportedly cancelled.

Djokovic, gunning for his tenth crown successful Melbourne, has been battling a hamstring wounded suffered during the Adelaide International a week ago.

Tennis newsman Ben Rothenberg suggested "a few" sessions had been chopped abbreviated oregon axed wholly implicit the past week.

He wrote "concern (was) mounting" implicit Djokovic's participation.

Djokovic yet deed the courts aboriginal but his near hamstring was heavy strapped.

"I've been struggling with (the hamstring) a bit, to beryllium honest, the past 7 days," Djokovic said connected Saturday.

"But it's hopefully not the large concern. So acold I've been capable to train, vie and play points, signifier sets. Obviously, I'm being a spot much cautious.

"I'm not going afloat retired connected the grooming sessions, conserving the vigor for adjacent week. Hopefully it won't origin an contented for maine then."

Djokovic is scheduled to unfastened his run contiguous against Spain's Roberto Carballes Baena connected Rod Laver Arena.

Alex de Minaur volition header a database of 9 Australians looking to advancement astatine their location slam connected time 2 of the Australian Open.

De Minaur volition beryllium a dense favourite against qualifier Yu Hsiou Hsu successful the John Cain Arena nighttime session, portion Jaimee Fourlis volition look satellite No.80 Linda Fruhvirtova.

Thanasi Kokkinakis volition look erstwhile satellite No.9 Fabio Fognini successful a pugnacious opening match.

Among the different Australians successful enactment is Kim Birrell, who volition instrumentality connected 31st effect Kaia Kanepi.

Novak Djokovic is acceptable to marque his instrumentality to enactment successful Melburne aft being banned from the state a twelvemonth agone due to the fact that helium was not vaccinated against COVID-19.

He has won 30 of his past 31 tourney matches dating to the extremity of past season. He is chasing his 10th trophy astatine the Australian Open and 22nd Grand Slam rubric overall, which would necktie rival Rafael Nadal for the astir by a antheral successful tennis history.

Djokovic faces Spain's Roberto Carballes Baena astatine Rod Laver Arena successful a first-round matchup today.

No. 2 effect Casper Ruud opens against Tomas Machac, portion three-time large champion Andy Murray takes connected Matteo Berrettini.

In different marquee archetypal circular matchup volition spot 5th effect Andrey Rublev against 2020 US Open champion Dominic Thiem,

The No. 2-seeded woman, two-time Slam runner-up Ons Jabeur, plays Tamara Zidansek, and No. 4 Caroline Garcia faces Katherine Sebov.

MONDAY'S KEY RESULTS

Women's First Round: No. 1 Iga Swiatek bushed Jule Niemeier 6-4, 7-5; No. 3 Jessica Pegula bushed Jaqueline Adina Cristian 6-0, 6-1; No. 6 Maria Sakkari bushed Yuan Yue, 6-1, 6-4; No. 7 Coco Gauff bushed Katerina Siniakova 6-1, 6-4; No. 13 Danielle Collins bushed Anna Kalinskaya 7-5, 5-7, 6-4; No. 15 Petra Kvitova bushed Alison van Uytvanck 7-6 (3), 6-2; No. 17 Jelena Ostapenko bushed Dayana Yastremska 6-4, 6-2; No. 24 Victoria Azarenka bushed Sofia Kenin 6-4, 7-6 (3); Bianca Andreescu bushed No. 25 Marie Bouzkova 6-2, 6-4; Marta Kostyuk bushed No. 28 Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 6-4.

Men's First Round: No. 1 Rafael Nadal bushed Jack Draper 7-5, 2-6, 6-4, 6-1; No. 10 Hubert Hurkacz bushed Pedro Martinez 7-6 (1), 6-2, 6-2; No. 15 Jannik Sinner bushed Kyle Edmund 6-4, 6-0, 6-2; No. 28 Francisco Cerundolo bushed Guido Pella 6-4, 6-4, 6-3; No. 16 Frances Tiafoe bushed Daniel Altmaier 6-3, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (6); No. 20 Denis Shapovalov bushed Dusan Lajovic 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1; No. 29 Sebastian Korda bushed Cristian Garin 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2; Alex Molcan bushed Stan Wawrinka 6-7 (3), 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4.

STAT OF THE DAY

Zero — Number of main-draw wins astatine the Australian Open successful the nonrecreational epoch by Chinese men until Monday, erstwhile 17-year-old qualifier Shang Juncheng bushed Germany's Oscar Otte 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (2), 7-5.

Ukraine's ambassador to Australia has "strongly condemn[ed]" the Russian emblem being displayed successful the stands astatine the Australian Open.

The emblem was seen during the first-round lucifer betwixt Ukraine's Kateryna Baindl and Russia's Kamilla Rakhimova successful Melbourne.

In airy of the warfare successful Ukraine, Russian and Belarusian tennis players person been permitted to play astatine the Australian Open but indispensable bash truthful "without flags oregon state recognition."

"I powerfully condemn the nationalist show of the Russian emblem during the crippled of the Ukrainian tennis subordinate Kateryna Baindl astatine the Australian Open today," Vasyl Myroshnychenko wrote connected Twitter connected Monday, alongside a photograph showing the emblem connected display.

"I telephone connected Tennis Australia to instantly enforce its 'neutral flag' policy."

It's unclear who was liable for displaying the emblem during the match.

An bureau photograph besides shows the Russian emblem connected show successful the stands during the first-round lucifer betwixt Daniil Medvedev and USA's Marcos Giron.

CNN has contacted Tennis Australia but did not instantly person a response.

Baindl went connected to triumph the lucifer 7-5 6-7(10-8) 6-1 and volition look American Caty McNally successful the 2nd round.

Tennis' effect to Russia's penetration of Ukraine has been a constituent of contention implicit the past year.

Last year, Wimbledon organisers banned Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing successful the tourney successful the look of "unjustified and unprecedented subject aggression," according to a connection released successful April.

The ATP and WTA Tours, the governing bodies of men's and women's tennis, aboriginal responded by stripping Wimbledon of ranking points successful the look of what they deemed "discrimination" towards Russian and Belarusian players.

After her first-round triumph astatine the Australian Open, Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk said she volition not shingle hands with rivals from Russia and Belarus, who she feels person not done capable to talk retired against the invasion.