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Barty will serve first. Here we go. Play.
Here comes Barty, out into the sunshine bathing Rod Laver Arena. We’ll be under way in her second round match against the qualifier Lucia Bronzetti, currently ranked exactly 142 places behind the world No 1. Bronzetti finds herself in the second round of the Australian Open after a three-set victory of Russia’s Varvara Gracheva in the opening round on Monday. The 23-year-old from Rimini, who is yet to win a title on the WTA Tour, clearly faces a huge test today.