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A6 THE BULLETIN • MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2021 ON THE AIR SCOREBOARD MONDAY BASKETBALL Men’s College, SMU at East Carolina Men’s College, UNC-Greensboro at Furman Men’s College, Miami at North Carolina Women’s College, Arizona at Oregon Men’s College, Morgan State at Howard Men’s College, Oregon State at Colorado Women’s College, South Carolina at Connecticut Men’s College, Nebraska at Minnesota Men’s College, Air Force at UNLV Men’s College, Oklahoma State at Kansas Men’s College, Ohio State at Maryland Men’s College, San Jose State at San Diego State GYMNASTICS Women’s College Gymnastics, OSU at Washington HOCKEY NHL, New York Islanders at New York Rangers SOCCER FIFA Club World Cup, Semifinal -- Al-Ahly vs FC Bayern Munich Premier League, Leeds United vs Crystal Palace TENNIS 2021 Australian Open Tennis, First Round 2021 Australian Open Tennis, First Round 2021 Australian Open Tennis, First Round WINTER SPORTS FIS Alpine Skiing, World Championships: Women’s Alpine Combined, Slalom Time 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 5 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 8 p.m. TV ESPN2 ESPNU ESPN ESPN2 ESPNU PAC12 FS1 BIG10 CBSSN ESPN FS1 FS1 2 p.m. PAC12 4 p.m. NBCSN 10 a.m. 11:55 a.m. FS2 NBCSN 4 p.m. 6 p.m. midnight TENNIS ESPN2 ESPN2 5:30 a.m. NBCSN TUESDAY AUTO RACING NASCAR Cup Series, Busch Clash at DAYTONA BASKETBALL Men’s College, Alabama at South Carolina Men’s College, Akron at Ohio Men’s College, Teams TBA Men’s College, Dayton at Massachusetts NBA, Houston Rockets at New Orleans Pelicans Women’s College, Iowa State at Oklahoma Men’s College, Auburn at Vanderbilt Men’s College, Creighton at Georgetown Men’s College, West Virginia at Texas Tech Men’s College, Iowa State at TCU Men’s College, St. John’s at Butler NBA, Orlando Magic at Portland Trail Blazers NBA, Boston Celtics at Utah Jazz Men’s College, New Mexico at Colorado State HOCKEY NHL, Philadelphia Flyers at Washington Capitals NHL, Tampa Bay Lightning at Nashville Predators TENNIS 2021 Australian Open Tennis, Second Round 2021 Australian Open Tennis, Second Round 2021 Australian Open Tennis, Second Round WINTER SPORTS FIS Alpine Skiing, World Championships: Men’s Alpine Combined, Slalom FIS Alpine Skiing, World Championships: Men’s Super-G Time 4 p.m. TV FS1 3:30 p.m. SEC 4 p.m. CBSSN 4 p.m. ESPN, ESPN2 4 p.m. ESPNU 4:30 p.m. TNT 5 p.m. ROOT 5:30 p.m. SEC 6 p.m. CBSSN 6 p.m. ESPN 6 p.m. ESPNU 6 p.m. FS1 7 p.m. NBCSNW 7 p.m. TNT 8 p.m. FS1 3 p.m. 5:30 p.m. NBCSN NBCSN 4 p.m. 6 p.m. midnight TENNIS ESPN2 ESPN2 4:30 a.m. NBCSN 4 a.m. NBCSN Listings are the most accurate available. SPORTS BRIEFING WINTER SPORTS FOOTBALL NFL playoffs SUPER BOWL Sunday at Tampa, Fla. Tampa Bay 31, Kansas City 9 BASKETBALL NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Phila. 17 7 .708 Milwaukee 15 8 .652 Brooklyn 14 11 .560 Boston 12 10 .545 Indiana 12 12 .500 Atlanta 11 12 .478 Charlotte 11 13 .458 New York 11 14 .440 Toronto 10 13 .435 Cleveland 10 14 .417 Chicago 9 13 .409 Miami 9 14 .391 Orlando 9 15 .375 Washington 5 15 .250 Detroit 5 18 .217 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Utah 19 5 .792 L.A. Lakers 18 6 .750 L.A. Clippers 17 8 .680 Phoenix 13 9 .591 San Antonio 13 10 .565 Denver 12 10 .545 Portland 12 10 .545 Golden State 12 11 .522 Sacramento 12 11 .522 Houston 11 11 .500 Memphis 9 9 .500 New Orleans 10 12 .455 Oklahoma City 10 12 .455 Dallas 10 14 .417 Minnesota 6 17 .261 Sunday’s Games Utah 103, Indiana 95 Miami 109, New York 103 Charlotte 119, Washington 97 Phoenix 100, Boston 91 Sacramento 113, L.A. Clippers 110 Portland at Charlotte, ppd Monday’s Games Houston at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Toronto at Memphis, 5 p.m. Washington at Chicago, 5 p.m. Golden State at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Minnesota at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Cleveland at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Milwaukee at Denver, 6:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 7 p.m. Tuesday’s Games Brooklyn at Detroit, 4 p.m. Houston at New Orleans, 4:30 p.m. New York at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Golden State at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Boston at Utah, 7 p.m. Orlando at Portland, 7 p.m. Phila. at Sacramento, 7 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Toronto at Washington, 4 p.m. Atlanta at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. Charlotte at Memphis, 5 p.m. Indiana at Brooklyn, 5 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Cleveland at Denver, 6 p.m. New Orleans at Chicago, 6 p.m. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 7 p.m. GB — 1½ 3½ 4 5 5½ 6 6½ 6½ 7 7 7½ 8 10 11½ GB — 1 2½ 5 5½ 6 6 6½ 6½ 7 7 8 8 9 12½ Men’s college PAC-12 CONFERENCE Conference All Games W L Pct W L Pct Southern Cal 9 2 .818 15 3 .833 UCLA 9 2 .818 13 4 .765 Colorado 8 4 .667 14 5 .737 Oregon 5 3 .625 10 4 .714 Stanford 8 5 .615 12 7 .632 Oregon St. 6 5 .545 10 7 .588 Arizona 7 6 .538 13 6 .684 Utah 5 6 .455 8 7 .533 Arizona St. 3 5 .375 6 8 .429 Washington St. 4 8 .333 11 8 .579 Washington 2 10 .167 3 14 .176 California 2 12 .143 7 14 .333 Saturday’s Games Oregon 86, Washington 74 Oregon St. 68, Washington St. 66 Colorado 82, Arizona 79 Southern Cal 66, UCLA 48 Sunday’s Games Stanford 76, California 70 Arizona St. at Utah, ppd. Monday’s Games Oregon St. at Colorado, 4 p.m. SCORES Sunday’s Games TOP 25 No. 3 Villanova (12-2) beat Georgetown 84-78. No. 8 Iowa (13-6) lost to Indiana 67-65. No. 25 Drake (18-1) lost to Valparaiso 74-57. EAST Hofstra 79, Drexel 74 Loyola (Md.) 75, Lafayette 62 Quinnipiac 78, Fairfield 63 UMBC 71, Stony Brook 65 Villanova 84, Georgetown 74 SOUTH Cincinnati 64, Tulane 61 Coll. of Charleston 66, Towson 53 High Point 72, Hampton 58 Norfolk St. 84, Coppin St. 72 MIDWEST Augustana (SD) 84, SW Minnesota 74 Cent. Oklahoma 101, Missouri Western 96 Chicago 69, Evansville 58 Indiana 67, Iowa 65 Missouri St. 72, Illinois St. 62 N. Iowa 70, Indiana St. 67 N. Michigan 74, Northwood (Mich.) 63 S. Illinois 69, Bradley 68 Valparaiso 74, Drake 57 Wichita St. 70, Temple 67 SOUTHWEST Texas-Tyler 76, Cameron 66 FAR WEST Hawaii 81, Cal Poly 64 Nevada 73, Boise St. 62 Women’s college PAC-12 CONFERENCE Conference All Games W L Pct W L Pct Stanford 14 2 .875 17 2 .895 Arizona 9 2 .818 11 2 .846 Oregon 9 3 .750 12 3 .800 UCLA 9 3 .750 11 3 .786 Southern Cal 7 6 .538 9 7 .563 Washington St. 7 7 .500 9 7 .563 Oregon St. 4 5 .444 6 5 .545 Arizona St. 4 6 .400 8 6 .571 Colorado 5 8 .385 7 9 .438 Utah 4 11 .267 5 11 .313 Washington 1 10 .091 4 10 .286 California 0 10 .000 0 13 .000 Saturday’s Game No. 12 Oregon 63, UC Davis 57 Sunday’s Games Southern Cal 81, Washington St. 71 Colorado 67, California 52 No. 6 Stanford 83, Utah 41 No. 5 UCLA 84, Washington 50 Arizona St. at Oregon St., ppd. Monday’s Games Southern Utah at Arizona St., 3 p.m. No. 9 Arizona at No. 12 Oregon, 4 p.m. SCORES Sunday’s Games TOP 25 No. 1 Louisville (18-1) beat Notre Dame 71-65. No. 4 NC State (12-2) lost to North Carolina 76-69. No. 5 UCLA (11-3) beat Washington 84-50. No. 6 Stanford (17-2) beat Utah 83-41. No. 7 Texas A&M (18-1) beat No. 16 Arkansas 69-67. No. 8 Baylor (14-2) beat Kansas St. 64-52. No. 11 Ohio St. (12-2) beat Minnesota 83-59. No. 16 Arkansas (14-7) lost to No. 7 Texas A&M 69-67. No. 17 Indiana (11-4) beat Iowa 85-72. No. 20 DePaul (10-4) beat Marquette 87-82. No. 22 Northwestern (11-3) beat Michigan St. 63-60. EAST Army 60, Holy Cross 42 Binghamton 64, Albany (NY) 52 Boston U. 53, Lafayette 46 Dayton 95, La Salle 66 Delaware 65, Northeastern 59 Fordham 56, Rhode Island 53 Maine 53, Mass.-Lowell 51 Marist 47, Rider 46 New Hampshire 76, NJIT 67 Penn St. 98, Wisconsin 74 Quinnipiac 53, Monmouth (NJ) 38 Rutgers 78, Nebraska 62 Saint Louis 63, Saint Joseph’s 60 St. Bonaventure 71, Davidson 58 Syracuse 71, Pittsburgh 67 Towson 84, Coll. of Charleston 63 SOUTH Florida Gulf Coast 83, North Alabama 73 Furman 55, ETSU 46 Jacksonville 71, Bellarmine 65 James Madison 67, Elon 54 Lipscomb 66, Stetson 54 Louisville 71, Notre Dame 65 Miami 68, Florida St. 53 Missouri 85, Auburn 75 Morgan St. 65, Howard 61 North Carolina 76, NC State 69 North Florida 68, Liberty 67 South Alabama 61, Coastal Carolina 56 Tulane 61, Cincinnati 59 Wake Forest 61, Georgia Tech 52 MIDWEST Baylor 64, Kansas St. 52 DePaul 87, Marquette 82 Illinois 54, Purdue 49 Indiana 85, Iowa 72 Kansas 82, TCU 72 Northwestern 63, Michigan St. 60 Ohio St. 83, Minnesota 59 W. Illinois 89, Nebraska-Omaha 66 SOUTHWEST Texas A&M 69, Arkansas 67 FAR WEST Colorado 67, California 52 Grand Canyon 83, Rio Grande 73 Nevada 64, Boise St. 44 Southern Cal 81, Washington St. 71 Stanford 83, Utah 41 UCLA 84, Washington 50 UNLV 68, Air Force 57 HOCKEY NHL East GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 11 8 1 2 18 36 24 Philadelphia 13 8 3 2 18 46 41 Washington 12 6 3 3 15 44 45 Pittsburgh 11 5 5 1 11 33 41 New Jersey 9 4 3 2 10 23 26 N.Y. Islanders 10 4 4 2 10 23 27 N.Y. Rangers 10 4 4 2 10 29 28 Buffalo 10 4 4 2 10 30 32 Central GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 9 7 1 1 15 32 18 Carolina 9 7 2 0 14 32 24 Florida 9 6 1 2 14 30 27 Chicago 13 5 4 4 14 37 40 Columbus 13 5 5 3 13 36 43 Dallas 9 5 2 2 12 33 23 Nashville 11 5 6 0 10 29 36 Detroit 13 3 8 2 8 26 44 West GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vegas 9 7 1 1 15 32 22 Colorado 11 7 3 1 15 38 24 St. Louis 12 7 4 1 15 40 39 Anaheim 13 5 5 3 13 25 34 Minnesota 11 6 5 0 12 30 30 Arizona 11 5 5 1 11 30 30 San Jose 10 4 5 1 9 28 37 Los Angeles 11 3 6 2 8 31 38 North GP W L OT Pts GF GA Toronto 12 9 2 1 19 45 33 Montreal 12 8 2 2 18 48 31 Winnipeg 11 7 3 1 15 39 32 Edmonton 13 6 7 0 12 46 49 Vancouver 15 6 9 0 12 49 60 Calgary 11 5 5 1 11 33 31 Ottawa 12 2 9 1 5 28 52 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. The top four teams in each division will qualify for playoffs under this season’s temporary realignment. Sunday’s Games Philadelphia 7, Washington 4 Vegas 4, Los Angeles 3 Detroit 4, Florida 1 Chicago 2, Dallas 1, OT Carolina 6, Columbus 5 Arizona at Minnesota, ppd Colorado at St. Louis, ppd Monday’s Games Buffalo at Boston, ppd Carolina at Columbus, 4 p.m. Edmonton at Ottawa, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Vancouver at Toronto, 4 p.m. Arizona at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Tampa Bay at Nashville, 5 p.m. Tuesday’s Games Philadelphia at Washington, 3 p.m. Detroit at Florida, 4 p.m. Edmonton at Ottawa, 4 p.m. St. Louis at Minnesota, ppd Chicago at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Nashville, 5:30 p.m. Arizona at Colorado, ppd Anaheim at Vegas, 7 p.m. San Jose at Los Angeles, 7 p.m. Winnipeg at Calgary, 7 p.m. GOLF Louis Oosthuizen (68), $177,025 J.T. Poston (68), $177,025 Rory McIlroy (56), $138,700 Jon Rahm (56), $138,700 Justin Thomas (56), $138,700 Harold Varner III (56), $138,700 Corey Conners (47), $104,025 Sungjae Im (47), $104,025 Nate Lashley (47), $104,025 Cameron Tringale (47), $104,025 Will Zalatoris, $104,025 Keegan Bradley (35), $64,423 Sam Burns (35), $64,423 Emiliano Grillo (35), $64,423 Henrik Norlander (35), $64,423 Kevin Streelman (35), $64,423 Brendon Todd (35), $64,423 Bubba Watson (35), $64,423 Richy Werenski (35), $64,423 Russell Henley (24), $44,713 Mark Hubbard (24), $44,713 Matt Jones (24), $44,713 Luke List (24), $44,713 Brendan Steele (24), $44,713 Bo Van Pelt (24), $44,713 Wyndham Clark (18), $34,006 Scott Stallings (18), $34,006 Brian Harman (18), $34,006 Bo Hoag (18), $34,006 Kyle Stanley (18), $34,006 Matthew Wolff (18), $34,006 Nick Hardy, $23,853 Max Homa (11), $23,853 Zach Johnson (11), $23,853 Matt Kuchar (11), $23,853 Hideki Matsuyama (11), $23,853 Grayson Murray (11), $23,853 Ryan Palmer (11), $23,853 Webb Simpson (11), $23,853 Adam Hadwin (8), $18,323 Si Woo Kim (8), $18,323 Patton Kizzire (8), $18,323 Byeong Hun An (6), $17,265 Billy Horschel (6), $17,265 Russell Knox (6), $17,265 Robby Shelton (6), $17,265 Sam Ryder (6), $16,863 Stewart Cink (5), $16,425 Lucas Glover (5), $16,425 Michael Kim (5), $16,425 Davis Riley, $16,425 Brian Stuard (5), $16,425 Satoshi Kodaira (4), $15,987 Ted Potter, Jr. (4), $15,841 Xinjun Zhang (4), $15,695 Aaron Wise (4), $15,549 69-67-63-71 68-66-67-69 70-67-70-64 68-69-66-68 70-65-64-72 68-68-67-68 69-68-68-67 72-67-68-65 64-69-69-70 71-64-69-68 71-66-64-71 66-65-70-72 64-68-73-68 69-70-67-67 68-71-67-67 68-67-69-69 68-69-65-71 71-68-69-65 69-69-71-64 71-67-65-71 63-73-71-67 68-69-69-68 72-67-68-67 70-67-70-67 69-67-71-67 72-67-67-69 67-70-66-72 71-68-69-67 67-71-71-66 71-67-70-67 68-71-69-67 68-67-71-70 69-69-68-70 68-70-69-69 69-67-73-67 71-67-69-69 70-68-68-70 70-68-71-67 73-65-69-69 67-70-73-67 71-66-70-70 69-65-69-74 69-69-70-70 66-68-71-73 68-69-69-72 72-66-70-70 70-67-72-70 69-70-71-70 72-63-74-71 67-71-74-68 72-66-71-71 70-68-72-70 68-71-68-74 66-71-71-74 70-69-73-71 74-65-73-72 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 270 270 271 271 271 271 272 272 272 272 272 273 273 273 273 273 273 273 273 274 274 274 274 274 274 275 275 275 275 275 275 276 276 276 276 276 276 276 276 277 277 277 278 278 278 278 279 280 280 280 280 280 281 282 283 284 European Tour Saudi International Soft-Bank Scores Sundayat Royal Greens Golf and Counrty Club King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia Purse: $3.5 million Yardage: 6,900; Par: 72 Final Round Dustin Johnson, United States 67-64-66-68 – 265 Justin Rose, England 68-66-68-65 – 267 Tony Finau, United States 68-65-67-67 – 267 Calum Hill, Scotland 65-68-68-67 – 268 Victor Perez, France 67-66-66-69 – 268 Rasmus Hojgaard, Denmark 70-69-68-62 – 269 Ryan Fox, New Zealand 65-65-71-68 – 269 Viktor Hovland, Norway 68-66-67-68 – 269 Tyrell Hatton, England 67-67-66-69 – 269 Thomas Pieters, Belgium 65-71-68-66 – 270 George Coetzee, South Africa 66-70-65-69 – 270 Sean Crocker, United States 68-72-65-66 – 271 Paul Casey, England 69-68-67-67 – 271 Kurt Kitayama, United States 67-68-68-68 – 271 David Horsey, England 61-71-69-70 – 271 Sergio Garcia, Spain 70-67-64-70 – 271 Soren Kjeldsen, Denmark 69-66-65-71 – 271 Bryson Dechambeau, United States 65-70-68-69 – 272 Ian Poulter, England 67-69-67-69 – 272 Martin Kaymer, Germany 67-68-66-71 – 272 Cormac Sharvin, Northern Ireland 70-69-66-68 – 273 Chris Paisley, England 68-67-69-69 – 273 Kevin Na, United States 69-63-71-70 – 273 Laurie Canter, England 66-68-68-71 – 273 Stephen Gallacher, Scotland 62-68-72-71 – 273 DEALS PGA Tour Waste Management Phoenix Open Scores Sunday at TPC Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Ariz. Purse: $7.5 million Yardage: 7,261; Par: 71 Final Round Brooks Koepka (500), $1,314,000 68-66-66-65 – 265 Kyoung-Hoon Lee (245), $649,700 66-66-66-68 – 266 Xander Schauffele (245), $649,700 66-64-65-71 – 266 Carlos Ortiz (115), $307,208 67-67-69-64 – 267 Jordan Spieth (115), $307,208 67-67-61-72 – 267 Steve Stricker (115), $307,208 65-66-69-67 – 267 Matthew NeSmith (85), $229,342 63-71-68-66 – 268 Andrew Putnam (85), $229,342 67-69-67-65 – 268 Scottie Scheffler (85), $229,342 67-65-66-70 – 268 James Hahn (75), $198,925 67-67-66-69 – 269 Sunday’s Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball National League PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreed to terms with LHP Chasen Shreve on a minor league contract. HOCKEY National Hockey League SAN JOSE SHARKS — Fined D Radim Simek $5,000 for spearing an opponent during a Feb. 6 game at Anaheim. American Hockey League AHL — Suspended Bridgeport Sound F Jeff Kubiak one game for a charging incident during a Feb. 5 game at Providence. Weather forces schedule change for skiing worlds first race — A snowy forecast has prompted a change in schedule for Monday’s opening race of the Alpine skiing world championships, the women’s combined. The order of the two- run race was flipped so that the slalom leg will precede the super-G leg. The forecast calls for overnight snow in Cortina. The winner will be determined by adding together the skiers’ times from the two runs. Mikaela Shiffrin and Petra Vlhova are among the favorites. GOLF Koepka eagles 17, rallies to win Phoenix Open — Brooks Koepka chipped in from 32 yards for eagle on the 17th hole to break a tie for the lead and then parred the last for a one-stroke victory Sunday in the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Five strokes behind Jordan Spieth and Xander Schauf- fele entering the round, Koepka shot a 6-under 65 to finish at 19-under 265. The four-time major champion also won in 2015 at TPC Scottsdale for the first of his eight PGA Tour ti- tles. On the 334-yard 17th, Koepka hit a fairway wood 305 yards to the fairway short and left of the green, then holed out to the largest roar of the day from the crowd limited to 5,000 a day — a fraction of the usual size but the most on tour during the pandemic. Johnson eases to another victory at Saudi Interna- tional — Top-ranked Dustin Johnson won the Saudi Inter- national for the second time in three years on Sunday after shooting a 2-under 68 in the final round to finish two strokes clear of Justin Rose and Tony Finau. Johnson, who was also runner-up in 2020, recorded his highest scoring round of the tournament at Royal Greens Golf Club but still finished top of the leaderboard on 15-under overall. Scotland’s Calum Hill eagled the par-five 18th to finish in a tie for fourth with France’s Victor Perez. BASKETBALL AP source: Knicks to acquire Rose, who rejoins Thibo- deau — Derrick Rose is reuniting with Tom Thibodeau after a trade that brings him back to New York. The Knicks agreed to acquire the former NBA MVP from the Detroit Pistons on Sunday, a person with knowledge of the details said. The Knicks will send Dennis Smith Jr. and a second-round pick to the Pistons, the person told The Associated Press. The per- son spoke on condition of anonymity because the trade was not yet official. Once it is, it reunites Rose with Thibodeau, his coach in Chicago when the guard became the youngest MVP in NBA history at 22 in 2011. — Bulletin wire reports TENNIS | AUSTRALIAN OPEN On opening day, Serena Williams wins easily TENNIS Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Serena Williams had a wobbly start at the Australian Open — for one game. After briefly falling behind, Williams swept 10 consecutive games and beat Laura Siege- mund 6-1, 6-1 on the first day of the tournament Monday. The victory marked the start of Williams’ latest bid for a re- cord-tying 24th major title. As she left the court she flexed her biceps, and later she donned a T-shirt that read “Unstoppable Queen.” “This was a good start — vin- tage ’Rena,” she said. “It’s defi- nitely good. I’m pretty good at pacing myself at a Grand Slam.” Williams wore a colorful one-legged catsuit that she said was inspired by former Olym- pic sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner, and her game looked flashy, too. She lost only nine points on her serve and hit 16 winners, and showed no signs of the right shoulder issue that led her to pull out of a tuneup tournament. She wasn’t the first Williams to reach the second round, however. Her sister, Venus, won a Grand Slam match for the first time since 2019. Playing in her 21st Australian Open, the elder Williams beat Kirsten Flipkens 7-5, 6-2. At 40, Venus is the oldest woman in this year’s draw and just the sixth player in her 40s to compete at the Australian Open. “I like my job,” she said. “No matter what happens to you in life, you always hold your Australian Open Results Rick Rycroft/AP Serena Williams runs to return a shot to Germany’s Laura Siegemund during their first round match at the Australian Open on Monday. head up high and give 100 mil- lion percent. And that’s what I do every single day, and that’s something I can be proud of.” Three-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka, who won the title in Melbourne two years ago, played the opening match in Rod Laver Arena and beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1, 6-2. The first tournament of this year’s Grand Slam season be- gan after a three-week delay be- cause of the coronavirus pan- demic. “Physically I feel like every- one, their bodies are shocked, coming in and playing so sud- denly after such a long break,” Osaka said. “I think we’re all getting used to it and everyone is just happy to be here.” That includes the Williams sisters. “Listen, this is amazing,” Ser- ena said. “Last year was very scary for the world. To be able to do what I love and be able to come out and compete . . . it makes me appreciate the mo- ment even more.” Canadian Rebecca Marino, a former top-40 player com- peting in a Grand Slam event for the first time in eight years, beat wild-card entry Kimberly Birrell 6-0, 7-6 (9). Marino was sidelined by depression and a serious foot injury. “I still have my big serve and big forehead. That hasn’t changed that much,” Marino said. “And I have a confidence that I know I belong again.” No. 23 Angelique Kerber, a three-time major champion and 2016 Australian Open win- ner, lost to American Bernarda Pera 6-0, 6-4. In early men’s play, No. 10-seeded Gael Monfils lost a marathon against Emil Ruu- suvuori 3-6, 6-4, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. Monday at Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia MEN’S SINGLES First Round Milos Raonic (14), Canada, def. Federico Coria, Argen- tina, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2. Reilly Opelka, United States, def. Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-3. Adrian Mannarino (32), France, def. Dennis Novak, Austria, 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (2). Stan Wawrinka (17), Switzerland, def. Pedro Sousa, Por- tugal, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. Corentin Moutet, France, def. John Millman, Australia, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. Emil Ruusuvuori, Finland, def. Gael Monfils (10), France, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. Alex Bolt, Australia, def. Norbert Gombos, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. Aslan Karatsev, Russia, def. Gianluca Mager, Italy, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4. Pedro Martinez, Spain, def. Yoshihito Nishioka, Japan, 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-1, 6-1. Miomir Kecmanovic, Serbia, def. Kamil Majchrzak, Po- land, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3. WOMEN’S SINGLES First Round Naomi Osaka (3), Japan, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenko- va, Russia, 6-1, 6-2. Camila Giorgi, Italy, def. Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakh- stan, 6-3, 6-3. Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan, def. Tamara Zidansek, Slove- nia, 6-2, 7-5. Venus Williams, United States, def. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, 7-5, 6-2. Caroline Garcia, France, def. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 7-6 (6), 6-3. Rebecca Marino, Canada, def. Kimberly Birrell, Austra- lia, 6-0, 7-6 (9). Nina Stojanovic, Serbia, def. Irina-Camelia Begu, Roma- nia, 6-3, 6-4. Serena Williams (10), United States, def. Laura Siege- mund, Germany, 6-1, 6-1. Bernarda Pera, United States, def. Angelique Kerber (23), Germany, 6-0, 6-4. Iga Swiatek (15), Poland, def. Arantxa Rus, Netherlands, 6-1, 6-3. Timea Babos, Hungary, def. Ysaline Bonaventure, Bel- gium, 7-6 (0), 6-4. Sara Errani, Italy, def. Wang Qiang (30), China, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. Daria Kasatkina, Russia, def. Katie Boulter, Britain, 6-1, 6-4. Ajla Tomljanovic, Australia, def. Misaki Doi, Japan, 6-2, 6-1. Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova, Slovakia, def. Mayo Hibi, Japan, 7-6 (2), 6-4. Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, vs. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, 7-5, 6-2. No. 14 Milos Raonic defeated Federico Coria 6-3, 6-3, 6-2. American Reilly Opelka hit 18 aces and beat Lu Yen-hsun 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-3.