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.
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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
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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
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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.