MELBOURNE, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Highlights of Monday's opening day of the Australian Open, the first grand slam tournament of the year:0145 GOERGES EXTENDS HOT STREAKWorld number 12 Julia Goerges beats American Sofia Kenin 6-4 6-4 to extend her winning streak to 15 matches, stretching back to last year when she won in Moscow and then the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai. 0140 RYBARIKOVA MAKES WINNING STARTWimbledon semi-finalist Magdalena Rybarikova advanced to the second round with a 6-0 7-5 victory over American Taylor Townsend 6-0 7-5. 0135 OSTAPENKO CRUISES PAST SCHIAVONEFrench Open champion Jelena Ostapenko roared back from 1-4 down in the second set to beat Italian Francesca Schiavone 6-1 6-40105 CHINA'S DUAN FIRST PLAYER THROUGHChina's world number 100 Duan Yingying was the first player into the second round of the tournament after doling out a 6-0 6-1 thrashing to Colombian Mariana Duque-Marino in 51 minutes on Court 10. 0015 PLAY UNDERWAY AT MELBOURNE PARKPlay got underway on schedule under sunny skies at 11 a.m. local time (0000) GMT with the temperature hovering just under the 20 degrees Celsius mark. READ MOREOrder of playVenus to battle Bencic as Australian Open gets underwayFACT-Venus Williams v Belinda BencicFederer says he should not be favourite at 36Kyrgios can become global superstar, says BeckerTomic slide continues with Australian Open failure (Compiled by Nick Mulvenney and Hardik Vyas, editing by Greg Stutchbury/Peter Rutherford)

Source: Economic Times January 15, 2018 02:00 UTC