Australian Open 2022 day two: Andy Murray opens campaign, Kyrgios and Raducanu to come – live!

First set: Basilashvili 1-4 Murray* (*denotes next server) Murray secures a double break and the 34-year-old bounces off towards his chair at the changeover! He’s very much in control of this opening set. At the same time, make that 13 unforced errors from Basilashvili now.

First set: *Basilashvili 1-3 Murray (*denotes next server) Murray aces at 30-30 and then again immediately after to consolidate that break. Solid service game from the Scot. But Basilashvili isn’t making things easy for himself so far today – he ends game four of the match with a total of nine unforced errors to his name so far.

First set: Basilashvili 1-2 Murray* (*denotes next server) Wahey! Basilashvili attempts to serve but the ball hits the top of the frame of his racket and it pings off skywards! You don’t see that every day in professional tennis. Anyway, it clearly doesn’t help him and a couple of unforced errors give Murray two break points – he grabs his chance as Basilashvili goes long and the Scot edges ahead earlier in this match.

First set: *Basilashvili 1-1 Murray (*denotes next server) There are some vocal fans in the arena today. I don’t speak Georgian but am assuming the bloke who is making himself heard from the stands is a Basilashvili fan. Good start from Murray, who ignores the distractions and secures a love-service game.

First set: Basilashvili 1-0 Murray* (*denotes next server) Basilashvili kicks off with the ball in his hands, and the pair kick off with a 17-shot rally, eventually won by the Georgian following an unforced error from Murray. Basilashvili holds.

More on Petra Kvitová’s earlier exit. The Czech, who lost to Naomi Osaka in the 2019 final, says she was undercooked after playing just three matches – after early exits in Adelaide and Sydney – in the run-up to her match earlier today.

“I don’t think I have much to say,” said Kvitová. “It wasn’t really going my way the whole month. That’s how it is. It’s a sport and I just have to fight through and be better at it.”

“I didn’t play a lot of matches at the beginning of this year. I did have some health issues the whole month as well, so it was tough to practice. It wasn’t really easy this beginning of the season, but the season is long, so I hope that it will turnaround.

“This loss is very painful, in the first round after like a whole month. Yeah, on one hand, I’m not surprised really how everything ended. But on the other hand, of course, when I play a match I always want to win.”

There’s a decent crowd over at John Cain Arena as Murray and Basilashvili are introduced onto court. A loud cheer greets the Scot, a popular player at the Australian Open who more often than not has delivered some of his best tennis.

Here’s our man on the ground at Melbourne Park, Tumaini Carayol, on Murray’s preparations:

In the men’s draw, there were no major complications for fifth seed Andrey Rublev, who enjoyed a 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 win over Gianluca Mager, while there also wins for Diego Schwartzman, Richard Gasquet and Roberto Bautista Agut, the 15th seed.

In other results, the former Open finalist Petra Kvitová was sent packing by another veteran, the Romanian Sorana Cîrstea. Kvitová, who was runner-up at Melbourne Park in 2019, bowed out 6-2, 6-2.

Women’s third seed Garbiñe Muguruza had few issues in a 6-3, 6-4 win over Clara Burel to set up meeting with Alize Cornet of France, who beat compatriot Viktoriya Tomova 6-3 6-3.

There was to be no upset on Rod Laver Arena as Iga Swiatek saw off the challenge of British qualifier Harriet Dart in a 6-3, 6-0 win, while 2020 quarter-finalist Anett Kontaveit beat Katerina Siniakova 6-2, 6-3.

Weather update. Play started this morning with the temperature hovering just under 20C. It’s sunny but cool at the moment – around the 22C mark. Without humidity you could say it’s prefect tennis conditions.

Around the grounds. Let’s have a quick catch-up on what has already happened today at Melbourne Park.

The big news for home fans is that Sam Stosur lives to fight another day. The veteran appeared to be heading towards the exit and retirement from singles tennis when she lost the opening set in her opening match against American wildcard Robin Anderson, but a rousing comeback saw the 37-year-old win 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3 and secure a place in the second round.

“That was incredible,” she said. “That’s a match I’m going to remember forever. It’s probably one of the best singles matches I’ve played in a very long time and to do it at home today … I guess it wasn’t going to be the last, so happy to have another one.”