Australian Open results 2020 LIVE tennis: Harriet Dart vs Simona Halep in second round after Konta crashes OUT

Welcome to the Evening Standard’s LIVE coverage of this year’s Australian Open.

Johanna Konta was the highest-­profile casualty as four British players crashed out of the Australian Open on day two in Melbourne.

Twelfth-seed Konta, in only her second competitive outing since the US Open following a knee injury, lost out to world No78 Ons Jabeur, while Kyle Edmund squandered a 5-2 overnight lead to lose in straight sets to Dusan Lajovic 7-6, 6-3, 7-6.

Following her 6-4, 6-2 defeat, Konta said: “I expected [Jabeur] to be inspired to play well and she’s the kind of player who gets on a bit of a roll — that unleashes more of her creativity and unpredictability. That’s why she’s very difficult to play.”

Katie Boulter, who missed much of last season after suffering a stress ­fracture in her back while on Fed Cup duty, pushed fifth seed Elina Svitolina, a two-time Grand Slam semi-finalist last season, all the way before eventually coming up short 6-4, 7-5.

And Cameron Norrie was the final British casualty of the day as he let an early advantage slip against Pierre-Hugues Herbert to lose 7-5, 3-6, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 in a match lasting three hours and 42 minutes. There was one positive note, however, from a British perspective on the second day of action as Harriet Dart, who came through three rounds of qualifying, set up a second-round match against Simona Halep after a thrilling 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 victory over Misaki Doi.

Heather Watson's match has been pushed back to midnight Wednesday morning.

Elsewhere, world number one Rafael Nadal was forced to dig deep to overcome a spirited Hugo Dellien on Rod Laver after Donna Vekic knocked out 2008 winner Maria Sharapova in straight sets. Australian Nick Kyrgios also progressed.

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Australian Open results

Tuesday January 21, 2020

Men's Singles 1st round: (10) Gael Monfils (Fra) bt Yen-Hsun Lu (Tpe) 6-1 6-4 6-2, (29) Taylor Harry Fritz (USA) bt Tallon Griekspoor (Ned) 6-3 6-3 6-3, (4) Daniil Medvedev (Rus) bt Frances Tiafoe (USA) 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-2, (23) Nick Kyrgios (Aus) bt Lorenzo Sonego (Ita) 6-2 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-1), (11) David Goffin (Bel) bt Jeremy Chardy (Fra) 6-4 6-3 6-1, Pierre-Hugues Herbert (Fra) bt Cameron Norrie (Gbr) 7-5 3-6 3-6 7-5 6-4, Federico Delbonis (Arg) bt Joao Sousa (Por) 6-3 6-4 7-6 (7-3), Jaume Munar (Spa) bt Hugo Gaston (Fra) 7-5 5-7 6-0 6-3, (7) Alexander Zverev (Ger) bt Marco Cecchinato (Ita) 6-4 7-6 (7-4) 6-3, Pedro Martinez Portero (Spa) bt Dominik Koepfer (Ger) 6-3 6-4 7-5, Ivo Karlovic (Cro) bt Vasek Pospisil (Can) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 7-5, Gilles Simon (Fra) bt Pablo Cuevas (Uru) 6-1 6-3 6-3, Alejandro Tabilo (Chi) bt Daniel Elahi Galan (Col) 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-7 (6-8) 6-4, (19) John Isner (USA) bt Thiago Moura Monteiro (Bra) 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (9-7) 7-6 (7-5), Kevin Anderson (Rsa) bt Ilya Ivashka (Blr) 6-4 2-6 4-6 6-4 7-6 (10-8), Egor Gerasimov (Blr) bt Casper Ruud (Nor) 6-3 7-6 (8-6) 1-6 4-6 7-6 (10-6), Jordan Thompson (Aus) bt Alexander Bublik (Kaz) 6-4 6-3 6-2, (1) Rafael Nadal (Spa - pictured) bt Hugo Dellien (Bol) 6-2 6-3 6-0, Mikael Ymer (Swe) bt Yasutaka Uchiyama (Jpn) 6-4 6-1 6-2, (15) Stan Wawrinka (Swi) bt Damir Dzumhur (Bih) 7-5 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 6-4, Michael Mmoh (USA) bt Pablo Andujar (Spa) 6-1 6-4 6-4, (27) Pablo Carreno-Busta (Spa) bt Jozef Kovalik (Svk) 6-4 3-6 6-1 7-6 (7-2), Filip Krajinovic (Ser) bt Quentin Halys (Fra) 7-6 (9-7) 7-6 (7-1) 3-6 4-6 7-5, Ernests Gulbis (Lat) bt (20) Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can) 7-5 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-4, Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt Evgeny Donskoy (Rus) 7-5 6-2 6-1, Alexei Popyrin (Aus) bt (28) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) 6-7 (5-7) 6-2 6-1 0-0 ret, Andreas Seppi (Ita) bt Miomir Kecmanovic (Ser) 6-4 6-4 7-6 (7-3), (26) Nikoloz Basilashvili (Geo) bt Soon Woo Kwon (Kor) 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 7-5 3-6 6-3, Yuichi Sugita (Jpn) bt Elliot Benchetrit (Fra) 6-2 6-0 6-3, Alex Bolt (Aus) bt Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Spa) 7-6 (7-1) 1-6 6-7 (5-7) 6-1 6-4, (17) Andrey Rublev (Rus) bt Christopher O'Connell (Aus) 6-3 0-6 6-4 7-6 (7-5), Peter Gojowczyk (Ger) bt Christopher Eubanks (USA) 7-6 (7-1) 6-3 4-6 6-0, Jannik Sinner (Ita) bt Max Purcell (Aus) 7-6 (7-2) 6-2 6-4, (14) Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Arg) bt Lloyd George Harris (Rsa) 6-4 6-2 6-2, Marin Cilic (Cro) bt Corentin Moutet (Fra) 6-3 6-2 6-4, Tatsuma Ito (Jpn) bt Prajnesh Gunneswaran (Ind) 6-4 6-2 7-5, (32) Milos Raonic (Can) bt Lorenzo Giustino (Ita) 6-2 6-1 6-3, (9) Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa) bt Feliciano Lopez (Spa) 6-2 6-2 7-5, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (Spa) bt Norbert Gombos (Svk) 4-6 6-4 2-6 6-3 6-2, (31) Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) bt Dennis Novak (Aut) 6-7 (4-7) 1-6 6-2 6-3 6-4, (12) Fabio Fognini (Ita) bt Reilly Opelka (USA) 3-6 6-7 (3-7) 6-4 6-3 7-6 (10-5), John Millman (Aus) bt Ugo Humbert (Fra) 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 1-6 7-5, (21) Benoit Paire (Fra) bt Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (Ger) 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-7 (2-7) 6-0, Christian Garin (Chi) bt Stefano Travaglia (Ita) 6-4 6-3 6-4, (5) Dominic Thiem (Aut) bt Adrian Mannarino (Fra) 6-3 7-5 6-2, Tommy Paul (USA) bt Leonardo Mayer (Arg) 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4, (16) Karen Khachanov (Rus) bt Mario Vilella Martinez (Spa) 4-6 6-4 7-6 (7-4) 6-3, Tennys Sandgren (USA) bt Marco Trungelliti (Arg) 6-1 6-4 7-5, Marc Polmans (Aus) bt Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz) 6-4 6-3 4-6 6-7 (8-10) 6-4.

Women's Singles 1st round: Anastasia Rodionova (Aus) bt Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukr) 3-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-0, Anna Blinkova (Rus) bt Jasmine Paolini (Ita) 7-5 6-4, (26) Danielle Collins (USA) bt Vitalia Diatchenko (Rus) 6-1 3-6 6-4, Alize Cornet (Fra) bt Monica Niculescu (Rom) 5-7 6-1 6-0, Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) bt (15) Marketa Vondrousova (Cze) 6-2 4-6 6-4, Harriet Dart (Gbr - Pictured) bt Misaki Doi (Jpn) 2-6 6-4 7-6 (10-6), (17) Angelique Kerber (Ger) bt Elisabetta Cocciaretto (Ita) 6-2 6-2, Priscilla Hon (Aus) bt Kateryna Kozlova (Ukr) 6-3 6-4, Ajla Tomljanovic (Aus) bt (31) Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) 6-1 6-1, Greet Minnen (Bel) bt Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Blr) 7-6 (7-3) 4-6 7-5, Zarina Diyas (Kaz) bt (21) Amanda Anisimova (USA) 6-3 4-6 6-3, Camila Giorgi (Ita) bt Antonia Lottner (Ger) 6-3 6-3, Lauren Davis (USA) bt Leylah Annie Fernandez (Can) 6-4 6-2, Garbine Muguruza (Spa) bt Shelby Rogers (USA) 0-6 6-1 6-0, Yulia Putintseva (Kaz) bt Su-Wei Hsieh (Tpe) 6-1 6-3, Laura Siegemund (Ger) bt Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 6-1 6-4, Catherine Cartan Bellis (USA) bt Tatjana Maria (Ger) 6-0 6-2, (5) Elina Svitolina (Ukr) bt Katie Boulter (Gbr) 6-4 7-5, (20) Karolina Muchova (Cze) bt Kirsten Flipkens (Bel) 6-3 2-6 7-6 (10-7), (9) Kiki Bertens (Ned) bt Irina-Camelia Begu (Rom) 6-1 6-4, (4) Simona Halep (Rom) bt Jennifer Brady (USA) 7-6 (7-5) 6-1, (23) Dayana Yastremska (Ukr) bt Kaja Juvan (Slo) 6-1 6-1, Ons Jabeur (Tun) bt (12) Johanna Konta (Gbr) 6-4 6-2, (22) Maria Sakkari (Gre) bt Margarita Gasparyan (Rus) 6-2 6-2, Fiona Ferro (Fra) bt Alison Van Uytvanck (Bel) 6-2 6-1, Polona Hercog (Slo) bt Rebecca Peterson (Swe) 6-3 6-3, Caroline Garcia (Fra) bt Madison Brengle (USA) 6-7 (5-7) 6-2 6-2, (2) Karolina Pliskova (Cze) bt Kristina Mladenovic (Fra) 6-1 7-5, (6) Belinda Bencic (Swi) bt Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Svk) 6-3 7-5, Nao Hibino (Jpn) bt Shuai Peng (Chn) 4-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-3, (10) Madison Keys (USA) bt Daria Kasatkina (Rus) 6-3 6-1, (18) Alison Riske (USA) bt Yafan Wang (Chn) 7-6 (7-5) 2-6 6-3, (29) Elena Rybakina (Kaz) bt Bernarda Pera (USA) 6-3 6-2, (19) Donna Vekic (Cro) bt Maria Sharapova (Rus) 6-3 6-4, Arantxa Rus (Ned) bt Magda Linette (Pol) 1-6 6-3 6-4, Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) bt Ludmilla Samsonova (Rus) 6-1 6-4