In the first round of the 2022 Australian Open women's singles, last year's quarter-finals and No. 21 seed Pegula won the first victory of the new season after nearly three hours of fighting to defeat Ukraine's Kalinina 4-6 7-6 (1) 7-5.
No. 28 seed Kudmetova defeated Liu Jingwen 6-4 6-4 to advance to the second round of the tournament against Ruse, who swept Borinie 6-1, 6-3 to win the first grand slam tournament of her career.
![The Australian Open singles in the top half of the quarter-finals, Nadal will play Shapovalov, Batillo play Pegula[fig]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=)