Iga Swiatek made her feelings known on Emma Raducanu‘s stalking incident in Dubai. Raducanu crashed out of the WTA 1000 event after her straight-set defeat to Karolina Muchova in the second round.

World number one Aryna Sabalenka blamed a lack of focus and motivation for her last-16 defeat at the Dubai Championships, where she fell 6-3 6-2 to world number 38 Clara Tauson.

That generally means the seeds get a (theoretically) easier first-round draw, but tennis rarely works to a script, and several big names were toppled in the early stages at Melbourne Park.