AO Day 1 - WTA Avengers ascend; Nadal needs more; Crushed Kyrgios out

Day 1 of the 2023 Grand Slam season is in the books at the Australian Open - Catherine, David and Matt talk it all through.

• Raducanu vs Gauff in round two….YES PLEASE
• Andreescu is happening and Catherine is excited
• Injury scare for Collins…and lots of drama
• Draper learns the hard way about facing Nadal
• Kyrgios calls a press conference and withdraws
• Catherine rants about faff…again
• Auger-Aliassime overcomes a terrible start to beat Pospisil
• Swiatek passes tricky Neimeier test

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