Former world No. 8 Alicia Molik and former No. 4 Jelena Dokic won their opening matches in the Australian Open wild card event. Molik easily disposed of 19-year-old Jade Hopper (the daughter of coach Gavin, who mentored Mark Philippoussis and is working with Jarmila Groth), while Dokic defeated Viktorija Rajicic 6-2  6-2. The women’s event is a round robin.—Matthew Cronin