The meeting lasted 2 hours and 11 minutes and ended with a score of 6: 7, 6: 4, 6: 2 in favor of the first racket of the world.
In the second round, Khalep will play with American Sophia Kenin, who won the Russian woman Veronika Kudermetov.
Earlier it was reported that Elina Svitolina beat Victoria Golubich and advanced to the second round of the Australian Open.