Write a Python function `extract_first_elements` that takes a list of sublists as input and returns a new list containing the first element of each sublist.
#### Example Usage
```python [main.nopy]
print(extract_first_elements([[1, 2], [3, 4, 5], [6, 7, 8, 9]])) # Output: [1, 3, 6]
print(extract_first_elements([[1, 2, 3], [4, 5]])) # Output: [1, 4]
print(extract_first_elements([[9, 8, 1], [1, 2]])) # Output: [9, 1]
```
#### Constraints
- Each sublist will have at least one element.
- The input list will contain at least one sublist.