Maria Sharapova, favorita numarul doi, a obtinut calificarea in turul doi al turneului de la Australian Open, dupa ce a invins-o pe Petra Martic, din Croatia, locul 184 WTA.
Maria s-a impus in doua seturi, scor 6-4, 6-1. Meciul a durat o ora si 26 de minute.
Statistica partidei Petra Martic - Maria Sharapova:
Asi: 4-6
Duble greseli: 5-5
Puncte castigate cu primul serviciu: 69%-73%
Puncte castigate cu al doilea serviciu: 18%-48%
Cel mai rapid serviciu: 185 km/h - 178 km/h
Puncte castigatoare: 11-26
Greseli nefortate: 23-26
Total puncte castigate: 54-70.
Feminin, turul I:
2-Maria Sharapova - Petra Martic 6-4 6-1
Kiki Bertens - Daria Gavrilova 7-6(8) 5-7 6-2
7-Eugenie Bouchard - Anna-Lena Friedsam 6-2 6-4
Carina Witthoeft - 17-Carla Suarez Navarro 6-3 6-1
Yaroslava Shvedova - 16-Lucie Safarova 6-4 2-6 8-6
Alexandra Panova - Sorana Carstea 7-5 6-0
Silvia Soler Espinosa - Annika Beck 7-5 6-4
Roberta Vinci - Bojana Jovanovski 7-5 6-1
Christina Mchale - Stephanie Foretz 6-4 1-6 12-10
10-Ekaterina Makarova - An-Sophie Mestach 6-2 6-2
31-Zarina Diyas - Urszula Radwanska 3-6 6-4 6-2
14-Sara Errani - Grace Min 6-1 6-0
Irina Begu - 9-Angelique Kerber 6-4 0-6 6-1
Monica Puig - Arina Rodionova 6-0 6-3
Bethanie Mattek-Sands - Duan Yingying 6-4 3-6 6-3
Yanina Wickmayer - 23-Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 4-6 6-3 6-3
Katerina Siniakova - Elena Vesnina 6-2 7-5
Oceane Dodin - Alison Riske 7-6(5) 3-6 6-3
Stefanie Voegele - Pauline Parmentier 6-1 3-6 6-2
Polona Hercog - Wang Qiang 3-6 6-3 6-2
22-Karolina Pliskova - Evgeniya Rodina 7-5 6-1
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova - Chanelle Scheepers 6-4 4-6 6-2
Kristina Mladenovic - 28-Sabine Lisicki 4-6 6-4 6-2
Lucie Hradecka - 5-Ana Ivanovic 1-6 6-3 6-2
Caroline Garcia - 27-Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4 6-2
21-Peng Shuai - Tatjana Maria 6-4 7-5
Klara Koukalova - Storm Sanders 7-5 6-4
Jarmila Gajdosova - Alexandra Dulgheru 6-3 6-4
3-Simona Halep - Karin Knapp 6-3 6-2
Lara Arruabarrena Vecino - Renata Voracova 6-1 6-2
Magdalena Rybarikova - Ana Konjuh 6-4 6-4
Julia Goerges - 32-Belinda Bencic 6-2 6-1.
