Monica Niculescu a aflat deja cu cine va evolua in turul doi de la Australian Open, jucatoarea noastra urmand sa o intalneasca pe Elizaveta Kulichkova (locul 109 WTA). Rusoaica a invins-o surprinzator pe Andrea Petkovic, cap de serie numarul 22.

Monica NiculescuFoto: HotNews.ro / Victor Cozmei

Conform calculelor hartiei, Niculescu ar fi trebuit sa o intalneasca pe Andrea Petkovic in turul doi. Sportiva din Germania nu si-a respectat insa statutul de mare favorita, fiind invinsa in doua seturi, scor 7-5, 6-4.

Turul I:

Kristyna Pliskova - 25-Samantha Stosur 6-4 7-6(6)

Timea Babos - Heather Watson 6-7(4) 7-5 7-5

Elizaveta Kulichkova - 22-Andrea Petkovic 7-5 6-4

Ana Konjuh - Urszula Radwanska 0-6 6-4 6-3

5-Maria Sharapova - Nao Hibino 6-1 6-3

Eugenie Bouchard - Aleksandra Krunic 6-3 6-4

Monica Puig - Magda Linette 6-3 6-0

Irina Falconi - Anna Tatishvili 6-4 3-6 8-6

Kateryna Bondarenko - Ajla Tomljanovic 7-6(2) 6-3

Monica Niculescu - Teliana Pereira 6-2 6-1

Aliaksandra Sasnovich - Evgeniya Rodina 6-3 7-6(2)

Yulia Putintseva - 16-Caroline Wozniacki 1-6 7-6(3) 6-4

23-Svetlana Kuznetsova - Daniela Hantuchova 6-0 6-2

12-Belinda Bencic - Alison Riske 6-4 6-3

13-Roberta Vinci - Tamira Paszek 6-4 6-2

Han Xinyun - Mariana Duque 6-2 2-1 (abandon Duque)

4-Agnieszka Radwanska - Christina McHale 6-2 6-3

Kurumi Nara - Oceane Dodin 7-6(2) 6-2

Lauren Davis - 26-Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1-6 6-3 6-4

Darya Kasatkina - 27-Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 6-3 6-3

Hsieh Su-Wei - Jelena Ostapenko 3-6 7-5 6-1

28-Kristina Mladenovic - Dominika Cibulkova 6-3 6-4

Wang Qiang - 24-Sloane Stephens 6-3 6-3

1-Serena Williams - Camila Giorgi 6-4 7-5

Maria Sakkari - Wang Yafan 6-4 1-6 6-3

Magdalena Rybarikova - Yanina Wickmayer 3-6 6-3 7-5

Anna-Lena Friedsam - Lourdes Dominguez Lino 7-6(3) 2-6 6-1

Margarita Gasparyan - 17-Sara Errani 1-6 7-5 6-1

Daria Gavrilova - Lucie Hradecka 7-6(3) 6-4

10-Carla Suarez Navarro - Viktorija Golubic 7-5 6-4

Nicole Gibbs - Klara Koukalova 6-2 2-6 6-1

6-Petra Kvitova - Luksika Kumkhum 6-3 6-1.

Citeste aici o ampla prezentare a primului turneu de Grand Slam al anului, Australian Open.