Prima zi de concurs de la Australian Open a venit cu surprize pe tabloul feminin de simplu, mai multe favorite parasind competitia inca din runda inaugurala. Venus Williams (cap de serie numarul cinci) a fost invinsa de Belinda Bencic, iar alte nume importante precum Dominika Cibulkova, Sloane Stephens si Coco Vandeweghe au fost eliminate prematur.

Venus WilliamsFoto: Ben Solomon/Tennis Australia

Turul I, feminin:

Belinda Bencic (SUI) - 5-Venus Williams (USA) 6-3 7-5

Luksika Kumkhum (THA) - Johanna Larsson (SWE) 6-3 7-5

Petra Martic (CRO) - Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) 7-6(5) 6-3

Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) - 31-Ekaterina Makarova 3-6 6-4 8-6 (RUS)

23-Daria Gavrilova (AUS) - Irina Falconi (USA) 6-1 6-1

Elise Mertens (BEL) - Viktoria Kuzmova (SVK) 6-2 6-1

Alize Cornet (FRA) - Xinyu Wang (CHN) 6-4 6-2

12-Julia Goerges (GER) - Sofia Kenin (USA) 6-4 6-4

Shuai Zhang (CHN) - 13-Sloane Stephens (USA) 2-6 7-6(2) 6-2

Denisa Allertova (CZE) - Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 6-3 6-0

Magda Linette (POL) - Jennifer Brady (USA) 2-6 6-4 6-3

22-Daria Kasatkina (RUS) - Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) 6-0 6-3

Marta Kostyuk (UKR) - 5-Shuai Peng (CHN) 6-2 6-2

Olivia Rogowska (AUS) - Jaimee Fourlis (AUS) 6-3 6-7(3) 6-2

Katerina Siniakova (CZE) - Maria Sakkari (GRE) 6-2 6-7(5) 6-4

4-Elina Svitolina (UKR) - Ivana Jorovic (SRB) 6-3 6-2

7-Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) - Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 6-1 6-4

Ying-Ying Duan (CHN) - Mariana Duque Marino (COL) 6-0 6-1

Mona Barthel (GER) - Monica Niculescu (ROU) 6-4 7-5

32-Anett Kontaveit (EST) - Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) 6-4 7-5

Kaia Kanepi (EST) - 24-Dominika Cibulkova 6-2 6-2 (SVK)

Monica Puig (PUR) - Samantha Stosur (AUS) 4-6 7-6(6) 6-4

Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) - Magdalena Frech (POL) 7-5 6-3

Timea Babos (HUN) - 10-Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 7-6(4) 6-2

15-Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) - Kateryna Kozlova (UKR) 3-6 6-4 6-3

Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) - Viktorija Golubic (SUI) 7-6(3) 4-6 6-2

Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) - Alison Riske (USA) 2-6 7-6(6) 6-3

19-Magdalena Rybarikova - Taylor Townsend (USA) 6-0 7-5 (SVK)

30-Kiki Bertens (NED) - Catherine Bellis (USA) 6-7(5) 6-4 6-2

Nicole Gibbs (USA) - Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) 6-1 6-1

Jana Fett (CRO) - Misa Eguchi (JPN) 6-3 6-2

2-Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) - Mihaela Buzarnescu (ROU) 6-2 6-3

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