Monica Niculescu (49 WTA) a pierdut in primul tur al Australian Open in fata australiencei Samantha Stosur (21 WTA) cu 4-6, 1-6. Niculescu a jucat bine, curajos si cu executii care au smuls aplauze in primul set, dar totul s-a rupt la 4-4 cand romanca a revenit de la 15-40, a avut avantaj, dar Stosur a reusit in final breakul . Niculescu a jucat tot mai slab, Stosur nu a mai fost pacalita de slice-urile romancei si a castigat rapid setul secund cu 6-1.
Istoricul zilei la Australian Open
Lucie Hradecka (locul 142 WTA) a eliminat-o pe Ana Ivanovic (favorita numarul 5), sportiva din Cehia producand surpriza zilei la Australian Open. Au mai parasit competitia prematur Lucie Safarova (favorita 16), Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (23), Sabine Lisicki (28) si Svetlana Kuznetsova (27).
Irina-Camelia Begu, locul 42 WTA, a produs una dintre suprizele zilei la Australian Open eliminandu-o pe Angelique Kerber, favorita numarul 9 si locul 9 WTA, si s-a calificat astfel in turul al doilea.
Simona Halep s-a calificat, luni, in turul doi al turneului de Grand Slam de la Australian Open, numarul trei mondial trecand de Karin Knapp, scor 6-3, 6-2. Meciul de pe "Rod Laver Arena" a durat o ora si 28 minute.
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
