With the Australian Open 2015 up and running, quite a few upsets have already taken place in the first 3 days of the year’s opening Grand Slam at Melbourne, along with the few routine wins for the Top seeds and tournment favorites.
The Australian Open 2015 has also seen quite a few unexpected names putting great fights against the big names and some of the big names have failed to put up a show worth much recognition.
So here’s a day by day round-up with the Results of most top seeds and how they have fared so far in the Australian Open 2015 –
Day 1 –
The first day saw all the top seeded players move forward quite comfortably in the next round with no major shockers. Nadal, Federer and Murray advanced with wins in straight sets with no difficulty.
Rafa was up against Russia’s Mikhail Youzhny. Rafa was seen with a positive attitude and ended the match in 3 sets.
Nadal defeated Youzhny 6-3 6-2 6-2
Federer defeated Yen-Hsun Lu of Taiwan in straights. Federer was untroubled throughout the match and won the match in straight sets.
Federer defeated Y.Lu 6-4 6-2 7-5
Murray was seen quite confident in the first round and defeated India’s Yuki Bhambri in straight sets .
Murray defeated Bhambri 6-3 6-4 7-6
Dimitrov defeated Dustin Brown 6-2 6-3 6-2
Berdych defeated Falla 6-3 7-6 6-3
Kokkinakis defeated 11th seed Gulbis in a thrilling five setter. Kokkinakis is only 18 years old and the Australian was more than relished after the match.
Kokkinakis defeated Gulbis 5-7 6-0 1-6 7-6 8-6
Day 2
Wawrinka, Djokovic,Nishikori, Hewitt and Raonic had their first round matches on the 2nd day. The top seeded players managed to advance to next round causing no major upset.
Djokovic managed to win his first match in straight sets with no difficulty.
Djokovic defeated Bedene 6-3 6-2 6-4
The defending champion Wawrinka was up against Ilhan of Turkey. Wawrinka also advanced to the next round in straight sets.
Wawrinka defeated Ilhan 6-1 6-4 6-2
Hewitt defeated Zhang 6-3 1-6 6-0 6-4
Nishikori defeated Almagro 6-4 7-6 6-2
Monfils defeated Pouille 6-7 3-6 6-4 6-1 6-4
Raonic defeated Marchenko 7-6 7-6 6-3
Ferrer defeated Bellucci 6-7 6-2 6-0 6-3
Day 3
Nadal escaped a tight match while Federer had a shaky start but Murray advanced in straight sets.
Rafael Nadal managed to escape a thriller five set match against Tim Smyczek of USA . Nadal had a good start but was keeping well after the match. At a point in the match, Nadal almost vomited but continued playing preventing a major upset.
Nadal defeated Smyczek 6-2 3-6 6-7 6-3 7-5
Federer seemed unsettled at the start but got in flow of his game from the 2nd set. Federer was up against Simone Bolelli of Italy.
Federer defeated Bolleli 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-2
Murray seemed comfortable with his form as he defeated Matosevic in straight sets.
Murray defeated Matosevic 6-1 6-3 6-2
Dimitrov defeated Lacko 6-3 6-7 6-3 6-3
Berdych defeated Melzer 7-6 6-2 6-2
Kyrgios defeated Karlovic 7-6 6-4 5-7 6-4
Here are all the Men’s results from the Australian Open 2015 till this point of time –
SECOND ROUND –
Vasek Pospisil (Can) bt Paolo Lorenzi (Ita) 6-7 (3-7) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 6-4
(12) Feliciano Lopez (Spa) bt Adrian Mannarino (Fra) 4-6 4-6 7-6 (7-3) 4-0 ret
(5) Kei Nishikori (Jpn) bt Ivan Dodig (Cro) 4-6 7-5 6-2 7-6 (7-0)
(4) Stanislas Wawrinka (Sui) bt Marius Copil (Rom) 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3
(1) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt Andrey Kuznetsov (Rus) 6-0 6-1 6-4
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) bt Alejandro Gonzalez (Col) 6-1 6-3 6-3
Steve Johnson (USA) bt (30) Santiago Giraldo (Col) 6-3 6-4 6-2
Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) bt Matthias Bachinger (Ger) 7-6 (7-4) 7-5 7-5
(19) John Isner (USA) bt Andreas Haider-Maurer (Aut) 6-4 7-6 (7-4) 4-6 6-4
Malek Jaziri (Tun) bt Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Fra) 1-6 6-3 6-4 1-6 6-3
Samuel Groth (Aus) bt Thanasi Kokkinakis (Aus) 3-6 6-3 7-5 3-6 6-1
(3) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Tim Smyczek (USA) 6-2 3-6 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 7-5
Bernard Tomic (Aus) bt (22) Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-5)
Andreas Seppi (Ita) bt (29) Jeremy Chardy (Fra) 7-5 3-6 6-2 6-1
Nick Kyrgios (Aus) bt (23) Ivo Karlovic (Cro) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 5-7 6-4
Dudi Sela (Isr) bt (28) Lukas Rosol (Cze) 7-6 (7-2) 5-7 7-5 6-3
(2) Roger Federer (Swi) bt Simone Bolelli (Ita) 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-2
(10) Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) bt Lukas Lacko (Svk) 6-3 6-7 (10-12) 6-3 6-3
(14) Kevin Anderson (Rsa) bt Ricardas Berankis (Lit) 6-2 6-2 7-6 (7-3)
Joao Sousa (Por) bt (32) Martin Klizan (Svk) 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 1-0 ret
(6) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt Marinko Matosevic (Aus) 6-1 6-3 6-2
(24) Richard Gasquet (Fra) bt James Duckworth (Aus) 6-2 6-3 7-5
Viktor Troicki (Ser) bt (26) Leonardo Mayer (Arg) 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-0
Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) bt (20) David Goffin (Bel) 6-1 6-4 4-6 6-0
(7) Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt Jurgen Melzer (Aut) 7-6 (7-0) 6-2 6-2
MEN’S FIRST ROUND
Vasek Pospisil (Can) bt Sam Querrey (USA) 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 2-6 6-4 6-4
Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) bt Ze Zhang (Chn) 6-3 1-6 6-0 6-4
Andrey Kuznetsov (Rus) bt Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Spa) 6-1 3-6 6-3 7-6 (7-3)
Jerzy Janowicz (Pol) bt Hiroki Moriya (Jpn) 7-6 (7-5) 2-6 6-3 7-5
Benjamin Becker (Ger) bt (25) Julien Benneteau (Fra) 7-5 5-7 6-2 6-4
Go Soeda (Jpn) bt Elias Ymer (Swe) 1-6 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-3
Paolo Lorenzi (Ita) bt (21) Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukr) 6-4 6-3 6-2
Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukr) bt Dusan Lajovic (Ser) 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-7 (3-7) 6-4
David Ferrer (Spa) bt Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) 6-7 (2-7) 6-2 6-0 6-3
Marius Copil (Rom) bt Pablo Andujar (Spa) 6-2 6-2 7-5
Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) bt Andrey Golubev (Kaz) 6-1 6-2 7-6 (8-6)
(1) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt Aljaz Bedene (Slo) 6-3 6-2 6-4,
Matthias Bachinger (Ger) bt (27) Pablo Cuevas (Uru) 7-6 (7-1) 6-3 6-1
(13) Roberto Bautista-Agut (Spa) bt Dominic Thiem (Aut) 4-6 6-2 6-3 7-6 (7-5)
Ivan Dodig (Cro) bt Joao Souza (Bra) 6-4 7-5 6-4
Gilles Muller (Lux) bt Pablo Carreno-Busta (Spa) 6-4 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-3)
Andreas Haider-Maurer (Aut) bt Laurent Lokoli (Fra) 6-4 7-5 4-6 6-3
(31) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt James Ward (Gbr) 2-6 6-0 7-6 (8-6) 6-3
(18) Gilles Simon (Fra) bt Robin Haase (Ned) 6-1 6-3 6-4
(19) John Isner (USA) bt Jimmy Wang (Tpe) 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 6-4
Marcel Granollers (Spa) bt Stephane Robert (Fra) 6-3 6-4 6-4
(8) Milos Raonic (Can) bt Illya Marchenko (Ukr) 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-3) 6-3
Donald Young (USA) bt Tim Puetz (Ger) 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-2
(12) Feliciano Lopez (Spa) bt Denis Kudla (USA) 3-6 6-2 4-6 6-2 10-8
(4) Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi) bt Marsel Ilhan (Tur) 6-1 6-4 6-2
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) bt Peter Gojowczyk (Ger) 6-7 (1-7) 7-5 6-4 1-0 ret
Alejandro Gonzalez (Col) bt (16) Fabio Fognini (Ita) 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-4
Adrian Mannarino (Fra) bt Blaz Rola (Slo) 7-6 (9-7) 6-3 6-2
(5) Kei Nishikori (Jpn) bt Nicolas Almagro (Spa) 6-4 7-6 (7-1) 6-2
Steve Johnson (USA) bt Kyle Edmund (Gbr) 6-4 6-4 6-3
(30) Santiago Giraldo (Col) bt Jan Hernych (Cze) 6-3 6-2 6-2
Nick Kyrgios (Aus) bt Federico Del Bonis (Arg) 7-6 (7-2) 3-6 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 6-3
Thanasi Kokkinakis (Aus) bt (11) Ernests Gulbis (Lat) 5-7 6-0 1-6 7-6 (7-2) 8-6
Malek Jaziri (Tun) bt Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz) 6-2 6-3 2-6 7-6 (7-3)
(2) Roger Federer (Swi) bt Yen-Hsun Lu (Tpe) 6-4 6-2 7-5
Simone Bolelli (Ita) bt Juan Monaco (Arg) 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-1
Ivo Karlovic (Cro) bt Ruben Bemelmans (Bel) 6-4 6-2 6-4
(28) Lukas Rosol (Cze) bt Kenny De Schepper (Fra) 4-6 6-2 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 6-4
Jurgen Melzer (Aut) bt Victor Estrella Burgos (Dom) 6-1 6-4 6-2
Samuel Groth (Aus) bt Filip Krajinovic (Ser) 6-3 7-6 (7-4) 6-4
Dudi Sela (Isr) bt Jan-Lennard Struff (Ger) 6-4 4-6 3-6 6-3 7-5
Viktor Troicki (Ser) bt Jiri Vesely (Cze) 6-3 3-6 6-2 6-3
(23) Ivo Karlovic (Cro) bt Ruben Bemelmans (Bel) 6-4 6-2 6-4
James Duckworth (Aus) bt Blaz Kavcic (Slo) 6-2 5-7 7-6 (9-7) 3-6 6-2
Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Fra) bt (15) Tommy Robredo (Spa) 2-3 ret
Tim Smyczek (USA) bt Luke Saville (Aus) 7-6 (7-2) 7-5 6-4
Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) bt Teymuraz Gabashvili (Rus) 6-2 6-7 (5-7) 3-6 6-4 6-4
(26) Leonardo Mayer (Arg) bt John Millman (Aus) 6-3 6-3 6-2
Bernard Tomic (Aus) bt Tobias Kamke (Ger) 7-5 6-7 (1-7) 6-3 6-2
(22) Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) 6-2 6-2 6-1
(3) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
(7) Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt Alejandro Falla (Col) 6-3, 7-6, (7-1), 6-3
(20) David Goffin (Bel) bt Michael Russell (USA) 6-3 6-3 5-7 6-0
(6) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt Yuki Bhambri (Ind) 6-3 6-4, 7-6, (7-3)
(24) Richard Gasquet (Fra) bt Carlos Berlocq (Arg) 6-1, 6-3, 6-1
(14) Kevin Anderson (RSA) bt Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Arg) 7-6, (7-5), 7-5, 5-7, 6-4
Marinko Matosevic (Aus) bt Alexandre Kudryavtsev (Rus) 6-4, 6-7, (5-7), 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
Lukas Lacko (Svk) bt Maximo Gonzalez (Arg) 4-6, 6-2, 7-5, 6-7, (4-7), 6-1
Ricardas Berankis (Lit) bt Igor Sijsling (Ned) 2-6, 6-4, 7-6, (7-2), 6-7, (6-8), 6-4
Andreas Seppi (Ita) bt Denis Istomin (Uzb) 5-7 6-3, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
(29) Jeremy Chardy (Fra) bt Borna Coric (Cro) 3-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
Joao Sousa (Por) bt Jordan Thompson (Aus) 6-4, 7-6, (7-5), 6-4
(32) Martin Klizan (Svk) bt Tatsuma Ito (Jpn) 7-6, (8-6), 6-2, 6-4
(10) Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) bt Dustin Brown (Ger) 6-2, 6-3, 6-2