The Australian open is here with all the heat and excitement. Most of the top seeds have had some routine wins but there were quite a few of shockers in the first round too.
Ana Ivanovic’s loss was arguably the biggest upset of the tournament so far as she found her way out of the tournament in the first round. Maria Sharapova faced a major scare in the 2nd round and would have been a very major upset as she is one of the favorites to win the title.
In the first round, other top seeded players like Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, Simona Halep, Petra Kvitova, Eugenie Bouchard , Caroline Wozniacki, Agnieszka Radwanska Samantha Stosur and Victoria Azarenka managed some quick and easy wins over their opponents.
The round also had a lot of upsets as a lot of seeded players ended their journeys in the first round itself. Players like Ivanovic , Kerber, Safarova,Suarez, Pavlyuchenkova, Kuznetsova,Lisicki, Bencic lost adding spice to the year’s hottest Grand Slam.
The second round started on Day-3, causing lesser number of shockers. The biggest clash of the round was Azarenka against Wozniacki. Victoria Azarenka is unseeded this year but took she no time to defeat her world Number 8 opponent as she won in straight sets.
Serena Williams, Radwanska, Bouchard, Kvitova and Halep had easy wins once again as they moved forward crushing their opponents.
Sharapova fought her way back into the match saving two match points against her Russian counter-part Panova. Top Australian seed, Samantha Stosur is out of the tournament causing a upset as she lost from Coco Vandeweghe of USA.
Here are all the upcoming interesting matches and all the results till Day-4 of the Australian Open 2015 –
Exciting Matches in Round 3:
S.Williams [1] vs. E.Svitolina [26]
Z.Diyas [31] vs. M.Sharapova
D.Cibulkova [11] vs. A.Cornet [19]
V.Lepchenko [30] vs. A.Radwanska
Round 2 results :
(26) Elina Svitolina (Ukr) bt Nicole Gibbs (USA) 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (8-6)
Camila Giorgi (Ita) bt Tereza Smitkova (Cze) 6-1 6-4
(11) Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) bt Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul) 6-2 6-0
(30) Varvara Lepchenko (USA) bt Ajla Tomljanovic (Cro) 6-1 7-6 (7-1)
(6) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) bt Johanna Larsson (Swe) 6-0 6-1
(24) Garbine Muguruza (Spa) bt Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) 6-1 1-6 6-0
Timea Bacsinszky (Swi) bt Anna Tatishvili (USA) 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 6-2
(1) Serena Williams (USA) bt Vera Zvonareva (Rus) 7-5 6-0
(18) Venus Williams (USA) bt Lauren Davis (USA) 6-2 6-3
(31) Zarina Diyas (Kaz) bt Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Svk) 3-6 6-2 8-6
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) bt Kristina Mladenovic (Fra) 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (8-6)
(7) Eugenie Bouchard (Can) bt Kiki Bertens (Ned) 6-0 6-3
Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) bt Lara Arruabarrena (Spa) 6-4 4-6 6-4
Caroline Garcia (Fra) bt Stefanie Voegele (Swi) 6-3 6-4
(14) Sara Errani (Ita) bt Silvia Soler Espinosa (Spa) 7-6 (7-3) 6-3
(2) Maria Sharapova (Rus) bt Alexandra Panova (Rus) 6-1 4-6 7-5
Lucie Hradecka (Cze) bt Polona Hercog (Slo) 4-6 6-3 6-2
(22) Karolina Pliskova (Cze) bt Oceane Dodin (Fra) 7-5 5-7 6-4
Irina-Camelia Begu (Rom) bt Katerina Siniakova (Cze) 7-5 6-4
Julia Goerges (Ger) bt Klara Koukalova (Cze) 6-3 4-6 6-2
Yaroslava Shvedova (Kaz) bt Monica Puig (Pur) 6-2 7-6 (8-6)
(10) Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) bt Roberta Vinci (Ita) 6-2 6-4
(21) Shuai Peng (Chn) bt Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) 6-1 6-1
Carina Witthoeft (Ger) bt Christina McHale (USA) 6-3 6-0
Petra Kvitova (Cze) bt Mona Barthel (Ger) 6-2, 6-4
Round 1 Results:
Ajla Tomljanovic (Cro) bt Shelby Rogers (USA) 4-6 6-4 6-0
Anna Tatishvili (USA) bt Kimiko Date Krumm (Jpn) 7-5 6-4
Johanna Larsson (Swe) bt Alla Kudryavtseva (Rus) 6-4 6-3
(1) Serena Williams (USA) bt Alison Van Uytvanck (Bel) 6-0 6-4
(30) Varvara Lepchenko (USA) bt Vitalia Diatchenko (Rus) 6-3 6-3
(6) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) bt Kurumi Nara (Jpn) 6-3 6-0
Camila Giorgi (Ita) bt (12) Flavia Pennetta (Ita) 4-6 6-2 6-3
Lauren Davis (USA) bt Aleksandra Krunic (Ser) 6-1 7-5
Nicole Gibbs (USA) bt Olivia Rogowska (Aus) 6-4 6-1
Vera Zvonareva (Rus) bt Ons Jabeur (Tun) 6-2 6-3
Madison Brengle (USA) bt (13) Andrea Petkovic (Ger) 5-7 7-6 (7-4) 6-3
(26) Elina Svitolina (Ukr) bt Yulia Putintseva (Kaz) 6-3 7-5
Tereza Smitkova (Cze) bt Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (Cro) 6-1 6-1
Mona Barthel (Ger) bt Donna Vekic (Cro) 3-6 6-4 6-2
Timea Bacsinszky (Swi) bt (15) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) 6-1 6-4
Madison Keys (USA) bt Lesia Tsurenko (Ukr) 6-3 7-5
(18) Venus Williams (USA) bt Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor (Spa) 6-2 6-2
(29) Casey Dellacqua (Aus) bt Yvonne Meusburger (Aut) 6-4 6-0
(4) Petra Kvitova (Cze) bt Richel Hogenkamp (Ned) 6-1 6-4
Irina Falconi (USA) bt Kaia Kanepi (Est) 2-6 6-4 7-5
Coco Vandeweghe (USA) bt Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 6-2 6-2
(8) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Taylor Townsend (USA) 7-6 (7-1) 6-2
(11) Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) bt Kirsten Flipkens (Bel) 3-6 6-3 6-1
(25) Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) bt Timea Babos (Hun) 6-4 6-4
Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) bt Saisai Zheng (Chn) 6-4 6-4
(19) Alize Cornet (Fra) bt Shuai Zhang (Chn) 6-3 6-2
Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul) bt Heather Watson (Gbr) 6-4 6-0
Kai-Chen Chang (Tpe) bt Jie Zheng (Chn) 6-1 6-2
Victoria Azarenka (Blr) bt Sloane Stephens (USA) 6-3 6-2
(20) Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Monica Niculescu (Rom) 6-4 6-1
(24) Garbine Muguruza (Spa) bt Marina Erakovic (Nzl) 7-5 6-0
Denisa Allertova (Cze) bt Romina Oprandi (Swi) 6-0 6-2
(2) Maria Sharapova (Rus) bt Petra Martic (Cro) 6-4 6-1
(10) Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) bt An-Sophie Mestach (Bel) 6-2 6-2
Christina McHale (USA) bt Stephanie Foretz (Fra) 6-4 1-6 12-10
Roberta Vinci (Ita) bt Bojana Jovanovski (Ser) 7-5 6-1
Silvia Soler Espinosa (Spa) bt Annika Beck (Ger) 7-5 6-4
Alexandra Panova (Rus) bt Sorana Cirstea (Rom) 7-5 6-0
Yaroslava Shvedova (Kaz) bt (16) Lucie Safarova (Cze) 6-4 2-6 8-6
Carina Witthoeft (Ger) bt (17) Carla Suarez-Navarro (Spa) 6-3 6-1
(7) Eugenie Bouchard (Can) bt Anna-Lena Friedsam (Ger) 6-2 6-4
Kiki Bertens (Ned) bt Daria Gavrilova (Rus) 7-6 (10-8) 5-7 6-2
Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) bt (23) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) 4-6 6-3 6-3
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) bt Ying-Ying Duan (Chn) 6-4 3-6 6-3
Monica Puig (Pur) bt Arina Rodionova (Aus) 6-0 6-3
Irina-Camelia Begu (Rom) bt (9) Angelique Kerber (Ger) 6-4 0-6 6-1
(31) Zarina Diyas (Kaz) bt Urszula Radwanska (Pol) 3-6 6-4 6-2
(14) Sara Errani (Ita) bt Grace Min (USA) 6-1 6-0
Oceane Dodin (Fra) bt Alison Riske (USA) 7-6, (7-5), 3-6, 6-3
Katerina Siniakova (Cze) bt Elena Vesnina (Rus) 6-2 7-5
Stefanie Voegele (Swi) bt Pauline Parmentier (Fra) 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
Polona Hercog (Slo) bt Qiang Wang (Chn) 3-6, 6-3 6-2
(22) Karolina Pliskova (Cze) bt Evgeniya Rodina (Rus) 7-5, 6-1
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Svk) bt Chanelle Scheepers (Rsa) 6-4 4-6 6-2
Kristina Mladenovic (Fra) bt Sabine Lisicki (Ger) 4-6 6-4 6-2
Lucie Hradecka (Cze) bt (5) Ana Ivanovic (Ser) 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
(21) Shuai Peng (Chn) bt Tatjana Maria (Ger) 6-4, 7-5
Klara Koukalova (Cze) bt Storm Sanders (Aus) 7-5, 6-4
Jarmila Gajdosova (Aus) bt Alexandra Dulgheru (Rom) 6-3, 6-4
Julia Goerges (Ger) bt (32) Belinda Bencic (Swi) 6-2, 6-1
Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) bt Ana Konjuh (Cro) 6-4, 6-4
Lara Arruabarrena (Spa) bt Renata Voracova (Cze) 6-1, 6-2
(3) Simona Halep (Rom) bt Karin Knapp (Ita) 6-3, 6-2