O primeiro dia do Australian Open trouxe consigo algumas surpresas. No total, foram seis os cabeças de série que disseram adeus a Melbourne na estreia, divididos entre o quadro masculino e o quadro feminino.
Resultados completos:
Quadro masculino:
[2] Rafael Nadal d. [WC] James Duckworth, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5
[3] Roger Federer d. Denis Istomin, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
[6] Marin Cilic d. Bernard Tomic, 6-2, 6-4, 7-6(3)
[27] Alex de Minaur d. Pedro Sousa, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
[5] Kevin Anderson d. Adrian Mannarino, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1
Tomas Berdych d. [13] Kyle Edmund, 6-3, 6-0, 7-5
[22] Roberto Bautista Agut d. Andy Murray, 6-4, 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-7(4), 6-2
[20] Grigor Dimitrov d. Janko Tipsarevic, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-4
Matthew Ebden d. Jan-Lennard Struff, 1-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
[14] Stefanos Tsitsipas d. Matteo Berrettini, 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(4)
Jordan Thompson d. Feliciano López, 6-1, 7-6(0), 6-3
[19] Nikoloz Basilashvili d. [Q] Christopher Eubanks, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-3
[10] Karen Khachanov d. Peter Gojowczyk, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
John Millman d. Federico Delbonis, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-2
Reilly Opelka d. [9] John Isner, 7-6(4), 7-6(6), 6-7(4), 7-6(5)
[30] Gael Monfils d. Damir Dzumhur, 6-0, 6-4, 6-0
Radu Albot d. Michael Mmoh, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
Mackenzie McDonald d. Andrey Rublev, 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
[Q] Henri Laaksonen d. Mirza Basic, 6-4, 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-3
[26] Fernando Verdasco d. [Q] Miomir Kecmanovic, 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-3
Thomas Fabbiano d. [WC] Jason Kubler, 6-4, 7-6(1), 2-6, 6-3
Robin Haase d. Guillermo García-López, 7-5, 6-4, 7-5
Denis Kudla d. [WC] Marc Polmans, 5-7, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
Taylor Fritz d. Cameron Norrie, 6-3, 7-6(6), 6-2
Frances Tiafoe d. [Q] Prajnesh Gunneswaran, 7-6(7), 6-3, 6-3
Andreas Seppi d. [31] Steve Johnson, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
[Q] Dan Evans d. [Q] Tatsuma Ito, 7-5, 6-1, 7-6(8)
Yoshihito Nishioka d. Tennys Sandgren, 6-4, 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-4
Pablo Cuevas d. Dusan Lajovic, 6-4, 7-5, 6-1
[18] Diego Schwartzman d. [Q] Rudolf Molleker, 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-0
[Q] Stefano Travaglia d. Guido Andreozzi, 6-7(3), 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
[Q] Viktor Troicki d. Roberto Carballes Baena, 6-1, 1-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
Quadro feminino:
[30] Maria Sharapova d. [Q] Harriet Dart, 6-0, 6-0
[3] Caroline Wozniacki d. Alison Van Uytvanck, 6-3, 6-4
[2] Angelique Kerber d. Polona Hercog, 6-2, 6-2
Danielle Rose Collins d. [14] Julia Goerges, 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-4
[15] Ashleigh Barty d. Luksika Kumkhum, 6-2, 6-2
[5] Sloane Stephens d. Taylor Townsend, 6-4, 6-2
Maria Sakkari d. [22] Jelena Ostapenko, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
[19] Caroline Garcia d. [Q] Jessika Ponchet, 6-2, 6-3
[9] Kiki Bertens d. Alison Riske, 6-3, 6-3
[8] Petra Kvitova d. Magdalena Rybarikova, 6-3, 6-2
[11] Aryna Sabalenka d. [Q] Anna Kalinskaya, 6-1, 6-4
Yafan Wang d. [WC] Ellen Perez, 6-4, 6-0
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova d. Monica Puig, 6-4, 6-3
Yulia Putintseva d. [32] Barbora Strycova, 6-4, 7-6(1)
Irina Begu d. Andrea Petkovic, 6-7(3), 4-3 ret.
[Q] Astra Sharma d. [WC] Priscilla Hon, 7-5, 4-6, 6-1
[WC] Kimberly Birrell d. [Q] Paula Badosa Gibert, 6-4, 6-2
[29] Donna Vekic d. Kristina Mladenovic, 6-2, 6-4
[WC] Zoe Hives d. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, 6-1, 6-2
Timea Babos d. Ons Jabeur, 7-6(5), 7-6(3)
Katie Boulter d. Ekaterina Makarova, 6-0, 4-6, 7-6(6)
[Q] Beatriz Haddad Maia d. Bernarda Pera, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
Belinda Bencic d. Katerina Siniakova, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
Aliaksandra Sasnovich d. Kirsten Flipkens, 6-1, 6-1
[31] Petra Martic d. Heather Watson, 6-1, 6-2
Rebecca Peterson d. Sorana Cirstea, 6-4, 6-1
[20] Anett Kontaveit d. Sara Sorribes Tormo, 6-3, 6-2
Sachia Vickery d. [Q] Ysaline Bonaventure, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
[24] Lesia Tsurenko d. Ekaterina Alexandrova, 6-4, 7-6(4)
Marketa Vondrousova d. Evgeniya Rodina, 6-3, 6-2
Johanna Larsson d. Vera Lapko, 7-6(5), 3-0 ret.
Amanda Anisimova d. Monica Niculescu, 7-6(3), 6-4