For our match reports on Shelby Rogers d. Simona Halep & Garbiñe Muguruza d. Marina Erakovic, click here.
Venus Williams (USA) [13] d. Kateryna Kozlova (UKR) 7-6 (5), 7-5
The 36-year-old Williams came out looking utterly exhausted, getting broken in the very first game. But she was able to power through and successfully execute quick points to win the first set in a tiebreak. Her solid tennis carried over into the second set, allowing her to put the match away at 7-5.
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Julia Boserup (USA) d. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 6-2, 6-4
World No. 119 Julia Boserup ended 2010 Roland Garros champion Francesca Schiavone’s Australian Open career with powerful serves and aggressive groundstrokes. Schiavone, who announced in Hobart that she will be retiring later this year, lacked the consistency and firepower to keep up with her younger opponent, and has therefore hit her last ball in Melbourne Park.
Coco Vandeweghe (USA) d. Roberta Vinci (ITA) [15] 6-1, 7-6 (3)
The big-hitting American dominated the 2015 U.S. Open finalist in the first frame, winning it 6-1. In the second, down 2-4, Vandeweghe struggled with nausea and needed a medical evaluation. Stunningly, she returned to the court to win the next three games and eventually send the set into a tiebreak, which she’s would go on to win 7-3.
Ashleigh Barty (AUS) d. Annika Beck (GER) 6-4, 7-5
After losing the first three games, Barty fought back to win the first set 6-4. With the strong support of the Aussie crowd, the twenty-year-old beat Beck 7-5 in the second set to advance to Round 2 of her home Slam for the first time.
Other notable results:
Rio gold medalist Monica Puig bested Romania’s Patricia Maria Tig 6-0, 6-1.
Auckland champion Lauren Davis fell to countrywoman Samantha Crawford 6-4, 3-6, 0-6.
Unseeded Varvara Lepchenko beat 19th-seeded Kiki Bertens 7-5, 7-6 (5)
Jelena Jankovic defeated world No. 30 Laura Siegemund 6-1. 1-6, 6-4
Svetlana Kuznetsova bagel-breadsticked Mariana Duque-Mariño 6-0, 6-1
