The only champions of the Australian Open in this year’s disagreement of the tournament, the Belarusian Victoria Azarenka as well as the American Sofia Kenin wound up dealing with each other in the preliminary. The previous number 1 on the planet got the upper hand and insisted her standing as the 24th seed, thriving with partials of 6/4 as well as 7/6 (7-3).
After taking down Kenin in straight collections, Vika will deal with Argentina’s Nadia Podoroska, who defeated French lucky-loser Leolia Jeanjean with authority, investing 1h17 to rack up a last rating of 6/0 and also 6/3. It will be the very first time that both will certainly encounter each other on the WTA circuit.
Who likewise went through the first round at Melbourne Park without leaving a collection was the Czech Petra Kvitova, in charge of the removal of the Belgian Alison van Uytvanck by racking up partials of 7/6 (7-3) and 6/2. In the 2nd round, the 15th fave will face the Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina, executioner of the CoCo Vandeweghe qualification, defeating the North American with 6/3 as well as 6/1.
The Latvian Jelena Ostapenko was an additional Grand Slam victor to get over the debut in the competition by 2 to 0, defeating the Ukrainian Diana Yastremska by 6/4 as well as 6/2. The 17th seed’s next challenger will certainly be Hungary’s Anna Bondar, that required 3 sets to beat Romanian Ana Bogdan 6/2, 2/6, 6/3.
One more favorite who made her condition worth it was the Czech Barbora Krejcikova, 20th pre-classified, executioner of the compatriot of simply 16 years old and coming from quali Sara Bejlek, versus whom she racked up partials of 6/3 and 6/1. In the following phase, she will certainly deal with another rival coming from the quali, the French Clara Burel, who defeated the guest of your home Talia Gibson with the score of 6/3 and also 6/4.
