Favoritele Serena Williams (2), Karolina Pliskova (5) si Dominika Cibulkova (6) au obtinut fara emotii calificarea in runda a treia de la Australian Open, primul turneu de Grand Slam al anului, dupa ce au castigat meciurile disputate joi la Melbourne. Surpriza zilei a fost oferita de Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, jucatoarea din Croatia eliminand-o pe Agnieszka Radwanska, favorita numarul trei a competitiei.
Feminin, turul II, meciuri disputate joi:
2-Serena Williams - Lucie Safarova 6-3 6-4
Maria Sakkari - 28-Alize Cornet 7-5 4-6 6-1
22-Daria Gavrilova - Ana Konjuh 6-2 1-6 6-4
12-Timea Bacsinszky - Danka Kovinic 6-1 7-6(5)
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni - 3-Agnieszka Radwanska 6-3 6-2
Nicole Gibbs - Irina Falconi 6-4 6-1
Jennifer Brady - Heather Watson (Britain) 2-6 7-6(3) 10-8
16-Barbora Strycova - Andrea Petkovic 6-0 7-5
14-Elena Vesnina - Mandy Minella 6-3 6-3
6-Dominika Cibulkova - Hsieh Su-Wei 6-4 7-6(8)
17-Caroline Wozniacki - Donna Vekic 6-1 6-3
21-Caroline Garcia - Oceane Dodin 6-7(3) 6-4 6-4
Jelena Ostapenko 31-Yulia Putintseva 6-3 6-1
9-Johanna Konta - Naomi Osaka 6-4 6-2
30-Ekaterina Makarova - Sara Errani 6-2 3-2 (abandon Errani)
5-Karolina Pliskova - Anna Blinkova 6-0 6-2
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