Venus Williams, cap de serie numarul opt, a fost eliminata in turul intai al turneului de la Australian Open, sportiva din SUA fiind depasita in doua seturi, scor 6-4 6-2, de Johanna Konta. S-au calificat, printre altele, Garbine Muguruza, Sabine Lisicki, Karolina Pliskova, Timea Bacsinszky si Ekaterina Makarova.
Turul I:
Alize Cornet - Bojana Jovanovski 6-1 6-0
Alexandra Dulgheru - Storm Sanders 6-4 6-2
Zheng Saisai - Carina Witthoeft 6-1 6-2
Varvara Lepchenko - 31-Lesia Tsurenko 6-7(5) 6-2 6-3
30-Sabine Lisicki - Petra Cetkovska 6-4 6-4
20-Ana Ivanovic - Tammi Patterson 6-2 6-3
Naomi Osaka - Donna Vekic 6-3 6-2
Anastasija Sevastova - Jarmila Wolfe 6-0 4-2 (abandon Wolfe)
Barbora Strycova - 32-Caroline Garcia 6-2 6-4
9-Karolina Pliskova - Kimberly Birrell 6-4 6-4
Yaroslava Shvedova - Tsvetana Pironkova 6-4 6-4
18-Elina Svitolina - Victoria Duval 6-2 6-3
19-Jelena Jankovic - Polona Hercog 6-3 6-3
Tatjana Maria - Olga Govortsova 6-4 6-3
Johanna Konta - 8-Venus Williams 6-4 6-2
Kirsten Flipkens - Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 5-7 6-2 7-5
Vania King - Mona Barthel 3-6 7-5 6-4
Laura Siegemund - Kiki Bertens 6-4 7-5
11-Timea Bacsinszky - Katerina Siniakova 6-3 7-5
15-Madison Keys - Zarina Diyas 7-6(5) 6-1
Annika Beck - Priscilla Hon 6-0 6-3
3-Garbine Muguruza Blanco - Anett Kontaveit 6-0 6-4
21-Ekaterina Makarova - Maddison Inglis 6-3 6-0.
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