2013 Australian Open Recap: Day Two
The Australian Open’s second day of action saw the top seeds roll through, but some other seeds go home. On the men’s side number three seed Andy Murray and second-seeded Roger Federer breezed through their matches with straight-set wins. Murray defeated Robin Haase, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3, as Federer was a 6-2, 6-4, 6-1 winner over Benoit Paire. Other seeded players did not find things so easy, as 18th-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov, 19th-seeded Tommy Haas, 27th-seeded Martin Klizan and the 29th-seeded Thomaz Bellucci were all upset in their first round matches.
In women’s first round matches, the top-seeded Victoria Azarenka was a 6-1, 6-4 over the unseeded Monica Niculescu, while third-seeded Serena Williams overcame an ankle injury to dominate her first round opponent, Edina Gallovits-Hall, 6-0, 6-0. Four seeded women did not make it through to the second round, as the number seven seed, Sara Errani, 12th-seeded Nadia Petrova, 24th-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and the 28 seed Yaroslava Shvedova all lost their opening round matches.
Men’s Singles Results from Day Two at the 2013 Australian Open
Gael Monfils (France) beat 18-Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukraine) 6-7(7) 7-6(4) 6-3 6-3
Rajeev Ram (U.S.) beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) 6-4 6-4 3-6 6-2
Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) beat Dudi Sela (Israel) 3-6 6-1 7-5 6-3
Bernard Tomic (Australia) beat Leonardo Mayer (Argentina) 6-3 6-2 6-3
Daniel Brands (Germany) beat 27-Martin Klizan (Slovakia) 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4
Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) beat 19-Tommy Haas (Germany) 7-6(3) 4-6 6-3 4-6 8-6
Benjamin Becker (Germany) beat Aljaz Bedene (Slovenia) 4-6 6-3 7-5 7-6(1)
Lu Yen-Hsun (Taiwan) beat Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (Spain) 6-2 6-1 4-6 6-1
9-Richard Gasquet (France) beat Albert Montanes (Spain) 7-5 6-2 6-1
Ivan Dodig (Croatia) beat Wu Di (China) 7-5 4-6 6-3 6-3
14-Gilles Simon (France) beat Filippo Volandri (Italy) 2-6 6-3 6-2 6-2
Jesse Levine (Canada) beat Tommy Robredo (Spain) 7-6(5) 6-7(2) 6-4 6-4
12-Marin Cilic (Croatia) beat Marinko Matosevic (Australia) 6-4 7-5 6-2
Lukas Rosol (Czech Republic) beat Jamie Baker (Britain) 7-6(5) 7-5 6-2
30-Marcel Granollers (Spain) beat Grega Zemlja (Slovenia) 7-6(6) 7-6(5) 1-0 (Zemlja retired)
6-Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina) beat Adrian Mannarino (France) 6-1 6-2 6-2
James Duckworth (Australia) beat Benjamin Mitchell (Australia) 6-4 7-6(8) 4-6 5-7 8-6
Jeremy Chardy (France) beat Adrian Menendez (Spain) 7-6(5) 6-7(3) 6-2 6-1
7-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) beat Michael Llodra (France) 6-4 7-5 6-2
2-Roger Federer (Switzerland) beat Benoit Paire (France) 6-2 6-4 6-1
17-Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) beat Steve Darcis (Belgium) 6-2 6-3 6-4
Amir Weintraub (Israel) beat Guido Pella (Argentina) 7-6(2) 7-5 6-2
Alejandro Falla (Colombia) beat Josselin Ouanna (France) 6-4 7-5 6-4
Go Soeda (Japan) beat Luke Saville (Australia) 6-7(4) 6-3 6-2 6-3
13-Milos Raonic (Canada) beat Jan Hajek (Czech Republic) 3-6 6-1 6-2 7-6(0)
25-Florian Mayer (Germany) beat Rhyne Williams (U.S.) 2-6 3-6 6-2 7-6(12) 6-1
Ricardas Berankis (Lithuania) beat Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukraine) 6-2 7-6(4) 7-5
Denis Istomin (Uzbekistan) beat Igor Sijsling (Netherlands) 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-2
Blaz Kavcic (Slovenia) beat 29-Thomaz Bellucci (Brazil) 6-3 6-1 6-3
Joao Sousa (Portugal) beat John-Patrick Smith (Australia) 6-4 6-1 6-4
3-Andy Murray (Britain) beat Robin Haase (Netherlands) 6-3 6-1 6-3
21-Andreas Seppi (Italy) beat Horacio Zeballos (Argentina) 6-2 6-4 6-2
Women’s Singles Results from Day Two at the 2013 Australian Open
20-Yanina Wickmayer (Belgium) beat Jarmila Gajdosova (Australia) 6-1 7-5
Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine) beat 24-Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) 7-5 3-6 7-5
Jamie Hampton (U.S.) beat 31-Urszula Radwanska (Poland) 6-2 6-4
Luksika Kumkhum (Thailand) beat Sofia Arvidsson (Sweden) 7-6(5) 6-4
Jana Cepelova (Slovakia) beat Greta Arn (Hungary) 6-2 6-2
Eleni Daniilidou (Greece) beat Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) 7-5 5-7 6-4
Daria Gavrilova (Russia) beat Lauren Davis (U.S.) 6-3 6-7(2) 6-4
Kristina Mladenovic (France) beat Timea Babos (Hungary) 6-3 4-6 11-9
Garbine Muguruza Blanco (Spain) beat Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia) 4-6 6-1 14-12
Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzbekistan) beat Mathilde Johansson (France) 6-4 6-2
Ayumi Morita (Japan) beat Anna Tatishvili (Georgia) 6-3 6-3
Laura Robson (Britain) beat Melanie Oudin (U.S.) 6-2 6-3
Donna Vekic (Croatia) beat Andrea Hlavackova (Czech Republic) 6-1 6-2
29-Sloane Stephens (U.S.) beat Simona Halep (Romania) 6-1 6-1
Annika Beck (Germany) beat 28-Yaroslava Shvedova (Kazakhstan) 6-2 6-7(7) 6-3
Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan) beat Christina Mchale (U.S.) 6-1 6-7(0) 6-2
Bojana Jovanovski (Serbia) beat Maria Teresa Torro (Spain) 2-6 6-4 6-3
17-Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) beat Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (Croatia) 7-6(4) 6-4
8-Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) beat Francesca Schiavone (Italy) 6-4 2-6 6-2
1-Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) beat Monica Niculescu (Romania) 6-1 6-4
16-Roberta Vinci (Italy) beat Silvia Soler Espinosa (Spain) 6-3 7-5
3-Serena Williams (U.S.) beat Edina Gallovits-Hall (Romania) 6-0 6-0
21-Varvara Lepchenko (U.S.) beat Polona Hercog (Slovenia) 6-4 6-1
Elena Vesnina (Russia) beat Caroline Garcia (France) 3-6 6-3 6-1
Shahar Peer (Israel) beat Alexandra Panova (Russia) 6-4 1-6 6-3
10-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) beat Sabine Lisicki (Germany) 2-6 6-3 6-3
26-Hsieh Su-Wei (Taiwan) beat Lara Arruabarrena Vecino (Spain) 7-6(5) 6-2
14-Maria Kirilenko (Russia) beat Vania King (U.S.) 6-4 6-2
Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) beat 7-Sara Errani (Italy) 6-4 6-4
Kimiko Date-Krumm (Japan) beat 12-Nadia Petrova (Russia) 6-2 6-0
Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) beat Lourdes Dominguez Lino (Spain) 6-2 6-1
Peng Shuai (China) beat Rebecca Marino (Canada) 6-3 6-0
