2013 Australian Open Recap: Day Three
The biggest upset on Day Three of the 2013 Australian Open came at the expense of the hometown favorite as Australian Samantha Stosur, who was up 5-2 in the third set, was broken three straight times and lost the final five games as she was knocked out by the unseeded Zheng Jie.
Other seeded women to fall on Day Three were Klara Zakopalova, Dominika Cibulkova and Tamira Paszek. Paszek was defeatd by young American Madison Keys who looked very impressive, but now will face fifth seeded Angelique Kerber in the third round.
On the men’s side, top-seeded Novak Djokovic won in straight sets and all seeded players advanced, except 23rd ranked Mikhail Youzhny of Russia who was beaten by Evgeny Donskoy in a tough five-setter 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.
Men’s Singles Results from Day Three at the 2013 Australian Open
8-Janko Tipsarevic (Serbia) beat Lukas Lacko (Slovakia) 6-3 6-4 3-6 4-6 7-5
1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Ryan Harrison (U.S.) 6-1 6-2 6-3
22-Fernando Verdasco (Spain) beat Xavier Malisse (Belgium) 6-1 6-3 6-2
Kevin Anderson (South Africa) beat Andrey Kuznetsov (Russia) 6-1 7-5 6-4
32-Julien Benneteau (France) beat Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France) 4-6 7-5 7-6(5) 7-6(5)
31-Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic) beat Feliciano Lopez (Spain) 6-2 6-2 6-4
28-Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) beat Tatsuma Ito (Japan) 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-2
Evgeny Donskoy (Russia) beat 23-Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) 3-6 7-6(4) 6-2 3-6 6-3
4-David Ferrer (Spain) beat Tim Smyczek (U.S.) 6-0 7-5 4-6 6-3
26-Jurgen Melzer (Austria) beat Roberto Bautista (Spain) 6-7(4) 6-3 6-7(3) 6-3 6-2
15-Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) beat Tobias Kamke (Germany) 6-3 7-6(4) (Kamke retired)
24-Jerzy Janowicz (Poland) beat Somdev Devvarman (India) 6-7(10) 3-6 6-1 6-0 7-5
5-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) beat Guillaume Rufin (France) 6-2 6-2 6-4
16-Kei Nishikori (Japan) beat Carlos Berlocq (Argentina) 7-6(4) 6-4 6-1
20-Sam Querrey (U.S.) beat Brian Baker (U.S.) 6-7(2) 1-1 (Baker retired)
10-Nicolas Almagro (Spain) beat Daniel Gimeno-Traver (Spain) 6-4 6-1 6-2
Women’s Singles Results from Day Three at the 2013 Australian Open
25-Venus Williams (U.S.) beat Alize Cornet (France) 6-3 6-3
13-Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) beat Chan Yung-Jan (Taiwan) 7-5 1-6 6-4
Heather Watson (Britain) beat Ksenia Pervak (Kazakhstan) 4-6 7-6(7) 6-2
22-Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) beat Maria Joao Koehler (Portugal) 2-6 7-6(5) 6-2
2-Maria Sharapova (Russia) beat Misaki Doi (Japan) 6-0 6-0
27-Sorana Cirstea (Romania) beat Kristyna Pliskova (Czech Republic) 1-6 6-3 6-2
Zheng Jie (China) beat 9-Samantha Stosur (Australia) 6-4 1-6 7-5
11-Marion Bartoli (France) beat Vesna Dolonc (Serbia) 7-5 6-0
19-Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) beat Stephanie Foretz Gacon (France) 6-3 6-3
Madison Keys (U.S.) beat 30-Tamira Paszek (Austria) 6-2 6-1
6-Li Na (China) beat Olga Govortsova (Belarus) 6-2 7-5
18-Julia Goerges (Germany) beat Romina Oprandi (Switzerland) 6-3 6-2
Valeria Savinykh (Russia) beat 15-Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) 7-6(6) 6-4
4-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) beat Irina Begu (Romania) 6-3 6-3
5-Angelique Kerber (Germany) beat Lucie Hradecka (Czech Republic) 6-3 6-1
Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium) beat 23-Klara Zakopalova (Czech Republic) 6-1 6-0
