Australian Open, Melbourne, WTA GRAND SLAM

[MargaretMcAleer]

Serena and Venus have pulled out of the doubles,due to a elbow injury Venus is carrying.

 

[Moxie]

Serena and Venus have pulled out of the doubles,due to a elbow injury Venus is carrying.

Sensible.

 

[britbox]

A match I am really interested in watching is Shelby Rogers v Ash Barty......I wish Ash was taller she has a great all court game,coming back to tennis after playing cricket.Can Rogers keep up her impressive performance she had against Halep.

Good win for Ash! More comfortable than most might expect.

 

[Vince Evert]

The only thing that matters, as far as women's singles is concerned, is that Angelique defends her title in style

 

[britbox]

Results from the Australian Open Women's Singles Round 2 matches on Wednesday

7-Garbine Muguruza Blanco (Spain) beat Samantha Crawford (U.S.) 7-5 6-4
CoCo Vandeweghe (U.S.) beat Pauline Parmentier (France) 6-4 7-6(5)
Mona Barthel (Germany) beat 29-Monica Puig (Puerto Rico) 6-4 6-4
Ashleigh Barty (Australia) beat Shelby Rogers (U.S.) 7-5 6-1
32-Anastasija Sevastova (Latvia) beat Kristina Kucova (Slovakia) 6-3 6-4
Sorana Cirstea (Romania) beat 10-Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) 7-6(1) 6-3
Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) beat Peng Shuai (China) 7-6(5) 6-2
Kristyna Pliskova (Czech Republic) beat 27-Irina Begu (Romania) 6-4 7-6(8)
Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) beat Julia Goerges (Germany) 6-3 6-4
1-Angelique Kerber (Germany) beat Carina Witthoeft (Germany) 6-2 6-7(3) 6-2
8-Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) beat Jaimee Fourlis (Australia) 6-2 6-1
Alison Riske (U.S.) beat 20-Zhang Shuai (China) 7-6(7) 4-6 6-1
Duan Yingying (China) beat Varvara Lepchenko (U.S.) 6-1 3-6 10-8
13-Venus Williams (U.S.) beat Stefanie Voegele (Switzerland) 6-3 6-2
11-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) beat Julia Boserup (U.S.) 6-4 6-1
24-Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) beat Natalia Vikhlyantseva (Russia) 6-2 6-2

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Good win for Ash! More comfortable than most might expect.

I did not see all of Ash's match as I was watching Nick's match as well.This will give Ash a lot more confidence with her come back to tennis especially at her home GS.

 

[britbox]

7-Garbine Muguruza Blanco (Spain) beat Samantha Crawford (U.S.) 7-5 6-4

 

[britbox]

Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) beat Peng Shuai (China) 7-6(5) 6-2

 

[britbox]

Ashleigh Barty (Australia) beat Shelby Rogers (U.S.) 7-5 6-1

 

[britbox]

1-Angelique Kerber (Germany) beat Carina Witthoeft (Germany) 6-2 6-7(3) 6-2

 

[britbox]

Thursday Schedule - Order of Play

 

[britbox]

The only thing that matters, as far as women's singles is concerned, is that Angelique defends her title in style

She's not defending it easily!

 

[britbox]

Lucie Safarova and Serena is the match of the day IMO. One of the evening matches on Laver.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I am interested in watching Konta v Osaka,I thought Konta might have had a let down against Flipkins after winning her title in Sydney.I also love watching Osaka who has such great raw power,she has a lot of natural talent.

From memory Serena has a 9-0 H2h over Lucie,I feel Lucie isnt back to her best after her illness.

 

[Billie]

Wozniacki beat Vekic easily. Cibulkova is making this harder than necessary. She was up a break in set 2 and they are now in a tiebreaker.

 

[Vince Evert]

She's not defending it easily!

Angelique's been nervy in her two opening matches. Can she step it up in the next round ?

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Mirjana Lucic-Baroni has caused a upset defeating No 3 seed Aga Radwanska 63 62.....somewhere Karolina Pliskova is smiling,though she has been brutal in her first 2Rds of this tournament,back to watching Serena v Lucie

 

[britbox]

Results from the Australian Open Women's Singles Round 2 matches on Thursday

2-Serena Williams (U.S.) beat Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) 6-3 6-4
Maria Sakkari (Greece) beat 28-Alize Cornet (France) 7-5 4-6 6-1
22-Daria Gavrilova (Australia) beat Ana Konjuh (Croatia) 6-2 1-6 6-4
12-Timea Bacsinszky (Switzerland) beat Danka Kovinic (Montenegro) 6-1 7-6(5)
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (Croatia) beat 3-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 6-3 6-2
Nicole Gibbs (U.S.) beat Irina Falconi (U.S.) 6-4 6-1
Jennifer Brady (U.S.) beat Heather Watson (Britain) 2-6 7-6(3) 10-8
16-Barbora Strycova (Czech Republic) beat Andrea Petkovic (Germany) 6-0 7-5
14-Elena Vesnina (Russia) beat Mandy Minella (Luxembourg) 6-3 6-3
6-Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) beat Hsieh Su-Wei (Taiwan) 6-4 7-6(8)
17-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) beat Donna Vekic (Croatia) 6-1 6-3
21-Caroline Garcia (France) beat Oceane Dodin (France) 6-7(3) 6-4 6-4
Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) beat 31-Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan) 6-3 6-1
9-Johanna Konta (Britain) beat Naomi Osaka (Japan) 6-4 6-2
30-Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) beat Sara Errani (Italy) 6-2 3-2 (Errani retired)
5-Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) beat Anna Blinkova (Russia) 6-0 6-2

 

[britbox]

2-Serena Williams (U.S.) beat Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) 6-3 6-4

 

[britbox]

17-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) beat Donna Vekic (Croatia) 6-1 6-3