Victoria Azarenka of Belarus smacked 24 winners whereas producing a 6-3, 6-2 victory over fourth-seeded Paula Badosa of Spain on Tuesday in the Adelaide International 1 in Australia.
It was the primary match for former world No. 1 Azarenka since she misplaced a marathon three-setter to Bodosa in the Indian Wells closing in mid-October. Badosa had 20 winners however was damage by 4 double faults.
In one other first-round match, Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic was a 6-3, 6-0 winner over Despina Papamichail of Greece.
Melbourne Summer Set 1
Vera Zvonareva of Russia knocked off ninth-seeded American Alison Riske 7-5, 6-3 to advance to the second spherical in Melbourne.
Germany’s Andrea Petkovic additionally pulled off an upset with a 6-3, 7-6 (3) victory over fifth-seeded Liudmilla Samsonova of Russia. Croatia’s Ana Konjuh additionally beat a seeded participant, profitable 6-4, 6-4 over seventh-seeded Tereza Martincova of the Czech Republic.
Among different matches, No. 6 Viktorija Golubic notched a 7-5, 6-1 victory over American Lauren Davis.
Melbourne Summer Set 2
Fifth-seeded Sorana Cirstea of Romania wanted simply 49 minutes to complete off a 6-0, 6-0 rout of Russia’s Varavara Gracheva to advance to the second spherical in Melbourne.
Cirstea misplaced simply 19 factors in the steamrolling of Gracheva. She received 70.8 % of her first-serve factors whereas Gracheva prevailed on simply 18.8 % of hers.
Fourth-seeded Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain superior with a 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 victory over Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia. Sixth-seeded Clara Tauson of Denmark posted a 7-5, 6-3 win over Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine, and seventh-seeded American Ann Li rolled to a 6-2, 6-0 overcome Mayar Sherif of Egypt.
–Field Level Media
