Australian Open 2015 Results: Winners, Scores, Stats from Day 2 Singles Bracket
The 2015 Australian Open began with more than its fair share of upsets on opening day. Those who waited until Day 2 to get going apparently took notice.
With a few small exceptions, the high-seeded notables were able to cruise to victory Tuesday and sidestep their opposition without much of a problem. The top seed on both the men's and women's side took care of business, and those eyeing late-round shots at the No. 1 seeds followed suit.
But although it was a far stretch from a Day 1 that included two top-10 upsets on the women's side, not all of the favorites were safe as the opening round drew to a close Tuesday evening.
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Take a look below to check out all of the Day 2 results, as well as a closer glance into the most notable matches of the day.
| No. 1 Novak Djokovic def. Aljaz Bedene | 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 |
| No. 4 Stan Wawrinka def. Marsel Ilhan | 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 |
| No. 5 Kei Nishikori def. Nicolas Almagro | 6-4, 7-6(1), 6-2 |
| No. 8 Milos Raonic def. Illya Marchenko | 7-6(3), 7-6(3), 6-3 |
| No. 9 David Ferrer def. Thomaz Bellucci | 6-7(2), 6-2, 6-0, 6-3 |
| No. 12 Feliciano Lopez def. Denis Kudla | 3-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 10-8 |
| No. 13 Roberto Bautista Agut def. Dominic Thiem | 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-6(5) |
| Alejandro Gonzalez def. No. 16 Fabio Fognini | 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 |
| No. 17 Gael Monfils def. Lucas Pouille | 6-7(3), 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4 |
| No. 19 John Isner def. Jimmy Wang | 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-4 |
| No. 1 Serena Williams def. Alison Van Uytvanck | 6-0, 6-4 |
| No. 4 Petra Kvitova def. Richel Hogenkamp | 6-1, 6-4 |
| No. 8 Caroline Wozniacki def. Taylor Townsend | 7-6(1), 6-2 |
| No. 6 Agnieszka Radwanska def. Kurumi Nara | 6-3, 6-0 |
| No. 11 Dominika Cibulkova def. Kirsten Flipkens | 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 |
| Madison Brengle def. No. 13 Andrea Petkovic | 5-7, 7-6(4), 6-3 |
| Timea Bacsinszky def. No. 15 Jelena Jankovic | 6-1, 6-4 |
| No. 18 Venus Williams def. Maria Torro-Flor | 6-2, 6-2 |
| Victoria Azarenka def. Sloane Stephens | 6-3, 6-2 |
Note: Complete results are available at AusOpen.com.
Notable Day 2 Matches
No. 1 Serena Williams def. Alison Van Uytvanck, 6-0, 6-4
Top-seeded women's star Serena Williams began her quest for Grand Slam No. 19 in style with a well-earned straight-set win over Alison Van Uytvanck that was far from handed to her.
Within the first few minutes, it appeared as if Williams could have her opening-round matchup done inside of 45 minutes. She constantly stayed ahead of points, winning the first set a commanding 6-0 and looking to blow Van Uytvanck out of the water.
But with Van Uytvanck settling in on the big stage and a few rare unforced errors by Williams, the underdog made her surge in the second set.
Van Uytvanck and Williams traded games back and forth up to a 4-4 tie, and Serena even faced a 0-30 hole in the following game before closing it out with a handful of forehand winners and fist-pumps.
Williams said after the match, per WTATennis.com:
"I felt okay. As always, I had the jitters going out in the first match of a Grand Slam. It's never super easy to be the one that everyone wants to beat. So I always have to be a little bit above. But yeah, I felt okay. I definitely think I can improve a tremendous amount though.
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Williams struggled at times when Van Uytvanck got ahead in games, but she otherwise dominated with 21 winners and 11 aces, while Van Uytvanck finished with just eight and two, respectively. When the Belgian missed her first serve, she only won the following point 32 percent of the time.
The American heads into her second-round matchup set to face Vera Zvonareva, the former world No. 2 who has three wins in 10 tries against Williams.
No. 1 Novak Djokovic def. Aljaz Bedene, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
Few players are more of a lock in the opening round of Slams than Novak Djokovic, and he showed why with his opening round of play Tuesday.
The top-seeded Serbian dismantled the overmatched Aljaz Bedene, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. It was yet another dominating display for Djokovic as he looks to get back on top of an Australian Open tournament that was his and only his from 2011 up until last year's quarterfinal defeat.
Djokovic absolutely dominated his first serves, winning 84 percent of them and using it to set the tone for the rest of his game. He also took advantage when his opponent faulted, forcing Bedene into winning just 49 percent of his second-serve points.
The opening few games gave him a bit of a scare when he started at 3-3, but Djokovic had no trouble rallying to close out the opening set and continue an incredible streak, as Chris Skelton of Tennis View Magazine uncovered:
His control over the serve started to take over in the second set, winning all but one of his points on serve and using it to take a stranglehold over the match. Rob Koenig of ATP World Tour noted the following:
Bedene actually held the advantage in terms of aces, grabbing 12 to Djokovic's eight. But like he's known to do, the Serbian used his unmatchable skill set and powerful forehand to will his way to victory.
The only part of the end result in question as the match wound down in the third and final set was whether Bedene—who received treatment during the final frame—would be able to finish the match.
Alejandro Gonzalez def. No. 16 Fabio Fognini, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
A rough handful of months for Fabio Fognini just got exponentially rougher.
The 16th-seeded Italian suffered an early exit from the Australian Open Tuesday, falling to Alejandro Gonzalez in four sets of an uninspiring performance for the seeded favorite. The tournament's Twitter noted his loss added to the tally of top-20 seeds to fall:
He came in reeling to say the least, having gone a putrid 1-8 since the U.S. Open, but started in style by winning the first set. After that, everything began to unravel.
Fognini committed 77 unforced errors—unheard of in any match that doesn't go five long (and I mean long) sets—while Gonzalez committed just 37. The Italian also double-faulted 10 times, and he won just 43 percent of his second serves, helping Gonzalez to win the final three sets in resounding fashion.
The stats tell the entire story—Fognini absolutely botched this one. Although Gonzalez's energy and placement kept Fognini aggravated, Erik Gudris of ATN-Tennis.com noted the victor can thank Fognini for continuing to play far from his best:
As recently as March 2014, Fognini was the 13th-ranked player in the world. But deep runs in Slam events have eluded him, having only made it to the quarters at Wimbledon.
After yet another early flameout to amplify the incredible struggles he finished his 2014 campaign with, the pressure is on Fognini to rebound before the year's final three Slam events if he wants to rekindle his career.
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