Miami Open Tennis 2015 Results: Scores, Bracket and Schedule After Wednesday

There are plenty of marquee names at the 2015 Miami Open, including Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova and Caroline Wozniacki. The thing is, none of them took the court Wednesday during first-round action.

While fans waiting for some of the star power in the tournament had to demonstrate some patience thanks to first-round byes, there was plenty of thrilling tennis action in the Miami sun throughout a busy day of competition Wednesday. 

Here is a look at the scores and more from the first round of the tournament.

Scores and Schedule Information

Bracket	Winner	Loser	Result
Men's Singles	Carlos Berlocq	Thanasi Kokkinakis	6-4, 3-6, 6-2
Men's Singles	Jack Sock	Go Soeda	6-3, 6-4
Men's Singles	Sam Querrey	Victor Estrella Burgos	6-4, 6-3
Men's Singles	Robin Haase	Kyle Edmund	6-2, 6-2
Men's Singles	Hyeon Chung	Marcel Granollers	6-0, 4-6, 6-4
Men's Singles	Filip Krajinovic	Dusan Lajovic	2-6, 7-6, 4-2 (retirement)
Men's Singles	Juan Monaco	Ruben Bemelmans	7-6, 6-7, 6-4
Men's Singles	James Duckworth	Damir Dzumhur	6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Men's Singles	Nicolas Almagro	Sergiy Stakhovsky	6-3, 6-7, 6-4
Men's Singles	Jan-Lennard Struff	Benjamin Becker	3-6, 7-6, 6-4
Men's Singles	Tim Smyczek	Adrian Menendez-MacEiras	4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Men's Singles	Austin Krajicek	Denis Istomin	6-4, 6-4
Men's Singles	Donald Young	Yen-Hsun Lu	5-1 (retirement)
Men's Singles	Jarkko Nieminen	Marinko Matosevic	6-3, 6-3
Men's Singles	Dominic Thiem	Diego Schwartzman	7-6, 7-5
Men's Singles	Albert Ramos-Vinolas	Joao Sousa	6-2, 6-2
Women's Singles	Alison Riske	Mirjana Lucic-Baroni	6-4, 6-0
Women's Singles	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Vera Zvonareva	6-2, 3-6, 7-5
Women's Singles	Julia Goerges	Jana Cepelova	6-1, 6-0
Women's Singles	Nicole Vaidisova	Timea Babos	6-1, 7-6
Women's Singles	Victoria Azarenka	Silvia Soler-Espinosa	6-1, 6-3
Women's Singles	Belinda Bencic	Daniela Hantuchova	6-1, 7-6
Women's Singles	Elena Vesnina	Alexandra Dulgheru	6-4, 6-2
Women's Singles	Urszula Radwanska	CoCo Vandeweghe	6-4, 6-7, 6-3
Women's Singles	Christina McHale	Sorana Cirstea	7-5, 6-4
Women's Singles	Daria Gavrilova	Marina Erakovic	5-1 (retirement)
Women's Singles	Annika Beck	Shuai Zhang	6-4, 4-6, 6-4
Women's Singles	Pauline Parmentier	Kiki Bertens	4-6, 6-2, 6-3
Women's Singles	Stefanie Voegele	Kirsten Flipkens	6-2, 6-2
Women's Singles	Tatjana Maria	Roberta Vinci	7-6, 6-3
Women's Singles	Tsvetana Pironkova	Kateryna Kozlova	6-4, 6-3
Women's Singles	Alison Van Uytvanck	Magdalena Rybarikova	7-5, 2-6, 6-0
Women's Singles	Irina Falconi	Monica Puig	7-6, 7-6
Women's Singles	Sesil Karatantcheva	Lauren Davis	6-3, 7-6
Women's Singles	Heather Watson	Evgeniya Rodina	3-6, 6-1, 7-5
Women's Singles	Sloane Stephens	Yanina Wickmayer	6-1, 6-3

An updated bracket can be found here, courtesy of the event’s official website. A full schedule for both the men’s and women’s singles can be found here, also courtesy of the event’s official website.

Wednesday’s Marquee Results

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While the superstar names were not on the court Wednesday, there were a number of notable players who had their first-round matches.

Among them was Sam Querrey, who beat Victor Estrella Burgos, 6-4, 6-3, for his fourth win of the season.

Querrey was ranked as high as No. 17 during his career, but he is struggling to gain his footing in 2015. He reached the semifinals in Memphis but failed to win a single match in any other tournament thus far this year for a 3-6 record before Miami.

Tennis fans have seen how impressive Querrey can be when he is playing at his best. Perhaps a fairly straightforward victory in his first match of the Miami Open will help him regain form moving deeper into the bracket. If nothing else, it had to feel good to pick up a victory in a tournament outside of Memphis.

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That is not to suggest that he is suddenly going to start challenging Djokovic or Roger Federer, but he is capable of being one of the better players on the tour. A few victories in Miami may be all he needs to set him back on the right course.

Elsewhere, Juan Monaco emerged victorious over Ruben Bemelmans in a thrilling three-set match, 7-5, 6-7, 6-4. In all, it took two hours and 35 minutes to play what was arguably the most physically grueling match of the day.

Monaco only had one ace, but he controlled the majority of his service games and won 76 percent of his first-service points. He also picked up a critical six break points that ultimately made a major difference in the outcome of such a back-and-forth match that came down to the decisive third set.

The Argentina native has expressed his love of playing in Miami before, per Jose Romero of The Sporting Nation: “It can be because there are many Latin peoples. Argentines, Brazilians, Chileans. You can feel like you are home playing in South America.”

On the women’s side, Sesil Karatantcheva knocked off Lauren Davis in straight sets, 6-3, 7-6.

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The youngster Davis is only 21 years old and challenged Jelena Jankovic in Indian Wells in a thrilling three-set match in her last tournament, but she couldn’t carry over that momentum into her first match in Miami against Karatantcheva.

Tennis journalist Chris Goldsmith noted that it wasn’t the best day for Americans in Miami, including Davis:

Davis’ struggles ultimately boiled down to her inability to take advantage of her service opportunities. She only won 57 percent of her first-service points and 50 percent of her second-service points on the day, which was far less than she needed to if she wanted to pick up the victory.

It wasn't a bad day for all young Americans, though, considering Sloane Stephens easily handled Yanina Wickmayer in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3. She tallied three aces and was excellent on her second-service points, winning 81 percent of them. 

If Stephens can control future matches with such impressive precision on her second serves, she should be able to advance deep in the tournament.