The first day of the 2016 Australian Open is in the book, and most of the top seeds have advanced without issue. No. 1 seeds Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams made it through their first-round opponents in straight sets, though Williams did face some resistance from Italy’s Camila Giorgi. Williams won her match, 6-4, 7-5, while Djokovic beat Hyeon Chung, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.
2016 Australian Open results and bracket: Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams advance to 2nd round
Most of the top seeds on the first day of the Australian Open made it into the second round, including Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams.
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Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova, the two biggest names outside of the top seeds, also made it through to the second round unscathed. The stage is set for yet another match between Djokovic and Federer as they were drawn in the first half of this year’s tournament.
Other top men and women who found themselves winning on Day 1 include Maria Sharapova, Petra Kvitova, Tomas Berdych and Agnieszka Radwanska. There were multiple upsets on the first day, though, most in the women’s side of the bracket. No. 16 Caroline Wozniacki, a former world No. 1, dominated the first set against Yulia Putintseva, but dropped the next two, losing 1-6, 7-6(3), 6-4. American Sloane Stephens fell to wild card Wang Qiang, and Samantha Stosur fell to another qualifier in Kristyna Pliskova.
On the men’s side, No. 17 seed Benoit Paire lost his match against American Noah Rubin, the world No. 328 player coming into the tournament. Australian Nick Kyrgios won his match, as well. Below, you can find the results from pertinent seeded matches, with a full list of results here.
Men’s Singles
No. 1 Novak Djokovic def. Hyeon Chung, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
No. 3 Roger Federer def. Nikoloz Basilashvili, 6-2, 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 Tomas Berdych def. Yuki Bhambri, 7-5 6-1, 6-2
No. 7 Kei Nishikori def. Philipp Kohlschreiber, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
No. 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga def. Marcos Baghdatis, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
No. 12 Marin Cilic def. Thiemo de Bakker, 6-7(4-7), 7-5, 6-2, 6-4
No. 14 Gilles Simon def. Vasek Pospisil, 6-7(4-7), 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
No. 15 David Goffin def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Noah Rubin def. No. 17 Benoit Paire, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5)
No. 19 Dominic Thiem def. Leonardo Mayer, 6-2, 7-6(8-6), 4-6, 7-6(7-0)
Federico Delbonis def. No. 22 Ivo Karlovic, 7-6(7-4), 6-4, 2-1, retired
No. 24 Roberto Bautista Agut def. Martin Klizan, 6-2, 6-3, 4-6, 2-6, 6-2
No. 26. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez def. Paul-Henri Mathieu, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
No. 27 Grigor Dimitrov def. Paolo Lorenzi, 6-3, 7-6 (8), 6-3
No. 28 Andreas Seppi def. Teymuraz Gabashvili, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (10)
No. 29 Nick Kyrgios def. Pablo Carreno Busta, 6-2, 7-5, 6-2
Women’s Singles
No. 1 Serena Williams def. Camila Giorgi, 6-4, 7-5 (recap)
No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska def. Christina McHale, 6-2, 6-3
No. 5 Maria Sharapova def. Nao Hibino, 6-1, 6-3
No. 6 Petra Kvitova def. Luksika Kumkhum, 6-3, 6-1
No. 10 Carla Suarez Navarro def. Viktorija Golubic, 7-5, 6-4
No. 12 Belinda Bencic def. Alison Riske, 6-4, 6-3
No. 13 Roberta Vinci def. Tamira Paszek, 6-4, 6-2
Yulia Putintseva def. No. 16 Caroline Wozniacki, 1-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4
Margarita Gasparyan def. No. 17 Sara Errani, 1-6, 7-5, 6-1
Elizaveta Kulichkova def. No. 22 Andrea Petkovic, 7-5, 6-4
No. 23 Svetlana Kuznetsova def. Daniela Hantuchova, 6-0, 6-2
Qiang Wang def. No. 24 Sloane Stephens, 6-3, 6-3
Kristyna Pliskova def. No. 25 Samantha Stosur, 6-4, 7-6 (6)
Lauren Davis def. No. 26 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
Daria Kasatkina def. No. 27 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, 6-3, 6-3
No. 28 Kristina Mladenovic def. Dominika Cibulkova, 6-3, 6-4
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