2017 Australian Open results and bracket: Andy Murray cruises, Angelique Kerber avoids upset as Simona Halep exits

The first day of the Australian Open has come and (mostly) gone and the top seeds from both brackets, Andy Murray and Angelique Kerber, are still intact. Murray downed Illya Marchenko in straight sets, 7-5, 7-6(5), 6-2 in his opener while Kerber was pushed to three sets against Lesia Tsurenko, ultimately winning, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2.

There was one major upset on the day, as Shelby Rogers dominated Simona Halep, the tournament’s fourth seed in the women’s singles bracket. Halep seemed poised to do some real damage this year but Rogers, an unseeded opponent, made short work of her in the 6-3, 6-1 victory.

Other seeded women who fell include No. 15 Roberta Vinci, who lost to Coco Vandeweghe and No. 19 Kiki Bertens, who lost to Varvara Lepchenko. On the men’s side, the only top-20 player to fall was Lucas Pouille, the No. 16 seed, who lost to Alexander Bublik, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

But some of the top-seeded men did struggle. Fourth seed Stan Wawrinka was almost on the losing end of an upset himself, being pushed to five sets before besting Martin Klizan, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4. Fifth seed Kei Nishikori and seventh seed Marin Cilic both needed five sets to get past Andrey Kuznetsov and Jerzy Janowicz, their respective unseeded opponents.

Roger Federer, the 17th seed, went on to best Jurgen Melzer in the fourth set. Below are the full results for Sunday night and Monday morning’s matches that involved seeded competition.

Men’s Singles

No. 1 Andy Murray def. Illya Marchenko, 7-5, 7-6(5), 6-2
No. 4 Stan Wawrinka def. Martin Klizan, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4
No. 5 Kei Nishikori def. Andrey Kuznetsov, 5-7, 6-1, 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-2
No. 7 Marin Cilic def. Jerzy Janowicz, 4-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
No. 10 Tomas Berdych def. Luca Vanni, 6-1 (ret.)
No. 12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga def. Thiago Monteiro, 6-1, 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-2
No. 14 Nick Kyrgios def. Gastao Elias, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
Alexander Bublik def. No. 16 Lucas Pouille, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
No. 17 Roger Federer def. Jurgen Melzer, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
No. 19 John Isner def. Konstantin Kravchuk, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-1
Diego Schwartzman def No. 22 Pablo Cuevas, 6-3, 6-3, 6-0
No. 23 Jack Sock def. Pierre-Hugues Herbert, 6-4, 7-6(4), 6-3
Lukas Lacko def. No. 26 Albert Ramos-Vinolas, 4-6, 7-5, 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
No. 27 Bernard Tomic def. Thomaz Bellucci, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4
No. 29 Viktor Troicki def. Damir Dzumhur, 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 2-6, 6-3
No. 31 Sam Querrey def. Quentin Halys, 6-7(10), 7-6(4), 6-3, 6-4

Women’s Singles

No. 1 Angelique Kerber def. Lesia Tsurenko, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2
Shelby Rogers def. No. 4 Simona Halep, 6-3, 6-2
No. 7 Garbine Muguruza def. Marina Erakovic, 7-5, 6-4
No. 8 Svetlana Kuznetsova def. Mariana Duque-Marino, 6-0, 6-1
No. 10 Carla Suarez Navarro def. Jana Cepelova, 6-2, 6-2
No. 11 Elina Svitolina def. Galina Voskoboeva, 6-0, 6-2
No. 13 Venus Williams def. Kateryna Kozlova, 7-6(5), 7-5
Coco Vandeweghe def. No. 15 Roberta Vinci, 6-1, 7-6(3)
Varvara Lepchenko def. No 19 Kiki Bertens, 7-5, 7-6(5)
No. 20 Shuai Zhang def. Aliaksandra Sasnovich, 6-0, 6-3
Shuai Peng def. No. 23 Daria Kasatkina, 6-0, 7-6(5)
No. 24 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova def. Evgeniya Rodina, 6-1, 7-6(2)
Jelena Jankovic def. No. 26 Laura Siegemund, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4
No. 27 Irina-Camelia Begu def. Yaroslava Shvedova, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
No. 29 Monica Puig def. Patricia Maria Tig, 6-0, 6-1
No. 32 Anastasija Sevastova def. Nao Hibino, 6-4 (ret.)