Australian Open results and bracket 2017: Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams advance to 2nd round

Novak Djokovic had a much easier time against Fernando Verdasco at the Australian Open than he had about a week before the tournament started. Djokovic had to fight off multiple match points against Verdasco previously, but in his opener in Melbourne, he made short work of the Spaniard, winning in straight sets, 6-1, 7-6(4), 6-2.

Djokovic is now in to the second round, where thus far everyone of significance in the men’s bracket has made it. Also winning their matches on Monday evening and Tuesday morning were third seed Milos Raonic, sixth seed Gael Monfils, eighth seed Dominic Thiem, and ninth seed Rafael Nadal.

On the women’s side, the top seeds also fared well. Second seed Serena Williams made short work of Belinda Bencic in her opener, winning in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3. Fifth seed Karolina Pliskova bested Sara Sorribes Tormo, 6-2, 6-0, sixth seed Dominika Cibulkova bested Denisa Allertova, 7-5, 6-2, and ninth seed Johanna Konta took down Kirsten Flipkens, 7-5, 6-2.

The only seeded man to fall on the day was No. 28 Feliciano Lopez, who was eliminated by Fabio Fognini in straight sets. Women’s No. 18 seed Samantha Stosur was the top to drop in that bracket, falling to Heather Watson in three sets.

Nadal needed just three sets to best Florian Mayer, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. Nadal spent much of 2016 dealing with injuries and it’s the biggest question mark for the rest of his career at this point. He seems healthy now, at the start of the Australian Open, but will that remain true throughout the tournament?

Raonic made it through tough opener Dustin Brown with minimal damage, besting the hard-server in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.

Below are full results from singles matches involving seeded competition from the second day of the Australian Open.

No. 2 Novak Djokovic def. Fernando Verdasco, 6-1, 7-6(4), 6-2
No. 3 Milos Raonic def. Dustin Brown, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
No. 6 Gael Monfils def. Jiri Vesely, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
No. 8 Dominic Thiem def. Jan-Lennard Struff, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
No. 9 Rafael Nadal def. Florian Mayer, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
No. 11 David Goffin def. Reilly Opelka, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
No. 13 Roberto Bautista Agut def. Guido Pella, 6-3, 6-1, 6-1
No. 15 Grigor Dimitrov def. Christopher O’Connell, 7-6(2), 6-3, 6-3
No. 18 Richard Gasquet def. Blake Mott, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
No. 21 David Ferrer def. Omar Jasika, 6-3, 6-0, 6-2
No. 24 Alexander Zverev def. Robin Haase, 6-2, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2
No. 25 Gilles Simon def. Michael Mmoh, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3
Fabio Fognini def. No. 28 Feliciano Lopez, 7-5, 6-3, 7-5
No. 30 Pablo Carreno Busta def. Pete Polansky, 6-0, 3-6, 3-6, 6-2, 3-0 (ret.)
No. 32 Philipp Kohlschreiber def. Nikoloz Basilashvili, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(2), 6-4

No. 2 Serena Williams def. Belinda Bencic, 6-4, 6-3
No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska vs. Tsvetana Pironkova
No. 5 Karolina Pliskova def. Sara Sorribes Tormo, 6-2, 6-0
No. 6 Dominika Cibulkova def. Denisa Allertova, 7-5, 6-2
No. 9 Johanna Konta def. Kirsten Flipkens, 7-5, 6-2
No. 12 Timea Bacsinszky def. Camila Giorgi, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
No. 14 Elena Vesnina def. Ana Bogdan, 7-5, 6-2
No. 16 Barbora Strycova def. Elizaveta Kulichkova, 6-3, 6-2
No. 17 Caroline Wozniacki def. Arina Rodionova, 6-1, 6-2
Heather Watson def. No. 18 Samantha Stosur, 6-3, 3-6, 6-0
No. 21 Caroline Garcia def. Kateryna Bondarenko, 7-6(4), 6-4
No. 22 Daria Gavrilova vs. Naomi Broady
No. 24 Elena Vesnina def. Ana Bogdan, 7-5, 6-2
Nicole Gibbs def. No. 25 Timea Babos, 7-6(3), 6-4
No. 28 Alize Cornet def. Myrtille Georges, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
No. 30 Ekaterina Makarova def. Ekaterina Alexandrova, 6-0, 4-6, 6-1
No. 31 Yulia Putintseva def. Lara Arruabarrena, 7-6(7), 7-6(10)