Australian Open results and bracket 2017: Novak Djokovic upset in 2nd round

A pair of massive upsets rocked the Australian Open’s second round in the early hours of Thursday when men’s second seed Novak Djokovic was bounced in three sets by unseeded Denis Istomin and women’s third seed Agnieszka Radwanska fell to unseeded Mirjana Lucic-Baroni in straight sets.

Istomin came into the Australian Open as the No. 117-ranked player in the world. Djokovic came into the tournament having won it six times and came out on the losing end of a grueling five-set, four-hour-and-48-minute match. Istomin’s winning score was 7-6(8), 5-7, 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-4.

It’s only the second time in the past seven years that Djokovic has lost to a player ranked outside the top 100, the last being a defeat at the hands of the red-hot Juan Martin del Potro — ranked 145th in the world — at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Men’s top seed Andy Murray was already the favorite to win the tournament as Djokovic entered Melbourne with a lot to prove. Now Murray will be even more heavily favored.

Radwanska was eyeing the No. 2 ranking in the world, that which belongs to Serena Williams, who lost her top spot to Angelique Kerber in 2016. But Lucic-Baroni made short work of her, dropping her in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2.

Williams, on the other hand, did the same to her second-round opponent in Lucie Safarova, besting her in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4, to advance. Williams is still one of the favorites to win it all.

On the men’s side, there were no other significant upsets. Third seed Milos Raonic took down Gilles Muller in straight sets, while sixth seed Gael Monfils needed four sets to best Alexandr Dolgopolov and eighth seed Dominic Thiem needed four of his own to best Jordan Thompson.

On the women’s side, the other top-10-seeded players, fifth seed seed Karolina Pliskova, sixth seed Dominika Cibulkova, and ninth seed Johanna Konta, all took down their second-round opponents in straight sets on Thursday, besting Anna Blinkova, Su-Wei Hsieh, and Naomi Osaka, respectively.

Below is a full list of singles results from play on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning at the Australian Open.

Men’s Singles

Denis Istomin def. No. 2 Novak Djokovic, 7-6(8), 5-7, 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-4
No. 3 Milos Raonic def. Gilles Muller, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(4)
No. 6 Gael Monfils def. Alexandr Dolgopolov, 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 6-0
No. 8 Dominic Thiem def. Jordan Thompson, 6-2, 6-1, 6-7(6), 6-4
No. 9 Rafael Nadal vs. Marcos Baghdatis
No. 11 David Goffin def. Radek Stepanek, 6-4, 6-0, 6-3
No. 13 Roberto Bautista Agut def. Yoshihito Nishioka, 6-2, 6-3, 6-3
No. 15 Grigor Dimitrov def. Hyeon Chung, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
No. 18 Richard Gasquet def. Carlos Berlocq, 6-1, 6-1, 6-1
No. 20 Ivo Karlovic def. Andrew Whittington, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
No. 21 David Ferrer def. Ernesto Escobedo, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
No. 24 Alexander Zverev def. Frances Tiafoe, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
No. 25 Gilles Simon def. Rogerio Dutra Silva, 6-4, 6-1, 6-1
No. 30 Pablo Carreno Busta def. Kyle Edmund, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
No. 32 Philipp Kohlschreiber def. Donald Young, 7-5, 6-3, 6-0

Women’s Singles

No. 2 Serena Williams def. Lucie Safarova, 6-3, 6-4
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni def. No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-3, 6-2
No. 5 Karolina Pliskova def. Anna Blinkova, 6-0, 6-2
No. 6 Dominika Cibulkova def. Su-Wei Hsieh, 6-4, 7-6(8)
No. 9 Johanna Konta def. Naomi Osaka, 6-4, 6-2
No. 12 Timea Bacsinszky def. Danka Kovinic, 6-1, 7-6(5)
No. 14 Elena Vesnina def. Mandy Minella, 6-3, 6-3
No. 16 Barbora Strycova def. Andrea Petkovic, 6-0, 7-5
No. 17 Caroline Wozniacki def. Donna Vekic, 6-1, 6-3
No. 21 Caroline Garcia def. Oceane Dodin, 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-4
No. 22 Daria Gavrilova def. Ana Konjuh, 6-2, 1-6, 6-4
Maria Sakkari def. No. 28 Alize Cornet, 7-5, 4-6, 6-1
No. 30 Ekaterina Makarova def. Sara Errani, 6-2, 3-2 (ret.)
Jelena Ostapenko def. No. 31 Yulia Putinstseva, 6-3, 6-1