Australian Open 2018 results and bracket: Roger Federer, Simona Halep advance

Roger Federer and Simona Halep easily advanced to the second round of the 2018 Australian Open. Federer, the second seed and the winner of last year’s event, made it through his opener against Aljaz Bedene, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3. He was dominant in the straight-set victory and remains one of the favorites to win again.

He does have a tough draw — a lot tougher than Rafael Nadal, the top seed. But Federer also beat Nadal in 2017, so this tournament is just heating up.

Halep, the top seed for the women, made it through qualifier Destanee Aiava in straight sets, 7-6(5), 6-1. She has yet to win a Grand Slam, and many are doubting her this year. But she looked great in her opener, so she’s on to the second round.

Another top seed on the men’s side, Alexander Zverev, made short work of Thomas Fabbiano, his opening opponent. He won in straight sets, 6-1, 7-6(5), 7-5. David Goffin and Stan Wawrinka, the seventh- and ninth-seeded men, both needed four sets but made it through Matthias Bachinger and Ricardas Berankis, respectively.

Women’s third seed Garbine Muguruza easily made it past Jessika Ponchet, 6-4, 6-3, and is into the second round. Other top-seeded women Karolina Pliskova, Caroline Garcia and Johanna Konta bested Veronica Cepede Royg, Carina Witthoeft and Madison Brengle.

Below are the results from Monday at the Australian Open.

No. 2 Roger Federer def. Aljaz Bedene, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
No. 4 Alexander Zverev def. Thomas Fabbiano, 6-1, 7-6(5), 7-5
No. 7 David Goffin def. Matthias Bachinger, 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
No. 9 Stan Wawrinka def. Ricardas Berankis, 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(2)
No. 13 Sam Querrey def. Feliciano Lopez, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
No. 14 Novak Djokovic def. Donald Young, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
Fernando Verdasco def. No. 20 Roberto Bautista Agut, 6-1, 7-5, 7-5
No. 21 Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Jared Donaldson, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
Lukas Lacko def. No. 22 Milos Raonic, 6-7(5), 7-5, 6-4, 7-6(4)
No. 26 Adrian Mannarino def. Matteo Berrettini, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
No. 29 Richard Gasquet def. Blaz Kavcic, 6-1, 6-4, 7-5

No. 1 Simona Halep def. Destanee Aiava, 7-6(5), 6-1
No. 3 Garbine Muguruza def. Jessika Ponchet, 6-4, 6-3
No. 6 Karolina Pliskova def. Veronica Cepede Royg, 6-3, 6-4
No. 8 Caroline Garcia def. Carina Witthoeft, 7-5, 6-3
No. 9 Johanna Konta def. Madison Brengle, 6-3, 6-1
No. 14 Anastasija Sevastova def. Varvara Lepchenko, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
No. 16 Elena Vesnina def. Ons Jabeur, 6-3, 6-4
No. 17 Madison Keys def. Qiang Wang, 6-1, 7-5
No. 20 Barbora Strycova def. Kristie Ahn, 6-1, 7-5
No. 21 Angelique Kerber def. Anna Lena Friedsam, 6-0, 6-4
Andrea Petkovic def. No. 27 Petra Kvitova, 6-3, 4-6, 10-8
No. 28 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni def. Shelby Rogers, 7-6(6), 5-7, 6-2
No. 29 Lucie Safarova def. Ajla Tomljanovic, 7-5, 6-3
Maria Sharapova def. Tatjana Maria, 6-1, 6-4