DAY 5 -- AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015
The third
round or the Round of 32 brought with it its share of heartbreaks and upcoming
stars. The most upsetting moment came when Federer lost his match to Andreas
Seppi. All the three Indian players playing in the fray lost their matches,
though Sania Mirza resurrected some pride by winning her mixed doubles match.
Men’s Singles
Federer (2) was the biggest
upset. Nadal on the other hand, despite his injury, played some mind boggling
tennis to defeat Dudi Sela in straight sets. Richard Gasquet (24) lost his
match to Anderson (14).
The prominent matches of the day
were:
Nadal (3) defeated Sela (6-1;
6-0; 7-5)
Kyrgios defeated Jaziri (6-3;
7-6; 6-1)
Anderson (14) defeated Gasquet (24)
(6-4; 7-6; 7-6)
Murray (6) defeated Sousa (6-1;
6-1; 7-5)
Seppi defeated Federer (2) (6-4; 7-6;
4-6; 7-6)
Berdych (7) defeated Troicki (6-4;
6-3; 6-4)
Dimitrov (10) defeated Baghdatis
(4-6; 6-3; 3-6; 6-3; 6-3)
Women’s Singles
Despite raging sexism controversies,
the female players displayed some stunning performances. Sara Errani lost her
match to Wickmayer though. Other seeded players to be shown the door is
Pliskova (22) and Diyas (31). They was defeated by the 10th seeded
Makarova and second seeded Sharapova.
Prominent matches of the day:
Sharapova (2) defeated Diyas (31)
(6-1; 6-1)
Halep (3) defeated Batthek Sands
(6-4; 7-5)
Bouchard (7) defeated Garcia (7-5;
6-0)
Goerges defeated Hradecka (7-6;
7-5)
Makarova (10) defeated Pliskova (22)
(6-4; 6-4)
Shui Peng (21) defeated Shvedova
(7-6; 6-3)
Wickmayer defeated Errani (14) (4-6;
6-4; 6-3)
Men’s Doubles
The Indian seeded pairs of
Bopanna/Nestor and Paes/Klassen were shown the door today.
The top matches of the day:
Lopez/Mirnyi defeated
Bopanna/Nestor (7) (7-5; 6-3)
Rojer/Tecau (6) defeated
Guccione/Hewitt (6-4; 6-2)
Qureshi/Zimonjic (8) defeated
Carreno/Garcia-Lopez (7-6; 6-4)
Bolelli/Fognini defeated
Paes/Klassen (10) (2-6; 6-4; 6-1)
Inglot/Mergea (14) defeated
Schwartzman/Zebllos (7-6; 4-6; 6-2)
Women’s Doubles
The second seeded Indian player Sania
Mirza partnering Su-Wei Hseih lost their second round match.
The top matches today were:
Hingis/ Pennetta (4) defeated
Hantuchova/Knapp (6-3; 6-7; 6-2)
Kops-Jones/Spears (5) defeated
Diatchenko/Niculescu (6-1; 3-6; 7-6)
Dabrowski/Rosolska defeated
Mirza/Hseih (7-6; 6-4)
Jans-Ignacik/Klepac defeated Muguruza/Suarez-Navarro
(6) (7-6; 6-4)
Date-Krumm/Dellacqua (15) defeated
Soler-Espinosa/Torro-Flor (7-5; 6-2)
Mixed Doubles
The first day of the mixed
doubles saw three matches. Sania Mirza partnered Bruno Soares.
Mirza/Soares defeated
Babos/Butorac (6-1; 4-6; 10-3)
Black/Cabal defeated Chan/Draganja
(6-2; 5-7; 10-6)
Medina/Andujar defeated
Jurak/Dodig (6-2; 7-6)
Tomorrow at Melbourne
Djokovic, Wawrinka, Nishikori,
Serena, Kvitova will be in action tomorrow.
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