Cap de serie numarul 17, Benoit Paire a oferit una din surprizele negative ale primei zile de la Australian Open, francezul fiind invins de Noah Rubin dupa trei tiebreak-uri. Au mai parasit competitia Ivo Karlovic (favorit 22) si Borna Coric.
Turul I:
9-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga - Marcos Baghdatis 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-2
24-Roberto Bautista - Martin Klizan 6-2 6-3 4-6 2-6 6-2
28-Andreas Seppi - Teymuraz Gabashvili 3-6 7-6(4) 6-4 7-6(10)
Marco Trungelliti - Jozef Kovalik 6-4 7-6(1) 7-5
Quentin Halys - Ivan Dodig 6-4 6-7(4) 6-4 7-5
29-Nick Kyrgios - Pablo Carreno 6-2 7-5 6-2
3-Roger Federer - Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-2 6-1 6-2
Omar Jasika - Illya Marchenko 6-4 3-6 6-0 6-4
27-Grigor Dimitrov - Paolo Lorenzi 6-3 7-6(8) 6-3
Noah Rubin - 17-Benoit Paire 7-6(4) 7-6(6) 7-6(5)
Pablo Cuevas - Yoshihito Nishioka 7-6(5) 6-1 6-4
Renzo Olivo - Jiri Vesely 7-6(8) 2-6 1-6 6-4 6-4
Dusan Lajovic - Sam Querrey 6-7(5) 4-6 6-4 6-2 (abandon Querrey)
Alexandr Dolgopolov - Ricardas Berankis 6-1 3-6 6-4 6-2
Pierre-Hugues Herbert - Pablo Andujar 5-7 6-4 7-6(5) 6-2
14-Gilles Simon - Vasek Pospisil 6-7(4) 6-3 6-2 6-4
1-Novak Djokovic - Chung Hyeon 6-3 6-2 6-4
Nicolas Almagro - Julien Benneteau 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 7-6(1)
Denis Kudla - Filip Krajinovic 6-2 6-1 0-0 (abandon Krajinovic)
12-Marin Cilic - Thiemo de Bakker 6-7(4) 7-5 6-2 6-4
26-Guillermo Garcia-Lopez - Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-4 6-4 6-4
Albert Ramos - Borna Coric 6-2 6-2 6-3
Evgeny Donskoy - Inigo Cervantes 6-4 3-6 6-1 6-4
6-Tomas Berdych - Yuki Bhambri 7-5 6-1 6-2
Damir Dzumhur - Kyle Edmund 1-6 7-6(4) 4-6 6-3 6-1
19-Dominic Thiem - Leonardo Mayer 6-2 7-6(6) 4-6 7-6(0)
15-David Goffin - Sergiy Stakhovsky 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-4
Daniel Brands - Victor Estrella 6-4 7-6(1) 4-6 6-1
Mirza Basic - Robin Haase 7-6(4) 6-4 6-4
7-Kei Nishikori - Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4 6-3 6-3
Federico Delbonis - 22-Ivo Karlovic 7-6(4) 6-4 2-1 (abandon Karlovic)
Austin Krajicek - Wu Di 6-4 6-1 6-3.
Citeste aici o ampla prezentare a primului turneu de Grand Slam al anului, Australian Open.
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