Big gun Roger Frederer, Rafael Nadal and Maria Sharapova effectively burst their way to the Australian Open 2nd round on Monday however the Grand Slam dream of Ana Ivanovic was fragmented.
2nd seed Federer, 3rd seed Nadal and 6th seed Andy Murray all took the pleasure of straight sets approaches, with leading stars Simona Halep, Eugenie Bouchard and Grigor Dimitrov as well approaching on a coll Melbourne day.
Sharapova is the world’s number 2, since 2008 she is looking forward for her primary Australian title, removed a side Croat Petra Martic 6-4, 6-1.
“I made some spontaneous errors however generally I am happy that I got through “mentioned by the Russian adding that she was obtaining the profit of a solid lead up to the series while she approached the Brisbane International.
The story was different for the 5th seed Ivanovic, the previous world number one who reaches to Melbourne with full of self-assurance after a stellar 2014 that saw her approaching the rankings.
She began well opposed to unannounced world number 142 Lucie Hradecka from Czech Republic, simply approaching the primary set, however then went to pieces, ultimately performing 1-6, 6-3, and 6-2.
“I thoroughly struggled to get my rhythm today, I was a bit lost, “mentioned the scuffed Serb, a perpetual crowd favorite in Australia where she has family.
The 9th seeded Angelique Kerber from Germany as well was not succeeding to live up to the hype, removed in 3 sets by Irina Camelia Begu from Romania.
Federer from Swiss, is struggling for his 5 Australian crown and 18 Grand Slam title, did have problems and he was performing with full control opposed to Taiwan’s Lu Yen-Hsun.
For a 6-4, 6-2, 7-5 approaches, he went through the motions and welcomed the practice.