Andy Murray (GB) [3] beat Robin Haase (Ned) 6-3 6-1 6-3
Murray never looked like he was in any kind of trouble throughout his straight set victory over Robin Haase, Haase who's best run in the Australian Open came back in 2011 when he reached the third round couldn't settle into the match at all, Murray showed the difference in class from the start breaking twice to go 5-1 up, Haase did break back and Hold to mount a small comeback but Murray broke at 5-3 to take the first set 6-3, Haase only managed to win one game in the second set and it was early on to level things up at 1 game all in the 2nd set but Murray won the next 5 games in a row to take the set and make it 2-0 as he looked in a hurry to get the job done, Murray saw out the third set when he was gifted 3 break points at 5-3, Haase hit a forehand beyond the baseline and Murray easily goes through to Round 2 after a convincing performance.
Victoria Azarenka (Blr) [1] beat Monica Niculescu (Rom) 6-1 6-4
This was always going to be a tricky first match for the defending Champion, Vika was against one of the most unpredictable players on the tour Monica Niculescu, the first set went well for Vika and was filled with great enjoyable rallies, Niculescu's backhand slice wasn't giving Vika many problems at all in the first set and it looked like Vika had everything under control, Niculescu's unique game means she can attack and defend and play all different variety of shots and she was showcasing them all against Vika but she steamrolled her Romanian Opponent in the first set as Niculescu just couldn't contend with the power of Vika's forehand and her slice backhand found the net more then she would have liked, after taking the first set 6-1, the second set looked to be a different story as Niculescu went 3-0 up as Vika looked to the Sky as a sign that the heat was once again effecting her like so many times before but after regaining focus Vika found her form from the first set and out powered Niculescu in the long rallies once again and started hitting more Winners to give herself a 5-4 lead and just kept her Cool on serve to close out a pretty hard fought Second set at times where frustration was creeping in but she showed signs of a true Champion but getting herself back in the set.
Caroline Wozniacki (Den) [10] beat Sabine Lisicki (Ger) 2-6 6-3 6-3
Arguably the most anticipated match of the 1st round in the Women's draw saw Sabine Lisicki face an out of sorts and out of form Caroline Wozniacki and it looked like the 10th seed was on her way out in the 1st round for the 3rd grand slam in a row as Lisicki Aces her way through games to hold easily and gave Wozniacki huge problems with her massive returns, Wozniacki was playing far to defensive against Lisicki in the first set and inviting pressure on herself, Lisicki's powerful forehand and even backhand at times were to much for Wozniacki to handle throughout the first set and it was a set Lisicki made very few errors in as well, Lisicki raced through the first set to take it 6-2 but the second set was a totally different scenario all together, Lisicki's service game crumbled and she looked like a totally different player then in the first set with the Errors starting to creep into her game, hitting easy forehands out wide and finding the net far to often, Wozniacki seemed a lot more composed and grew into the second set to take it 6-3, in the 3rd set everybody would have put their house on Lisicki taking it when she was 3-0 up there was no way she should have lost the match from that position but she lost focus and allowed Wozniacki to break and didn't put any pressure on her at all when Wozniacki was serving, Wozniacki won the next 6 games in the match without and reply from Lisicki to take the set and win the match 2-1 in what was a game Lisicki really should have won and could effect her confidence in a huge way knowing she was so close and you've got to say it was Lisicki's countless Unforced Errors that won this game for Wozniacki
Serena Williams (USA) [3] beat Edina Gallovits-Hall (Rom) 6-0 6-0
What makes this scoreline even more impressive is the fact Serena took a heavy fall and landed on her right Ankle pretty hard after leading 4-0 in the first Set, after a medical timeout in which her Ankle was strapped up heavily she returned to the court and saw out the first set 6-0 after her opponent did little to test out the movement of Serena after the fall, Serena couldn't have asked for a better opponent to play after her injury because Gallovits-Hall did nothing at all even in the second set to push Serena around the court, maybe a good cross court hitter and someone who would made Serena work then this match might have been a different story and a sad outcome for Serena but even with restricted movement she Bageled her unwilling opponent to easily take the match 6-0 6-0
Serena - "Oh, I'll be out there," she said when asked if she would be playing her next match on Thursday. "Unless something fatal happens to me, there's no way I'm not going to be competing. I'm alive. My heart's beating. I'll be fine."
Roger Federer (Swi) [2] beat Benoit Paire (Fra) 6-4 6-2 6-1
Just like Andy Murray before it was now Roger Federer's turn to straight set his opponent and he did it in style only dropping 7 games against Benoit Paire, Federer always looked in control of the match and didn't need to step up a gear to beat his unseeded opponent, his usual trusty Forehand saw him through easily to the next Round.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) [7] beat Michael Llodra (Fra) 6-4 7-5 6-2
in the battle of France v France and two very good friends it was the #7 seed Tsonga who came out on top, Tsonga looked focused from the start as he wrapped up the first set and then after a good set from Llodra in the 2nd it was Tsonga who was simply to good and also took the 3rd 6-2 to take him through over his fellow countryman, will we see Tsonga finally make inroads this year and mount a challenge for a grand slam? i don't think so but it's always a pleasure to see one of the People's favorites play at Grand Slams
Laura Robson (GB) beat Melanie Oudin (USA) 6-2 6-3
Laura Robson looked in great form in her first match against her American Opponent and there was little errors in her service game which is an area of her game that has been causing her the most problems in recent years in fact she hit 11 Aces in the whole match and really used her service games effectively in the match, if she kept this kind of consistently up then she'd give most top players a tough game.
Carla Suarez Navarro (Spa) beat Sara Errani (Ita) [7] 6-4 6-4
One of the biggest wins in Suarez's Navarro's career for sure, 7th Seed Sara Errani is the lowest seed to go out of the tournament so far, Suarez Navarro used her creativeness and Angles well to create Winners against Errani all through the match, The Italian couldn't find anything in her locker to trouble the tricky Spaniard as she was broken in both sets and sent on her way out in a disappointing early exit
Petra Kvitova (Cze) [8] beat Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 6-4 2-6 6-2
This was always going to be a tough match for both players, The Single Grand Slam Winners gave there all to the match and it was Kvitova who took the first set but Schiavone got herself back in it, Kvitova who suffers from Asthma was clearly effected by the heat in the second as she was having slight breathing problems and had to use her inhaler at one point in the match, Schiavone went up a gear in the 2nd powering her way past Kvitova in her usual style to take break points and win 6-2 to set up a decider in which Kvitova gained her composure well and broke Schiavone when she had the chances to take the 3rd and the match and send the former french Open Champion out early, Kvitova's forehand looked good but she would have liked to have made less unforced errors
Fact of the day
Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm , aged 42, became the oldest woman to win a main draw match at the Australian Open when she beat 12th seed Nadia Petrova.
She surpassed Britain's Virginia Wade, who won a match in 1985 at the age of 40 years 138 days, as the oldest winner.
Date-Krumm, who made her first appearance in Melbourne in 1990, still has some way to go to become the oldest winner at a Grand Slam. The record is held by Martina Navratilova, who was 47 when she won a match at Wimbledon in 2004.
Men's First-Round Scores: Day 2
Roger Federer (2) defeated Benoit Paire; 6-2, 6-4, 6-1
Andy Murray (3) defeated Robin Haase; 6-3, 6-1, 6-3
Juan Martin del Potro (6) defeated Adrian Mannarino; 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (7) defeated Michael Llodra; 6-4, 7-5, 6-2
Richard Gasquet (9) defeated Albert Montanes; 7-5, 6-2, 6-1
Marin Cilic (12) defeated Marinko Matosevic; 6-4, 7-5, 6-2
Milos Raonic (13) defeated Jan Hajek; 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 7-6 (7-0)
Gilles Simon (14) defeated Filippo Volandri; 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
Philipp Kohlschreiber (17) defeated Steve Darcis; 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
Gael Monfils defeated Alexandr Dolgopolov (18); 6-7 (7-9), 7-6 (7-4), 6-3, 6-3
Jarkko Nieminen defeated Tommy Haas (19); 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 6-3, 4-6, 8-6
Andreas Seppi (21) defeated Horacio Zeballos; 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
Florian Mayer (25) defeated Rhyne Williams; 2-6, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (14-12), 6-1
Daniel Brands defeated Martin Klizan (27); 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Blaz Kavcic defeated Thomaz Bellucci (29); 6-3, 6-1, 6-3
Marcel Granollers (30) defeated Grega Zemlja; 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-5), 1-0 (retired)
Bernard Tomic defeated Leonardo Mayer; 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
Jeremy Chardy defeated Adrian Menendez-Maceiras; 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (3-7), 6-2, 6-1
Nikolay Davydenko defeated Dudi Sela; 3-6, 6-1, 7-5, 6-3
James Duckworth defeated Benjamin Mitchell; 6-4, 7-6 (10-8), 4-6, 5-7, 8-6
Go Soeda defeated Luke Saville; 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
Joao Sousa defeated John-Patrick Smith; 6-4, 6-1, 6-4
Benjamin Becker defeated Aljaz Bedene; 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 7-6 (7-1)
Ricardas Berankis defeated Sergiy Stakhovsky; 6-2, 7-6 (7-4), 7-5
Jesse Levine defeated Tommy Robredo; 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (2-7), 6-4, 6-4
Ivan Dodig defeated Di Wu; 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
Amir Weintraub defeated Guido Pella; 7-6 (7-2), 7-5, 6-2
Yen-Hsun Lu defeated Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo; 6-2, 6-1, 4-6, 6-1
Lukas Rosol defeated Jamie Baker; 7-6 (7-5), 7-5, 6-2
Alejandro Falla defeated Josselin Ouanna; 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
Rajeev Ram defeated Guillermo Garcia-Lopez; 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
Denis Istomin defeated Igor Sijsling; 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
Women's First-Round Scores: Day 2
Victoria Azarenka (1) defeated Monica Niculescu; 6-1, 6-4
Serena Williams (3) defeated Edina Gallovits-Hall; 6-0, 6-0
Carla Suarez Navarro defeated Sara Errani (7); 6-4, 6-4
Petra Kvitova (8) defeated Francesca Schiavone; 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
Caroline Wozniacki (10) defeated Sabine Lisicki; 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
Kimiko Date-Krumm defeated Nadia Petrova (12); 6-2, 6-0
Maria Kirilenko (14) defeated Vania King; 6-4, 6-2
Roberta Vinci (16) defeated Silvia Soler-Espinosa; 6-3, 7-5
Lucie Safarova (17) defeated Mirjana Lucic-Baroni; 7-6 (7-4), 6-4
Yanina Wickmayer (20) defeated Jarmila Gajdosova; 6-1, 7-5
Varvara Lepchenko (21) defeated Polona Hercog; 6-4, 6-1
Lesia Tsurenko defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (24); 7-5, 3-6, 7-5
Su-Wei Hsieh (26) defeated Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino; 7-6 (7-5), 6-2
Annika Beck defeated Yaroslava Shvedova (28); 6-2, 6-7 (7-9), 6-3
Sloane Stephens (29) defeated Simona Halep; 6-1, 6-1
Jamie Hampton defeated Urszula Radwanska (31); 6-2, 6-4
Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Lourdes Dominguez Lino; 6-2, 6-1
Laura Robson defeated Melanie Oudin; 6-2, 6-3
Jana Cepelova defeated Greta Arn; 6-2, 6-2
Ayumi Morita defeated Anna Tatishvili: 6-3, 6-3
Yulia Putintseva defeated Christina McHale; 6-1, 6-7 (0-7), 6-2
Shuai Peng defeated Rebecca Marino: 6-3, 6-0
Elena Vesnina defeated Caroline Garcia; 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
Bojana Jovanovski defeated Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor; 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
Daria Gavrilova defeated Lauren Davis; 6-3, 6-7 (2-7), 6-4
Shahar Peer defeated Alexandra Panova; 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
Garbine Muguruza defeated Magdelena Rybarikova; 4-6, 6-1, 14-12
Akgul Amanmuradova defeated Mathilde Johansson; 6-4, 6-2
Eleni Daniilidou defeated Karolina Pliskova; 7-5, 5-7, 6-4
Donna Vekic defeated Andrea Hlavackova; 6-1, 6-2
Kristina Mladenovic defeated Timea Babos; 6-3, 4-6, 11-9
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