As per the latest news, Spanish third seed Garbine Muguruza turned into the most recent driving name to make an early exit at the Australian Open as she lost to Czech Barbora Strycova. Muguruza, a year ago’s Wimbledon runner-up, dropped serve four times as she lost 6-3 6-2 to the world number 48.
Germany’s Angelique Kerber is the main 10 seed, at number seven, left in the base portion of the ladies’ draw. Swiss Stan Wawrinka was an early champ among the men’s seeds, with Andy Murray in real life later on Saturday. Muguruza, 21, had looked well set to achieve a second Grand Slam final as her side of the draw lost seeded players at a surprising rate.
Second seed Simona Halep and eighth seed Venus Williams both lost in the first round and the stuns continued coming, with ninth seed Karolina Pliskova joining the mass migration after thrashing by Ekaterina Makarova on Saturday.
Muguruza completed with 32 unforced blunders as she created a baffling presentation on her approach to overcome by Strycova. Strycova experiences to face two-time champion and fourteenth seed Victoria Azarenka, who again stayed away from any insight of an upset by despatching Japanese 18-year-old Naomi Osaka 6-1 6-1 on Rod Laver Arena. Kerber beat American Madison Brengle 6-1 6-3 and will next play kindred German Annika Beck.
England’s Johanna Konta kept up her great structure with a 6-2 6-2 win over Czech Denisa Allertova. Fourth seed and 2014 champion Stan Wawrinka will meet thirteenth seed Milos Raonic in cycle four after both men extended their unbeaten races to seven matches in 2016.
Switzerland’s Wawrinka, champion in Chennai not long ago, saw off Czech Lukas Rosol 6-2 6-3 7-6 (7-3), while Canadian Raonic, the victor in Brisbane, beat Serbia’s Viktor Troicki 6-2 6-3 6-4. American John Isner hit 44 experts, taking his aggregate to a competition driving 101, as he beat Spain’s Feliciano Lopez 6-7 (6-8) 7-6 (7-5) 6-2 6-4. Davis Cup team-mates Jamie Murray and Dom Inglot will confront one another over the net in the third round of the men’s pairs after both delighted in triumphs on Saturday. Murray and Brazilian accomplice Bruno Soares, seeded seventh, beat Poles Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Jerzy Janowicz 7-5 6-3, preceding Inglot and Sweden’s Robert Lindstedt saw off Americans Eric Butorac and Scott Lipsky 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (5-7) 6-4.
In the ladies’ pairs, Fed Cup commander Judy Murray will be watching out for Court Six as Konta and Heather Watson tackle Jocelyn Rae and Anna Smith. Every one of the four players are in Murray’s squad which will head out from Melbourne to Israel for the Fed Cup qualifier right on time one month from now.
