Tuesday was a difficult day for the organizers of the Australian Open, unfavorable weather (heat and then rain) led to the postponement of several matches to Wednesday. Two singles favorites pulled out of Melbourne.

Garbinier MuguruzaPhoto: Petro Dovgan / imago sportfotodienst / Profimedia

Garbinier Muguruza also left the competition, unrecognizable – Korne and Pavlyuchenkov

In addition to the two eliminated favorites (Martina Trevisan – seed 21 and Kaia Kanepi – 31), other important names from the WTA scheme left the competition in Melbourne early: Alize Cornet, Garbinier Muguruza and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Women’s Australian Open results for Tuesday, January 17

Kateryna Alexandrova (19) – Isalyn Bonaventura 6-2, 6-1

Shelby Rogers – Arianna Hartono 6-4, 6-3

Anna Karolina Shmidlova – Martina Trevisan (21) 6-3, 6-2

Leila Fernandez – Alize Cornet 7-5, 6-2

Kimberly Birrell – Kaya Kanepi (31) 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-1

Elise Mertens (26) – Garbiñe Muguruza 3-6, 7-6(3) 6-1

Taylor Townsend – Diane Parry 6-1, 6-1

Kamila Giorgi – Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-0, 6-1

Aryna Sabalenko (5) – Tereza Martintsova 6-1, 6-4

Linda Frukhvirtova – Jamie Fourlis 6-0, 6-4

Caroline Garcia – Katherine Sebov 6-3, 6-0

Katie Volynets – Evgenia Rodina 6-3, 6-2

Annette Kontaveit – Julia Grabher 6-2, 6-3

Karolina Plishkova (30) – Xiu Wang 6-1, 6-3

Veronika Kudermetova (9) – Zanevska Marina 6-2, 7-6(4)

Petra Martych – Victoria Golubich 6-3, 6-4

Lyudmila Samsonova (18) – Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 6-4

Yulia Putintseva – Sorana Kirstea 2-6, 6-4, 6-3

Ons Jaber (2) – Tamara Zidansek 7-6(8), 4-6, 6-1

Belinda Bencic (12) – Victoria Tomova 6-1, 6-2

Australian Open 2023 will be held from January 16 to 29. The champions of the title were Ashley Barty (now retired from sports) and Rafael Nadal.

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