Australian Open 2018 day one results: Rafael Nadal stars in day of shocks
AUSTRALIAN OPEN results - the Australian Open scores from day one in Melbourne as Rafael Nadal opened his campaign for 2018.
Round one of the Australian Open gets underway in Melbourne, with Rafael Nadal, Grigor Dimitrov and British hopeful Kyle Edmund all in action.
Latest scores (Monday January 15)
Rod Laver Arena (midnight)
(7) Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) bt Francesca Schiavone (It) 6-1-6-4
Belinda Bencic (Swi) bt (5) Venus Williams (USA) 6-3, 7-5
(3) Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) bt Dennis Novak (Aut) 6-3 6-2 6-1
(1) Rafael Nadal (Sp) bt Victor Estrella Burgos (Dom) 6-1, 6-1, 6-1
(23) Darina Gavriolva (Aus) bt Irina Falconi (USA) 6-1 6-1
Margaret Court Arena (midnight)
Zhang Shuai (Chi) bt (13) Sloane Stephens (USA) 2-6, 7-6, 6-2
Matthew Ebden (Aus) bt John Isner (USA) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
Monica Puig (PR) bt Sam Stosur (Aus) 4-6 7-6(8-6) 6-4
(2) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Michaela Buzarnescu (Rom) 6-2 6-3
(15) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt Kevin King (USA) 6-4 6-4 6-1
Hisense Arena (midnight)
(12) Julia Goerges (Ger) bt Sofia Kenin (USA) 6-4, 6-4
Timea Babos (Hun) bt (10) Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 7-6(4) 6-2
(6) Marin Cilic (Cro) bt Vasek Pospisil (Can) 6-2 6-2 4-6 7-6(5)
(17) Nick Kyrgios (Aus) v Rogerio Dutra Silva (Bra) 6-1 6-2 6-4
Court 2 (midnight)
(19) Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) bt Taylor Townsend (USA) 6-0, 7-5
Kaia Kanepi (Est) bt (24) Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) 6-2, 6-2
Denis Shapovalov (Can) bt Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) 6-1 6-3 7-6(5)
Yuichi Sugita (Jpn) bt (8) Jack Sock (USA) 6-1 7-6(4) 5-7 6-3
Court 3 (midnight)
Kyle Edmund (GBR) bt (11) Kevin Anderson (RSA) 6-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Jaimee Fourlis (Aus) v Olivia Rogowska (Aus)
John Millman (Aus) bt Borna Coric (Cro) 6-2 6-3
(4) Elina Svitolina (Ukr) bt Ivana Jorovic (Ser) 6-3 6-2
Court 5 (midnight)
Kirsten Flipkens (Bel) bt Alison Riske (USA) 6-2, 7-6 (8-6), 6-3
Yoshihito Nishioka (Jpn) bt (27) Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 6-3 2-6 6-0 1-6 6-2
Nikoloz Basilashvili (Geo) bt Gerald Melzer (Aut) 6-3 6-4 2-6 6-3
Jana Fett (Cro) bt Misa Eguchi (Jpn) 6-3 6-2
Court 7 (midnight)
Irina-Camelia Begu (Rom) bt (31) Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) 3-6, 6-4, 8-6
Viktor Troicki (Ser) bt Alex Bolt (Aus) 6-7(2) 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-4
Marta Kostyuk (Ukr) bt (25) Shuai Peng (Chn) 6-2 6-2
Ruben Bemelmans (Bel) bt (18) Lucas Pouille (Fra) 6-4 6-4 6-7(4) 7-6(8-6)
Court 8 (midnight)
(10) Pablo Carreno-Busta (Spa) bt Jason Kubler (Aus) 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
(15) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) bt Kateryna Kozlova (Ukr) 3-6 6-4 6-3
Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) bt Yuki Bhambri (Ind) 7-6(4) 6-4 6-3
Court 10 (midnight)
Ying-Ying Duan (Chn) v Mariana Duque-Marino (Col) 6-0, 6-1
(23) Gilles Muller (Lux) bt Federico Del Bonis (Arg) 7-5, 6-4, 6-3
Denisa Allertova (Cze) bt Pauline Parmentier (Fra) 6-3 6-0
MacKenzie McDonald (USA) v Elias Ymer (Swe) 6-4 6-3 4-6 6-1
Court 12 (midnight)
(31) Pablo Cuevas (Uru) bt Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 7-6 (9-7), 6-3, 7-5
(32) Anett Kontaveit (Est) bt Aleksandra Krunic (Ser) 6-4 7-5
Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukr) bt Viktorija Golubic (Swi) 6-7(3) 4-6 6-2
Leonardo Mayer (Arg) bt Nicolas Jarry (Chi) 6-2 7-6(1) 6-3
Court 13 (midnight)
Denis Istomin (Uzb) bt Pierre-Hugues Herbert (Fra) 6-2, 6-1, 7-5, 7-6(7-3)
Jennifer Brady (USA) bt Magda Linette (Pol) 2-6 6-4 6-3
Gilles Simon (Fra) bt Marius Copil (Rom) 7-5 6-4 6-3
(22) Daria Kasatkina (Rus) bt Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Svk) 6-0 6-3
Court 14 (midnight)
Mona Barthel (Ger) bt Monica Niculescu (Rom) 6-4, 7-5
(30) Andrey Rublev (Rus) bt David Ferrer (Spa) 7-5 6-7(8-6) 6-2 6-7(8-6) 6-2
Luksika Kumkhum (Tha) v Johanna Larsson (Swe) 6-3 7-5
Malek Jaziri (Tun) bt Salvatore Caruso (Ita) 6-7(2) 3-6 6-3 7-5 6-3
Rafael Nadal plays tennis against himself in virtual reality game
Court 15 (midnight)
Alize Cornet (Fra) bt Xin Yu Wang (Chn) 6-4, 6-2
(30) Kiki Bertens (Ned) bt Catherine Cartan Bellis (USA) 6-7, 6-4, 6-2
(28) Damir Dzumhur (Bih) bt Paolo Lorenzi (Ita) 3-6 2-6 7-6(5) 6-2 6-4
Joao Sousa (Por) bt Dustin Brown (Ger) 6-4 6-3 4-6 6-7(4) 6-1
Court 19 (midnight)
Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukr) bt Andreas Haider-Maurer (Aut) 7-6, 6-3, 6-4
Katerina Siniakova (Cze) bt Maria Sakkari (Gre) 6-2 6-7(5) 6-4
Carla Suarez Navarro (Spa) v Magdalena Frech (Pol) 7-5 6-3
Casper Ruud (Nor) v Quentin Halys (Fra) 6-3 3-6 6-7(5) 7-5 11-9
Court 20 (midnight)
Petra Martic (Cro) bt Alison Van Uytvanck (Bel) 7-6(5) 6-3
Andreas Seppi (Ita) bt Corentin Moutet (Fra) 3-6 6-4 6-2 6-2
Ivo Karlovic (Cro) bt Laslo Djere (Ser) 7-6(3) 6-3 7-6(2)
Elise Mertens (Bel) bt Viktoria Kuzmova (Svk) 6-2 6-1
Court 22 (midnight)
Ryan Harrison (USA) bt Dudi Sela (Isr) 6-3 5-7 3-6 7-5 6-2
(24) Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Arg) bt Dusan Lajovic (Ser) 2-6 6-3 5-7 6-4 11-9
Nicole Gibbs (USA) bt Viktoriya Tomova (Bul) 6-1 6-1