AUS Open LIVE Results – AO2022 Day2 LIVE Updates: Day 2 of Australian Open 1st round action is underway. In a major upset 2 time Wimbledon Champion Petra Kvitova was ousted in Round 1 itself. Crowd favorite Sam Stosur on the other hand survived a full scare before she came back from death to enter Round 2: Follow Australian Open 2022 LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
AUS Open LIVE Results: 2 time Wimbledon Champ Petra Kvitova ousted, Sam Stosur survives 1st round scare: Follow AO2022 Day 2 LIVE Updates
AO2022 Day2 LIVE Updates – Sam Stosur Survives Scare: Sam Stosur’s singles career will continue after the Australian rallied home to secure a 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-3 win over American Robin Anderson.
It was the first time Stosur came back from a set down to win at the Australian Open since 2003 against Conchita Martinez.
Stosur, 37, announced her singles career will finish at her home slam but it is not over yet.
Speaking after the victory, Stosur described it as “one of the best” singles matches she had played in a long time.
Australian Open 2022 LIVE: 2 Time Wimbledon Champion Petrav Kvitova SHOCKED in ROUND 1
Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova crashed out in the first round after a 2-6, 2-6 defeat to Sorana Cirstea.
Kvitova, a 2019 Australian Open finalist, was toppled in just 72 minutes by Cirstea, who is ranked No.38 in the world.
It continued a stunning run of form for Cirstea, who also defeated the World No.20 at last year’s Australian Open.
This was Cirstea’s first straight-sets win over the Czech star though and Kvitova was her own worst enemy with 39 unforced errors.
Aus Open LIVE Updates: Great run for Australian WILD-CARDS in Round 1
Another Sydney wildcard is moving into the second round at this year’s Australian Open.
One day after Aleks Vukic stunned 30th seed Lloyd Harris, countryman Chris O’Connell eliminated French left-hander Hugo Gaston 7-6(7-4) 6-0 4-6 6-1 in an impressive display.
It’s the second-straight year that O’Connell’s won a match at his home grand slam, after upsetting top-40 German Jan-Lennard Struff in 2021.
This time the 27-year-old, who followed Vukic, Ash Barty, John Millman and Sam Stosur into round two, overcame the disappointment of losing the third set after being a break up.
Garbine Muguruza swept into the Australian Open second round
Garbine Muguruza swept into the Australian Open second round with a straight-sets victory Tuesday to start her campaign for a third Grand Slam title.
The Spanish third seed won the French Open in 2016 and Wimbledon a year later before a drastic dip in form sent her tumbling down the rankings.
But the 28-year-old enjoyed a resurgence last year, winning titles at Chicago and Dubai before clinching the season-ending WTA Finals in November.
She carried that form on to Rod Laver Arena against 77th-ranked Frenchwoman Clara Burel, proving too powerful in winning 6-3, 6-4 in 88 minutes.
AUSTRALIAN OPEN DAY 2 – ORDER OF PLAY
Rod Laver Arena
[3] Garbine Muguruza (ESP) def. Clara Burel (FRA) 6-3 6-4
[7] Iga Swiatek (POL) def. Harriet Dart (GBR) 6-3 6-0
Henri Laaksonen (SUI) vs [2] Daniil Medvedev (RUS)
From 7pm
Storm Sanders (AUS) vs [2] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)
Mikael Ymer (SWE) vs [4] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)
Show Court 1
Rebecca Peterson (SWE) def. Daria Saville (AUS) 6-2, 6-3
[5] Andrey Rublev (RUS) def. Gianluca Mager (ITA) 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
[14] Simona Halep (ROU) vs Magdalena Frech (POL)
From 7pm
Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) vs [32] Alex de Minaur (AUS)
Sloane Stephens (USA) vs [17] Emma Raducanu (GBR)
John Cain Arena
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) def. [20] Petra Kvitova (CZE) 6-2, 6-2
[6] Anett Kontaveit (EST) def. Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 6-2, 6-3
Not before 3pm
[21] Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) vs Andy Murray (GBR)
Not before 7pm
Liam Broady (GBR) vs Nick Kyrgios (AUS)
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