The first round was completed in scorching temperatures.
(Rank/Seed)
2/2 Azarenka opened her title defence with a less than convincing 76(2) 62 win over Sweden's, Larsson. The hot temperatures made the ball rise higher than usual, favouring Larsson's topspin forehand. As Azarenka made a series of unforced errors, Larsson twice served for the set at 5-4 and 6-5 but completely disintegrated during the tiebreak.
3/3 Sharapova made a stuttering return to Grand Slam competition with a hard fought 63 64 win against dangerous American, Mattek Sands. Sharapova initially led 4-0 in the first set and then 3-1 in the second, but was unable to sustain leads for long. She didn't help her own cause by hitting 9 double faults, as well as 28 unforced errors to 'only' 29 winners. However, Mattek Sands wasn't the player who upset Radwanska last week in Sydney as she hit 8 double faults, 30 unforced errors and only 18 winners. Like I've said, Sharapova won ugly today and claimed her 150th career win in the Grand Slams.
5/5 Radwanska also struggled, despite a blistering start, to overcome Kazakh, Putintseva 60 57 62.
8/8 Jankovic put her poor form in Sydney behind her to beat Japan's, Doi 61 62, despite falling over and tweaking her ankle and grazing her knee.
10/10 Wozniacki was happy to finish quickly against Spain's, Dominguez Lino 60 62 considering her water bottle began to melt on the court! She was broken only once in the second set, which acted as wake up call for her to be more aggressive and avoid long rallies in the intense heat.
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