Former French Open champion and twice runner up at Melbourne park, Li Na, stormed past last year's junior Australian open champion Ana Konjuh of Croatia 6-2, 6-0 in 61 minutes in the first round of Australian Open. Li will play Belinda Bencic who defeated Kimiko Date Krumm 6-4,4-6,6-3, who is 27 years older than her. Meanwhile in the opening match of the Rod Laver Arena, Germany's 9th seed Angelique Kerber came through after losing the second set 6-0 to Jermila Gajdosova of Australia. Gajdosova rolled her ankle in the first point of the second set however she was unstoppable in the set and didn't allow Kerber a single game. Kerber clinched the opening set 6-3 and the decider 6-2.
More First Round Results - Day 1
Karolina Pliskova def. Pauline Parmentier 6-0,6-1
Daniela Hantuchova def. Heather Watson 7-5,3-6,6-3
Medison Keys def. Patricia Mayr-Achleitner 6-2,6-7,9-7
Zheng Jie def. Robreta Vinci 6-4,6-3
Lucie Safarova def. Julia Glushko 7-5,3-6,6-1
Monica Niculescu def. Shahar Peer 6-4,6-1
Vesna Dolonc def. Lara Arruabarrena 2-6,6-2,6-4
Sabine Lisicki def. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 6-2,6-1
Tsvetana Pironkova def. Silvia Soler Espinosa 6-3,6-2
Yaninca Wickmayer def. Dinah Pfizenmaier 7-6,6-3
Lauren Davis def. Sachia Vickery 6-3,6-3
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