2018 Australian Open Upsets in the Women’s Draw

Day one of the 2018 Australian Open has wrapped up and the tournament is shaping up to be an interesting one. In the Men’s and Women’s draw, a number of big players have been stunned. We have already covered the Men’s side, so let’s look at the Women’s section for the 2018 Australian Open Upsets.

2018 Australian Open Upsets

Venus Williams

With younger sister Serena, out of action, the onus was on Venus to perform. Unfortunately, she was ousted by Swiss player Belinda Bencic with a score of 6-3, 7-5.

Sloane Stephens

The former US Open winner also went down in the first round, this time to Japan’s Shuai Zhang. The final score was 2-6, 7-6, 6-2 in favour of the Japanese player.

Coco Vandeweghe

Vandeweghe lost to Timea Babos with a score of 7-6, 6-2. All in all, it was a wretched day in the office for the Americans as they had 3 players go down early.

Dominika Cibulkova

The Slovakian World number 24 went down in straight sets to Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi. The 2014 Australian Open finalist’s score was 6-2, 6-2.

The opening day of the 2018 Australian Open has sprung a number of surprises in both draws. What does Day 2 have in store for us?