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Brisbane International 2017: Tuesday Tennis Scores, Results and Updated Schedule
- Updated: January 3, 2017
Rafael Nadal is safely through to Round 2 of the 2017 Brisbane International, as he coasted to a 6-3, 6-3 win over Alexandr Dolgopolov on Tuesday.
The Spaniard, seeded fifth at this event, will be hoping for an injury-free year after some recent fitness troubles and was in fine form in his first match of the season.
In the women’s draw, fourth seed Garbine Muguruza played out a thriller against Daria Kasatkina, saving a match point to eventually win in three sets. Third seed Karolina Pliskova is through too, as she notched a routine victory against Asia Muhammad.
Here are the results in full from Tuesday, as well as the provisional order of play for Wednesday, and a closer look at the best of the action on another gripping day Down Under.
Order of play courtesy of the competition’s official website.
Tuesday Recap
All eyes were on Nadal on Tuesday, as he sought to get 2017 off to a smooth start. Although Dolgopolov can be a testing opponent at his best.
The Spaniard did endure an early wobble, as he lost his serve in the third game of the match. However, Nadal slowly started to find his groove midway through the stanza and from 3-2 down, rattled off four games in succession to take the set.
Dolgopolov did battle hard to stay in contention at the start of the second set, although Nadal was able to keep any hopes of a resurgence at bay. There were signs of the ruthlessness he has shown on his way to 14 Grand Slam titles, taking the first break point available and …
