Favorites and eliminated in the first round of the Australian Open 2025

He Australian Open It began with some hits that few expected. In a first round full of emotions, no less than 13 seeds have said goodbye to the tournament at Melbourne Park. The men’s team already has some renowned casualties that will begin to be felt as the competition progresses.
Stefanos Tsitsipas (11th in the ATP ranking), finalist in Australia two years ago, was defeated by the surprising Alex Michelsen (42nd) by 7-5, 6-3, 2-6 and 6-4; the bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (10), semi-finalist in 2017, retired against Francesco Passaro (108th) when the score was 7-5 and 2-1 in favor of the Italian.
However, the most resounding fall came from the Russian Andrey Rublev (9th) which was surpassed by Joao Fonsecathe 18-year-old Brazilian, winner of the Next Gen last December, with a resounding 7-6 (1), 6-3 and 7-6 (5.
Besides, Alexei Popyrin (25th) ended up defeated by Corentin Moutet (69°) by 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 and 6-4 and Alejandro Tabilo (23rd) was surpassed by Roberto Carballés Baento (57°) by 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 and 7-6 (1), while Sebastian Baez (28th) was eliminated against Arthur Cazaux (78th) by 6-3, 5-7, 3-6, 6-0 and 6-3.
Among other falls of those seeded in Australia 2025, Tomas Etcheverry (38°) got out of the way Flavio Cobolli (32nd) by 6-7 (8), 6-3, 7-5 and 6-1 and Gael Monfils (41st) won over Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (30th) by 7-6 (7), 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-7 (5) and 6-4.
The women’s team was not far behind in terms of surprises. Tennis players of the caliber of Jelena Ostapenko (16), 2017 Roland Garros champion, was defeated by Belinda Bencic (297) by 6-3 and 7-6(6), while the experienced Belarusian Victoria Azarenka (21st), two-time champion in Australia in 2012 and 2013, ended up surpassed by the Italian Lucia Bronzetti (76) by 6-2 and 7-6 (2).
The Greek Maria Sakkari (31) fell to a solid task from the Colombian Camila Osorio (59) by 6-4, 6-7 (4) and 6-4, while the young Czech promise Linda Noskova (29) was eliminated by the American Clara Tauson (42) by 5-7 6-3 and 6-4. Furthermore, the Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova (26) put an end to her stay in Melbourne with a defeat against the British Emma Raducanu (61) by 7-6 (4) and 7-6 (2).
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