Australian Open 2013: Day 4 round-up

Day Four at the Australian Open was pretty straightforward and without any upsets as most of the seeded players moved on the third round.

Women`s top seed Victoria Azarenka had a comfortable 6-0, 6-1 win against Greece`s Eleni Daniilidou and Serena Williams had an equally comfortable straight sets win against Spaniard Garbine Muguruza. The odlest woman to win an Australian Open match, Japan`s Kate Date-Drumm has won as well, beating Israel`s Shahar Peer in straight sets. In the men`s draw, Andy Murray continued his domination beating Portugal`s Joao Sousa in straight sets. The complete list of results from yesterday`s matches are as follows (the prefix denotes seeding): Women`s singles (2nd round): 1-Victoria Azarenka (Bela) beat Eleni Daniilidou, (Gree) 6-1, 6-0; Ayumi Morita (Jap) b Annika Beck (Ger) 6-2, 6-0; 16-Roberta Vinci (Ita) b Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzb) 6-3, 6-2; 14-Maria Kirilenko (Rus)b Peng Shuai (Chi) 7-5, 6-2; Elena Vesnina (Rus)b 21-Varvara Lepchenko (US) 6-4, 6-2; 3-Serena Williams (US)b Garbine Muguruza (Spa) 6-2, 6-0; Jamie Hampton (US)b Luksika Kumkhum (Tha) 6-1, 6-2; Lesia Tsurenko (Ukr) b Daria Gavrilova (Rus) 7-5, 6-3; Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) b 26-Hsieh Su-wei (Taipei) 6-2, 6-1; 20-Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) b Jana Cepelova (Slo) 7-6 (10/8), 7-5; 10-Caroline Wozniacki (Den) b Donna Vekic (Cro) 6-1, 6-4; Kimiko Date-Krumm (Jap) b Shahar Peer (Isr) 6-2, 7-5; Carla Suarez Navarro (Spa) b Yulia Putintseva (Kaz) 1-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-2. Men`s singles (2nd round): Ricardas Berankis (Lit) b 25-Florian Mayer (Ger) 6-2, 6-3, 6-1; 17-Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) b Amir Weintraub (Isr) 6-2, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4; 7-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) b Go Soeda (Jap) 6-3, 7-6 (7-1), 6-3; 3-Andy Murray (Bri) b Joao Sousa (Por) 6-2, 6-2, 6-4; 13-Milos Raonic (Can) b Lukas Rosol (Cze) 7-6 (7/2), 6-2, 6-3; 12-Marin Cilic (Cro) b Rajeev Ram (US) 7-5, 6-2, 6-4; Blaz Kavcic (Slo) b James Duckworth (Aus) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (3/7), 10-8; Bernard Tomic (Aus) b Daniel Brands, (Ger) 6-7 (4/7), 7-5, 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (10-8); 21-Andreas Seppi (Ita) b Denis Istomin (Uzb) 7-6 (7/4), 5-7, 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (7/3), 6-2. With inputs from IANS