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MELBOURNE, Australia – Day 3 brings the beginning of the doubles draw, as Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski and American Bethanie Mattek-Sands make their Grand Slam debut.
The pair lost to the wild-card team of Daria Gavrilova and Simona Halep in a match tiebreak in their WTA Tour debut last week at Melbourne Park.
2021 Australian Open
Doubles, first round
Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021
Final results
Women’s doubles, first round
Canadian content
Leylah Fernandez (CAN) / Heather Watson (GBR) def [10] Samantha Stosur / Zhang Shuai (CHN) 63 36 62
Upsets
Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) / Martina Trevisan (ITA) def. [8] Duan Yingying / Zheng Saisai (CHN) 61 63
Seeds advancing
[2] Elise Mertens (BEL) / Aryna Sabalenka (RUS) def. Cornelia Lister (SWE) / Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) 36 75 64
[3] Barbora Krejcikova / Katerina Siniakova (CZE) def. Ana Bogdan (ROU) / Rebecca Peterson (SWE) 63 61
[7] Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara (JPN) def Asia Muhammad / Jessica Pegula (USA) 46 75 63
[9] Alexa Guarachi (CHI) / Desirae Krawczyk (USA) def. Belinca Bencic (SUI) / Sofia Kenin (USA) 63 26 76 [10-5]
[11] Xu Yifan / Yang Zhaoxuan (CHN) def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) / Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) 63 26 63
[13] Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) / Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def. Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) / Sabrina Santamaria (USA) 76 (2) 64
Other results (in alphabetical order)
Aliona Bolsova (ESP) / Jasmine Paolini (ITA) def Daria Kasatkina (RUS) / Anett Kontaveit (EST) 76 (2) 62
Mona Barthel (GER) / Zhu Lin (CHN) def Marta Kostyuk (UKR) / Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) 61 36 61
Coco Gauff / Caty McNally (USA) def. Carolien Dolehide / Shelby Rogers (USA) 63 64
Kateryna Bondarenko / Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) def. Marie Bouzkova (CZE) / Sara Sorribes Tormo (EST) 57 64 60
Paula Badosa (ESP) / Danka Kovinic (MNE) def. Misaki Doi / Nao Hibino (JPN) 62 46 76 [10-7]
Lucie Hradecka / Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) def. Ekaterina Alexandrova / Yana Sizikova (RUS) 63 63
Andreea Mitu / Raluca Olatu (ROU) def Monica Niculescu / Patricia Maria Tig (ROU) 36 63 63
Ashleigh Barty (AUS) / Jennifer Brady (USA) def. [WC] Abbie Myers / Ivana Popovic (AUS) 62 64
Vera Lapko (BLR) / Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) def Madison Brengle / Lauren Davis (USA) 64 60
Men’s doubles, first round
Upsets
Ricardas Berankis (LTU) / Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) def [11] Henri Kontinen (FIN) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 75 64
Seeds advancing
[2] Nikola Mektic / Mate Pavic (CRO) def. Lu Yen-Hsun (TPE) / Sam Querrey (USA) 76 (4) 63
[6] Jamie Murray (GBR) / Bruno Soares (BRA) def. Marcos Giron (USA) / Cameron Norrie (GBR) 76 (6) 63
[8] Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut (FRA) def Gianluca Mager (ITA) / Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) 62 63
[10] John Peers (AUS) / Michael Venus (NZL) def Alex de Minaur / Matt Reid (AUS) 63 62
[15] Max Purcell / Luke Saville (AUS) def Guillermo Duran (ARG) / Albert Ramos-Viñolas (ESP) 63 63
Other results (in alphabetical order)
[WC] Nam Ji Sung / Song Min-Kyu (KOR) def Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Ben McLachlan (JPN) 64 76 (0)
Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) / Matwe Middelkoop (NED) def Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) / Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) 67 (1) 76 (6) 63
[WC] Matthew Ebden / John-Patrick Smith (AUS) def Pablo Cuevas (URU) / Guido Pella (ARG) 67 (1) 64 64
Laslo Djere (SRB) / Stefano Travaglia (ITA) def. [WC] Andrew Harris / Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 63 64
Mackenzie McDonald / Tommy Paul (USA) def Petros Tsitsipas / Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 64 36 64
Radu Albot (MDA) / Daniel Evans (GBR) def Andres Molteni (ARG) / Hugo Nys (MON) 62 63
Lorenzo Sonego / Andrea Vavassori (ITA) def. Romain Arneodo (MON) / Benoit Paire (FRA) 67 (7) 62 64