Australian Open 2018 results LIVE: Latest scores from Melbourne as Federer returns
THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN is the first Grand Slam of the year and will see Roger Federer attempt to retain the title he won by beating Rafael Nadal in five sets last year.
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In 2017, both Nadal and Federer were coming back from injury and at 30 and 35 respectively, no-one would have picked them as finalists.
But shock defeats for Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray blew the draw wide open before both men hit top form and met in one of the great finals.
Nadal led 3-1 in the fifth set of an epic but Federer roared back to claim his 18th Grand Slam title.
This year, he started the tournament as favourite although his great Spanish rival was the No 1 seed thanks to his top world ranking.
Australian Open 2018 results - men’s singles
First round
Day two
Maximilian Marterer (Ger) bt Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (Ger) 6-0 6-3 6-4
Jiri Vesely (Cze) bt Vaclav Safranek (Cze) 6-4 6-3 6-3
(13) Sam Querrey (USA) bt Feliciano Lopez (Spa) 6-3 6-4 6-2
Marton Fucsovics (Hun) bt Radu Albot (Mol) 6-2 6-3 4-6 7-5
Lukas Lacko (Svk) bt (22) Milos Raonic (Can) 6-7 (5-7) 7-5 6-4 7-6 (7-5)
Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt (20) Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa) 6-1 7-5 7-5
Julien Benneteau (Fra) bt Taro Daniel (Jpn) 6-7 (6-8) 7-6 (7-0) 6-4 6-1
Nicolas Kicker (Arg) bt Jordan Thompson (Aus) 6-3 6-1 4-6 3-6 6-3
Peter Gojowczyk (Ger) bt Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz) 6-3 6-3 6-1
Lorenzo Sonego (Ita) bt Robin Haase (Ned) 6-3 7-5 6-7 (6-8) 7-5
(4) Alexander Zverev (Ger) bt Thomas Fabbiano (Ita) 6-1 7-6 (7-5) 7-5
(7) David Goffin (Bel) bt Matthias Bachinger (Ger) 6-7 (3-7) 6-3 6-2 6-4
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Day one
(1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Victor Estrella Burgos (Dom) 6-1 6-1 6-1
Leonardo Mayer (Arg) bt Nicolas Jarry (Chi) 6-2 7-6 (7-1) 6-3
John Millman (Aus) bt Borna Coric (Cro) 7-5 6-4 6-1
(28) Damir Dzumhur (Bih) bt Paolo Lorenzi (Ita) 3-6 2-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-2 6-4
(24) Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Arg) bt Dusan Lajovic (Ser) 2-6 6-3 5-7 6-4 11-9
Casper Ruud (Nor) bt Quentin Halys (Fra) 6-3 3-6 6-7 (5-7) 7-5 11-9
Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukr) bt Andreas Haider-Maurer (Aut) 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 6-4
Matthew Ebden (Aus) bt (16) John Isner (USA) 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-3
(10) Pablo Carreno-Busta (Spa) bt Jason Kubler (Aus) 7-5 4-6 7-5 6-1
Gilles Simon (Fra) bt Marius Copil (Rom) 7-5 6-4 6-3
Malek Jaziri (Tun) bt Salvatore Caruso (Ita) 6-7 (2-7) 3-6 6-3 7-5 6-3
(23) Gilles Muller (Lux) bt Federico Del Bonis (Arg) 7-5 6-4 6-3
(31) Pablo Cuevas (Uru) bt Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 7-6 (9-7) 6-3 7-5
Ryan Harrison (USA) bt Dudi Sela (Isr) 6-3 5-7 3-6 7-5 6-2
Joao Sousa (Por) bt Dustin Brown (Ger) 6-4 6-3 4-6 6-7 (4-7) 6-1
(6) Marin Cilic (Cro) bt Vasek Pospisil (Can) 6-2 6-2 4-6 7-6 (7-5)
(3) Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) bt Dennis Novak (Aut) 6-3 6-2 6-1
MacKenzie McDonald (USA) bt Elias Ymer (Swe) 6-4 6-3 4-6 6-1
Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) bt Yuki Bhambri (Ind) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 6-3
(30) Andrey Rublev (Rus) bt David Ferrer (Spa) 7-5 6-7 (6-8) 6-2 6-7 (6-8) 6-2
(17) Nick Kyrgios (Aus) bt Rogerio Dutra Silva (Bra) 6-1 6-2 6-4
Viktor Troicki (Ser) bt Alex Bolt (Aus) 6-7 (2-7) 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-4
Denis Shapovalov (Can) bt Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) 6-1 6-3 7-6 (7-5)
(15) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt Kevin King (USA) 6-4 6-4 6-1
Kyle Edmund (Gbr) bt (11) Kevin Anderson (Rsa) 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-3
Denis Istomin (Uzb) bt Pierre-Hugues Herbert (Fra) 6-2 6-1 5-7 7-6 (7-3)
Nikoloz Basilashvili (Geo) bt Gerald Melzer (Aut) 6-3 6-4 2-6 6-3
Ruben Bemelmans (Bel) bt (18) Lucas Pouille (Fra) 6-4 6-4 6-7 (4-7) 7-6 (8-6)
Yoshihito Nishioka (Jpn) bt (27) Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 6-3 2-6 6-0 1-6 6-2
Andreas Seppi (Ita) bt Corentin Moutet (Fra) 3-6 6-4 6-2 6-2
Ivo Karlovic (Cro) bt Laslo Djere (Ser) 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 7-6 (7-2)
Yuichi Sugita (Jpn) bt (8) Jack Sock (USA) 6-1 7-6 (7-4) 5-7 6-3
Australian Open 2018 results - women’s singles
First round
Day two
Lara Arruabarrena (Spa) bt Richel Hogenkamp (Ned) 6-1 6-2
Bernarda Pera (USA) bt Anna Blinkova (Rus) 6-2 6-2
(9) Johanna Konta (Gbr) bt Madison Brengle (USA) 6-3 6-1
(29) Lucie Safarova (Cze) bt Ajla Tomljanovic (Cro) 7-5 6-3
(8) Caroline Garcia (Fra) bt Carina Witthoeft (Ger) 7-5 6-3
(6) Karolina Pliskova (Cze) bt Veronica Cepede Royg (Par) 6-3 6-4
Marketa Vondrousova (Cze) bt Kurumi Nara (Jpn) 7-5 6-4
(20) Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) bt Kristie Ahn (USA) 6-1 7-5
(21) Angelique Kerber (Ger) bt Anna-Lena Friedsam (Ger) 6-0 6-4
(16) Elena Vesnina (Rus) bt Ons Jabeur (Tun) 6-3 6-4
Maria Sharapova (Rus) bt Tatjana Maria (Ger) 6-1 6-4
Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Blr) bt Christina McHale (USA) 6-3 6-2
Donna Vekic (Cro) bt Nao Hibino (Jpn) 7-5 6-3
Beatriz Haddad Maia (Bra) bt Lizette Cabrera (Aus) 7-6 (7-3) 6-4
Sorana Cirstea (Rom) bt Zarina Diyas (Kaz) 5-7 6-4 6-3
(17) Madison Keys (USA) bt Qiang Wang (Chn) 6-1 7-5
Eugenie Bouchard (Can) bt Oceane Dodin (Fra) 6-3 7-6 (7-5)
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Day one
Belinda Bencic (Swi) bt (5) Venus Williams (USA) 6-3 7-5
Luksika Kumkhum (Tha) bt Johanna Larsson (Swe) 6-3 7-5
Petra Martic (Cro) bt Alison Van Uytvanck (Bel) 7-6 (7-5) 6-3
Irina-Camelia Begu (Rom) bt (31) Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) 3-6 6-4 8-6
(23) Daria Gavrilova (Aus) bt Irina Falconi (USA) 6-1 6-1
Elise Mertens (Bel) bt Viktoria Kuzmova (Svk) 6-2 6-1
Alize Cornet (Fra) bt Xin Yu Wang (Chn) 6-4 6-2
(12) Julia Goerges (Ger) bt Sofia Kenin (USA) 6-4 6-4
Shuai Zhang (Chn) bt (13) Sloane Stephens (USA) 2-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-2
Denisa Allertova (Cze) bt Pauline Parmentier (Fra) 6-3 6-0
Magda Linette (Pol) bt Jennifer Brady (USA) 2-6 6-4 6-3
(22) Daria Kasatkina (Rus) bt Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Svk) 6-0 6-3
Marta Kostyuk (Ukr) bt (25) Shuai Peng (Chn) 6-2 6-2
Olivia Rogowska (Aus) bt Jaimee Fourlis (Aus) 6-3 6-7 (3-7) 6-2
Katerina Siniakova (Cze) bt Maria Sakkari (Gre) 6-2 6-7 (5-7) 6-4
(4) Elina Svitolina (Ukr) bt Ivana Jorovic (Ser) 6-3 6-2
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(7) Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) bt Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 6-1 6-4
Ying-Ying Duan (Chn) bt Mariana Duque-Marino (Col) 6-0 6-1
Mona Barthel (Ger) bt Monica Niculescu (Rom) 6-4 7-5
(32) Anett Kontaveit (Est) bt Aleksandra Krunic (Ser) 6-4 7-5
Kaia Kanepi (Est) bt (24) Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) 6-2 6-2
Monica Puig (Pur) bt Samantha Stosur (Aus) 4-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-4
Carla Suarez Navarro (Spa) bt Magdalena Frech (Pol) 7-5 6-3
Timea Babos (Hun) bt (10) Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 7-6 (7-4) 6-2
(15) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) bt Kateryna Kozlova (Ukr) 3-6 6-4 6-3
Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukr) bt Viktorija Golubic (Swi) 7-6 (7-3) 4-6 6-2
Kirsten Flipkens (Bel) bt Alison Riske (USA) 2-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-3
(19) Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) bt Taylor Townsend (USA) 6-0 7-5
(30) Kiki Bertens (Ned) bt Catherine Cartan Bellis (USA) 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 6-2
Nicole Gibbs (USA) bt Viktoriya Tomova (Bul) 6-1 6-1
Jana Fett (Cro) bt Misa Eguchi (Jpn) 6-3 6-2
(2) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Mihaela Buzarnescu (Rom) 6-2 6-3
