Boys top seed Daniel Berta (photo, right) had to struggle to overcome his Australian opponent, Jarryd Chaplin, in the first round of the Australian Open Junior tournament. Berta only managed to find the breakthrough at 6-6 in the final set to overcome the spirited display of Chaplin. Chaplin's compatiot Benjamin Mitchell managed to carry his form from the Traralgon International into this tournament, easily overcoming 15th seed Henri Laaksonen. The girls tournament also lost its 15th seed in Chinese Saisai Zheng and 8th seeded Chilean Camila Silva was also surprised in the first round.

First round boys results Australian Open:

Daniel Berta (SWE,1) d. Jarryd Chaplin (AUS) 7-5 2-6 8-6
Barrett Franks (NZL) d. Carlos Boluda (ESP) 3-6 7-6(4) 6-2
Jiri Vesely (CZE) d. Mick Lescure (FRA) 2-6 6-2 6-2
Benjamin Mitchell (AUS) d. Henri Laaksonen (FIN,15) 6-3 6-1
Renzo Olivo (ARG,11) d. Tom Allen (GBR) 6-2 5-7 6-1
Jung-Woong Na (KOR) d. Bartosz Szawicki (POL) 6-3 6-4
Ben Wagland (AUS) d. Nick Chappell (USA) 6-3 6-1
Marton Fucsovics (HUN,6) d. Alexander Rumyantsev (RUS) 6-1 6-0

 

 

Daniel Berta (SWE,1) vs. Barrett Franks (NZL)

Jiri Vesely (CZE) vs. Benjamin Mitchell (AUS) 

Renzo Olivo (ARG,11) vs. Jung-Woong Na (KOR)

Marton Fucsovics (HUN,6) vs. Ben Wagland (AUS)

Jason Kubler (AUS,3) vs. Jannick Lupescu (NED)

Jozef Kovalik (SVK,16) vs. Sean Berman (AUS)

Guilherme Clezar (BRA,10) vs. Maverick Banes (AUS)

Dominik Schulz (GER,8) vs. Kalle Averfalk (SWE)

Suk-Young Jeong (KOR) vs. Justin Eleveld (NED)

Filip Horansky (SVK,9) vs. Joey Swaysland (AUS)

Tiago Fernandes (BRA,14) vs. Tobias Blomgren (SWE)

Mitchell Frank (USA,4) vs. Slim Hamza (TUN)

Liang-Chi Huang (TPE,5) vs. James Duckworth (AUS)

Sam Barry (IRL) vs. Oliver Golding (GBR)

Arthur de Greef (BEL,13) vs. Luke Saville (AUS)

Gianni Mina (FRA,2) vs. Robin Olin (SWE)

 

First round girls results Australian Open:

Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN,4) d. Emi Mutaguchi (JPN) 7-5 6-4
Ksenia Kirillova (RUS) d. Despina Papamichail (GRE) 6-3 6-1
Mai Grage (DEN) d. Alexandra Nancarrow (AUS) 6-3 6-3
Ester Goldfeld (USA) d. Saisai Zheng (CHN,15) 7-5 2-6 6-3
Yulia Putintseva (RUS,11) d. Vivien Juhaszova (SVK) 6-2 6-3
Laura Robson (GBR) d. Belinda Woolcock (AUS) 6-1 6-0
Abbie Myers (AUS) d. Kobkanok Upapong (THA) 6-2 6-1
Cristina Dinu (ROU) d. Camila Silva (CHI,8) 6-1 3-6 6-4

 

 

Timea Babos (HUN,1) vs. Sandra Zaniewska (POL)

Anna Arina Marenko (RUS) vs. Sophie Letcher (AUS)

Sachie Ishizu (JPN,9) vs. Luksika Khumkhum (THA)

Nastja Kolar (SLO,7) vs. Kristyna Pliskova (CZE)

Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN,4) vs. Ksenia Kirillova (RUS)

Mai Grage (DEN) vs. Ester Goldfeld (USA)

Yulia Putintseva (RUS,11) vs. Laura Robson (GBR)

Abbie Myers (AUS) vs. Cristina Dinu (ROU)

Karolina Pliskova (CZE,6) vs. Monika Wejnert (AUS)

Jana Cepelova (SVK,12) vs. Risa Ozaki (JPN)

Grace Sari Ysidora (INA) vs. Marianne Jodoin (CAN)

Daria Gavrilova (RUS,3) vs. Rishika Sunkara (IND)

Silvia Njiric (CRO,5) vs. Ting-Fei Juan (TPE)

Maryna Zanevska (UKR,10) vs. Paula Kania (POL)

Yana Buchina (RUS,16) vs. Madison Keys (USA)

Akiko Omae (JPN) vs. Hao-Chen Tang (CHN)