Wawrinka falls to 259th ranked Griekspoor

Day Two in Doha included the completion of first round matches and saw two second round clashes occur.

A very busy schedule:

First round:

Carina Witthoeft defeated Tatjana Maria 6-3 6-0 in an all German meeting

Magdalena Rybarikova (14) defeated wildcard Fatma Al Nabhani, ranked 520 from Oman, 6-3 6-1

Johanna Konta (10) defeated qualifier Bernarda Pera 7-6(5) 6-1

Carla Suárez Navarro defeated qualifier Kateryna Bondarenko 3-6 6-3 6-3

Samantha Stosur defeated Irina-Camelia Begu 6-4 6-2

Qualifier Marketa Vondrousova defeated Yulia Putintseva 6-3 6-1

Petra Kvitová (16) defeated wildcard Caglq Buyukakcay 6-0 6-3

Julia Goerges (9) defeated Lucie Safarova 6-1 7-5

Barbora Strycova defeated Aleksandra Krunic 6-4 6-4

Kiki Mladenovic (11) defeated Shuai Peng 6-2 6-4

Elise Mertens (15) defeated Timea Babos 2-6 6-1 6-1

Sorana Cirstea defeated Maria Sakkari 6-2 6-3

Alizé Cornet defeated Anett Kontaveit 6-2 6-1

Madison Keys (12) defeated Qiang Wang 6-1 6-4

Anastasija Sevastova (13) defeated Donna Vekic 6-3 6-4

Second round:

Caroline Garcia (7) defeated Dominika Cibulkova 6-3 6-7(3) 6-0

Garbine Muguruza (4) defeated qualifier Ying-Ying Duan 6-3 6-4

Rotterdam:

A further six first round matches were played with one major upset.

Fifth seed Stan Wawrinka was knocked out by 259th ranked Tallon Griekspoor from the Netherlands 4-6 6-3 6-2.

11 years his junior, Tallon faced just one break point for the match, and Stan used it to win the first set, but the young Dutch player converted three of eight for the match in a huge shock for the tournament organisers who were hoping for a Federer v Wawrinka clash in the quarter final.

The other results:

Philipp Kohlschreiber defeated Karen Khachanov 3-6 7-6(1) 7-6(5)

Qualifier Daniil Medvedev defeated Gilles Muller (9) 6-4 7-6(9)

Viktor Troicki defeated Jan-Lennard Struff 1-6 7-6(5) 6-2

David Goffin (4) defeated Lucky Loser in qualifying Nicolas Mahut 6-1 6-3

Filip Krajinovic defeated wildcard Canadian 17yo Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-2 3-6 7-5

New York:

The remaining first round matches were completed with one seed falling of the two appearing.

Qualifier Ernesto Escobedo defeated wildcard Mackenzie McDonald 4-6 6-3 7-6(5)

Radu Albot defeated qualifier Bjorn Fratangelo 6-4 6-3

Evgeny Donskoy defeated Victor Estrella Burgos 7-5 6-1

Kei Nishikori (5) defeated wildcard Noah Rubin 7-5 6-3

Qualifier Adrian Menendez-Maceiras defeated Steve Johnson (7) 1-6 6-3 7-6(7)

Jeremy Chardy defeated qualifier Stefano Travaglia 4-6 7-6(1) 6-4

Peter Gojowczyk defeated Blaz Kavcic 6-4 6-2

Mikhail Youzhny defeated Matthew Ebden 3-6 6-3 6-4

Buenos Aires:

All first round matches were finalised on Day Two, with just one seed exiting.

Horacio Zeballos defeated qualifier Marco Cecchinato 6-1 6-4

Fernando Verdasco (8) defeated Thiago Monteiro 6-2 7-5

Leonardo Mayer defeated qualifier Rogerio Dutra Silva 6-7(4) 6-2 6-4

Gael Monfils defeated Pablo Cuevas (7) 6-1 6-4

Diego Schwartzman (5) defeated Andreas Haider-Maurer 6-4 6-3

Aljaz Bedene defeated Jiri Vesely 6-0 6-3

Lucky Loser from qualifying Gastao Elias defeated last weeks Quito title winner Roberto Carballes Baena 6-2 6-4