Kasatkina ousted by Aussie wildcard Birrell

The 2019 Brisbane International main draw battles began on the final day of 2018, and upsets occurred immediately, two courtesy of Australians.

The 2019 ASB Classic in Auckland also opened its main draw on New Years Eve, but none of the seeds were rolled out on Day One.

Day One of the 2019 Shenzhen Open in China was on 30 December 2018, and Day Two included the top two seeds playing their opening matches.

Brisbane 

WTA first round

Aussie Qualifier Destanee Aiava, ranked 247, defeated Kiki Mladenovic 6-3 7-6(2)

Aussie wildcard Kimberley Birrell, ranked 283, defeated Dasha Kasatkina (7) 5-7 6-4 7-6(3) in a major shock

Karolina Pliskova (5) defeated Yulia Putintseva 4-6 6-3 6-4

Lesia Tsurenko defeated Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-0 6-2

Donna Vekic defeated Magdalena Rybarikova 6-1 6-2

Kiki Bertens (6) defeated Elise Mertens 6-2 6-7(6) 6-4

Anett Kontaveit defeated Carla Suarez Navarro 6-0 6-3

Qualifier Harriet Dart defeated wildcard Priscilla Hon 1-6 6-3 6-4

Qualifier Marie Bouzkova defeated wildcard Samantha Stosur 4-6 6-2 6-2

ATP first round

Milos Raonic (5) defeated Aljaz Bedene 6-0 6-3

Grigor Dimitrov (6) defeated Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3 6-4

Qualifier Miomir Kecmanovic defeated Leonardo Mayer 6-3 6-1

Qualifier Yasutaka Uchiyama defeated qualifier Ugo Humbert 6-4 7-6(6)

John Millman defeated Tennys Sandgren 7-6(6) 6-7(6) 6-0

Auckland 

WTA first round

Wildcard Lauren Davis defeated Lara Arruabarrena 6-2 6-2

Monica Puig defeated wildcard Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-3 6-2

Sara Sorribes Tormo defeated Stefanie Voegele 7-5 6-3

Viktoria Kuzmova defeated Tamara Zidansek 6-2 7-6(3)

Eugenie Bouchard defeated Madison Brengle 6-3 6-3

Shenzhen 

WTA first round

Yafan Wang defeated Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 6-1 6-0

Pauline Parmentier defeated China’s second ranked player Saisai Zheng (6) 6-2 3-6 6-2

Sorana Cirstea defeated Magda Linette 6-3 6-3

Evgeniya Rodina defeated Zarina Diyas 3-6 6-3 7-6(7)

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (8) defeated Ana Bogdan 6-0 6-1

Wildcard Vera Zvonareva defeated Luksika Kumkhum 6-3 6-3

Ons Jabeur defeated China’s third ranked player Shuai Zhang (7) 6-2 6-3

Alison Riske upset China’s top ranked player Qiang Wang (3) 6-3 6-3

Qualifier Veronika Kudermetova defeated Irina-Camelia Begu 3-6 6-1 7-6(5)

Wildcard Xinyu Wang defeated qualifier Fang Ying Xun 7-6(3) 6-4

Serbian Qualifier Ivana Jorovic, ranked 131, upset Caroline Garcia (2) 6-4 6-2

Ekaterina Alexandrova defeated Dalila Jakupovic 6-3 6-4

Maria Sharapova (5) defeated Timea Bacsinszky 6-2 7-6(3)

Aryna Sabalenka (1) defeated Tatjana Maria 3-6 6-3 6-1