Australian Open 2017: Top 5 upsets from Week-1

Modified Jan 23, 2017 02:46 GMT

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 19: Mirjana Lucic-Baroni of Croatia celebrates winning her second round match against Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland on day four of the 2017 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 19, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images) — Radwanska was stunned in the second round by World No.78 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni

#4. Simona Halep’s crushing defeat to Shelby Rogers

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 16: Shelby Rogers of the United States and Simona Halep of Romania shake hands after Rogers won their first round match on day one of the 2017 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 16, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) — Halep was eliminated in the first round of the Australian open for the second year running

World No.4 Simona Halep had a disastrous outing here last year as she was beaten by Chinese qualifier and eventual quarter-finalist Zhang Shuai in the first round. Despite having a poor start to 2017 by losing in the second round of the Shenzhen Open to eventual winner Katerina Siniakova, Halep was considered to be one of the favorites for the tournament.However, Halep endured an outing similar to last as she was thrashed by World No.49 Shelby Rogers 6-3, 6-1, thus marking her second successive first round exit here. Following the match, Halep did say that she was slowed down by a bout of tendinitis which had affected her left knee since the WTA Finals in Singapore last October.Rogers did create a huge upset but her joy was short lived as she was shown the door in the second round by local wildcard Ashleigh Barty.

How did Novak Djokovic meet Jelena Ristic? All about the most admired couples in tennis

Edited by Staff Editor