No.5 seeds Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears were ousted as the doubles event kicked off on Monday, but World No.4 doubles player Andrea Hlavackova slid through smoothly with Petra Martic.
Grand Slam champions and former Top 5 players Svetlana Kuznetsova and Francesca Schiavone won their first round matches at the BNP Paribas Open on Wednesday. They both play former No.1s next.
It was a great day for Chinese tennis as Li Na and Zheng Jie both won through after late charges in the second round. Watch highlights, interviews and more from the Australian Open!
