Round 1 Australian Open 2014: Venus Williams shock!

A surprise happened in the first round of the women's singles at the 2014 Australian Open when tennis player Venus Williams was unexpectedly eliminated by the 22nd seed from Russia, Ekaterina Makarova.

Venus Williams, a tennis player who has won 7 Grand Slams in her career, had a very good start in the first round of the Australian Open 2014 when she easily defeated Russian tennis player, Ekaterina Makarova with a score of 6-2 in the first set.

Venus Williams exited the tournament in the first round.

In the second set, Venus still had the upper hand when she quickly took a break-point and temporarily led 4-2. However, Venus's consecutive mistakes in the later situations completely changed the scenario of the match. Makarova rose strongly to come back and win the match with a score of 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 after 3 sets.

Thus, this is the second time in 14 times participating in the Australian Open that Venus was eliminated in the first round. The first time was in 2006. And since 2003 until now, the 33-year-old tennis player has not been able to reach the pinnacle of glory in Melbourne.

In the men's singles, the most notable match this morning is Juan Monaco and Ernests Gulbis. The Argentinian player is not seeded inAustralian OpenThis year, but had a good start when defeating Gulbis, seed number 23, with a score of 6-1 in the first set.

However, his not-so-good mental state quickly caused Juan Monaco to lose himself in the next sets and accept to say goodbye to the tournament when Gulbis defeated him with the scores of 4-6, 6-7 (4-7) and 2-6. It is also necessary to emphasize that Gulbis made the most of his serving ability when he won 17 aces, while Monaco did not have a single ace even though his double faults were much less than his opponent's (4 compared to 11).

Another match that received a lot of attention this morning was Alejandro Gonzalez vs David Ferrer. The Spanish third seed had a smooth start when he defeated Gonzalez 3-0 (6-3, 6-4, 6-4) after 125 minutes of play.

Results of some notable matches (updated to 13:30 on November 13)

Men's Singles:

Ivan Dodig- Ivo Karlovic: 7-6; 6-3; 7-6

Mikhail Youzhny- Jan-Lennard Struff: 6-1; 6-4; 6-2

Stanislas Wawrinka- Andrey Golubev (retired): 6-4; 4-1

Damir Dzumhur- Jan Hajek: 6-4; 6-2; 6-1

Alejandro Gonzalez -David Ferrer: 3-6; 4-6; 4-6

Tomas Berdych- Aleksandr Nedovyesov: 6-3; 6-4; 6-3

David Guez -Richard Gasquet: 5-7; 4-6; 1-6

Juan Monaco -Ernests Gulbis: 6-1; 4-6; 6-7 (4-7); 2-6

Dominic Thiem- Joao Sousa: 5-7; 6-4; 6-3; 7-6 (7-3)

Fabio Fognini- Alex Bogomolov Jr (Retired): 6-3; 6-3

Women's Singles:

Daniela Hantuchova- Heather Watson: 7-5; 3-6; 6-3

Belinda Bencic- Kimiko Date-Krumm: 6-4; 4-6; 6-3

Angelique Kerber- Jarmila Gajdosova: 6-3; 0-6; 6-2

Karolina Pliskova- Pauline Parmentier: 6-0; 6-1

Li Na- Ana Konjuh: 6-2; 6-0

Kiki Bertens -Ana Ivanovic: 4-6; 4-6

Laura Robson -Kirsten Flipkens: 3-6; 0-6

Annika Beck- Petra Martic: 6-0; 6-0

Belinda Bencic- Kimiko Date-Krumm: 6-4; 4-6; 6-3

Ekaterina Makarova- Venus Williams: 2-6; 6-4; 6-4

According to Bongdaplus